Groysman urges international community, human rights activists advocate for journalist Suschenko
Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman has condemned the arrest of Ukrainian journalist of the National Information Agency Ukrinform Roman Suschenko in Russia and urged the international community and human rights activists to speak in his defense.
"I personally condemn the arrest of Roman Suschenko and call on the international community and international human rights organizations to speak in favor of the Ukrainian journalist and all other Ukrainian citizens, who have become political prisoners," Groysman said on his Facebook page.
Groysman said that the arrest of the journalist is another proof of the massive and systematic abuses of human rights violations through harassment, arrests and trials on trumped-up charges.
He also said: "Russia has finally condemned itself to isolation from the civilized world."
As reported, the press service of the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) told Interfax on Monday that "Colonel Roman Suschenko, an employee of Ukraine's Main Intelligence Directorate of Ukraine's Armed Forces was detained in Moscow while carrying out intelligence gathering activities." Russia's FSB opened a criminal case pursuant to Article 276 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (espionage) and is conducting an investigation.
The Moscow Lefortovsky Court ordered the two months arrest of Ukrainian citizen Roman Sushchenko on espionage charges on October 1.
Suschenko’s interests will be represented by lawyer Mark Feygin.