Ukraine citizen abducted by FSB in Belarus accused of planning blast in Sochi school
19-year-old Pavlo Gryb asked his acquaintance from Sochi to go off a bomb at a school assembly in Sochi, the Russian newspaper Kommersant reports citing a source in Russia’s law enforcement agencies.
It is not specified whether the girl is also a defendant in the criminal case.
On October 18, a Krasnodar court extended the period of his arrest until January 4, 2018.
In late August, the resident of Ukraine went missing in the Belarusian city of Homiel. As it emerged later, Russia blacklisted him as a ‘terrorist’ for his criticizing the Kremlin’s policy on the Internet. In Homiel he met with the 17-year-old girl from Sochi who later confessed that the FSB exerted pressure on her. Later, Pavlo Hryb was ‘found’ arrested in Russia’s Krasnodar.
After a massive public outcry and diplomatic note, the Belarusian State Border Committee admitted the fact of his border crossing on August 24 and said Pavlo Gryb had not violated anything.
According to a Krasnodar court, the arrest warrant was issued on August 17 (i.e., before Pavlo Gryb crossed the Belarus-Ukraine border), when he was put on the international wanted list.
Если человека похитили в другой стране, то и задержали незаконно, и стражу продлевают незаконно. Пять недель не могу добиться, чтобы человеку этому дали лекарство. #Павелгриб
Opublikowany przez Андрей Сабинин Środa, 18 października 2017
After the disappearance of the young man, Ukrainian politicians question the security of its own nationals in the territory of Belarus. According to Ukrainian Deputy Foreign Minister Alena Zerkal, in words Belarus behaves as a partner, but in deeds it acts quite differently.
Pavlo Gryb suffers from severe chronic illness and his relatives believe that in prison his health has deteriorated significantly. The Russian side refused Ukrainian doctors access to the arrestee.
ІІ, belsat.eu
