16:16 21.03.2016

Court arrests property of 'Azov-Crimea' leader Krasnov

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Court arrests property of 'Azov-Crimea' leader Krasnov

Shevchenkivsky District Court of Kyiv on Monday at the prosecutor's request put under arrest property of Chief of the Crimean office of Azov Civil Corps Stanislav Krasnov, prosecutor Andriy Svatok told Interfax-Ukraine.

The court is to decide on Monday whether to change the measure of pre-trial restraint for Krasnov since the crimes he is accused of (high treason and staging of the terrorist attack) are not a suitable measure of restraint, considering the charges.

As reported earlier, in the early hours of February 28 the SBU detained Krasnov and his girlfriend, activist Oksana Shelest, in Kyiv region. The Azov-Crimea chief was placed in custody for 72 hours. He was charged with illegal possession of weapons.

The SBU said Krasnov had been collaborating with Russia since 2014 and that he handed over to his Russian supervisor lists of members of the Ukrainian Interior Ministry's Azov regiment. In addition, the SBU said that it found a cache of weapons in Kyiv region, presumably placed there by Krasnov.

Meanwhile the activist's defense team said that security services officers beat Krasnov up. During the court sessions to elect a preventive measure for him, the activist was hospitalized at a request of doctors, who said he was suffering from a hypertensive crisis, concussion and closed head injury.

On March 2 Krasnov was released from prison because the 72-hour detention period expired.

On March 3, during a sitting of Shevchenkivsky District Court of Kyiv, an investigator of the SBU said that Krasnov is suspected of involvement in terrorism and treason. Krasnov lost consciousness and had to be hospitalized when the investigator arrived at court.

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