Ukrainian theater director Yevgeny Lavrenchuk, who was detained in Italy at the request of Russia, was arrested in absentia by a Moscow court in a fraud case. informs TASS with reference to the Tagansky District Court of the capital.
“The Tagansky Court of Moscow granted the request of the investigation for the arrest in absentia of Yevgeny Viktorovich Lavrenchuk, accused under Part 3 of Art. 159 of the Criminal Code (large-scale fraud), ”the agency was told. The decision was made in July 2020.
The details of the case were not disclosed. The punishment under this article is up to six years in prison.
In Italy, at the request of Russia, a Ukrainian theater director was detained
Yevhen Lavrenchuk was detained on December 17 in Naples. The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry reported that Russia had put forward a request to extradite the director. The Neapolitan court chose him as a preventive measure in the form of detention pending consideration of the extradition request.
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