MOSCOW, Dec 7 It is necessary to stop criminal cases under political articles , which were introduced in the Donbass under the Ukrainian authorities, the order will be given to the Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation, Russian President Vladimir Putin said.
On Wednesday, the head of state is holding a meeting of the Council for the Development of Civil Society and Human Rights. Elena Shishkina, a member of the Human Rights Council and a member of the presidium of the public movement «Free Donbass», told the president that from 2014 to September 30, 2022, residents of the DPR and LPR — doctors, teachers, civil servants — were prosecuted by Ukraine for especially serious crimes.
“Regarding the questions you raised. Citizens convicted for political reasons, residents of Donbass. Of course, all these cases must be stopped and this state of affairs must be put to an end due to the absence of the corpus delicti. that the issue will be worked out in the shortest possible time and a decision will be made,» the president replied.