Go to the media bankYard of the Berdyansk correctional colony No. 77. Archival photoDONETSK, Sep 6 The first four convicted by the Kyiv regime for ties with Russia or the authorities of the Donetsk People's Republic, who were imprisoned in Mariupol, were released in Donetsk, a source in the law enforcement agencies of the DPR told RIA Novosti.< p>"The prosecutor's office of the Donetsk People's Republic released four citizens previously convicted by the Kyiv regime for "separatism", they were in a Mariupol prison", the source said.
As the source explained, the case was considered for several months, since «it was necessary to make sure that those released were not involved in real crimes and were not connected with the Ukrainian special services.» One of the ex-prisoners, Nikolai Prishchenko, told RIA Novosti that he was convicted under two criminal articles — 111 «Treason to the Motherland» and the 28th «Participation in an organized criminal group.» «Allegedly because I joined an organized criminal group with the Russian special services. In fact, I just went help a disabled person in Kurakhovo, because I myself am from Kurakhovo. And he corresponded with someone from the Russian Federation, I don’t even know with whom. When we once again arrived in Kurakhovo, the SBU officers picked us up at the bus station,» the agency's interlocutor recalls. He thanked the DPR authorities for the release. Released soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kharkiv region urged colleagues to surrender