Kolomoyskiy "invited" to talk to prosecutors, our Ukrainian Service reports:
Ukraine's prosecutor-general says he has "invited" powerful oligarch Ihor Kolomoyskiy to answer questions regarding the attempted murder of a lawyer a decade ago.
Lawyer Serhiy Karpenko survived a stabbing attack in 2005 and left Ukraine over fears for his life. Kolomoyskiy was suspected of masterminding the attack.
Prosecutor-General Viktor Shokin told the LB.ua news portal on April 10 that he had "invited" Kolomoyskiy to come and explain what happened.
Shokin did not say whether Kolomoyskiy was under investigation or whether he had been summoned to appear before police, saying it was up to the investigator to decide whether to issue a subpoena.
Kolomoyskiy, one of the richest men in Ukraine, was dismissed by President Petro Poroshenko from the post of Dnipropetrovsk regional governor on March 24.
Kolomoyskiy and his armed militia had stormed the headquarters of the oil giant UkrTransNafta in Kyiv following a government decision to replace the company's management.
The ruble's rise continues:
Here's today's map of the military situation in eastern Ukraine, according to the National Security and Defense Council:
Another Crimean journalist has been detained by the Russians, reports Human Rights in Ukraine:
Tatyana Guchakova, former deputy chief editor of Black Sea News has been taken away by FSB officers in Yalta after a 10-hour search of her home. Andriy Klymenko, BSN Chief Editor reports that the FSB turned up just before 8 a.m. on Thursday and left after 5 o’clock, taking the journalist with them, as well as all computer technology.
The Black Sea News offices, together with Klymenko, have been based in Kyiv since shortly after Russia’s invasion and annexation of Crimea. Guchakova has not worked for the publication since then, however remains a member of the Ukrainian National Union of Journalists.
Telekritika adds that Guchakova was a member of the international initiative Crimean Political Dialogue which existed from 2010-2014, but ended after annexation.
Why Tatyana Guchakova should have been detained is unclear unless the real target is Black Sea News and the related Maidan of Foreign Affairs, which have played an important role in highlighting rights violations in Crimea. Klymenko is the author of a major report published recently – Human Rights Abuses in Russian-occupied Crimea.
As of late Thursday evening there is nothing to suggest that the journalist has been released, with this possibly indicating an escalation in repressive measures against Crimean journalists, especially those currently or formerly linked with independent media which dare to write honestly about what is happening in Crimea.