Ukraine's Prosecutor-General's Office has accused 88 Russian citizens of infringement on the territorial integrity of Ukraine and terrorism, according to its press office, RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service reports.
In 2014-15 Ukrainian law enforcement conducted more than 9,000 preliminary investigations on various charges -- from committing crimes against Ukraine's national security to creating terrorist groups and other crimes related to separatism.
Nearly 1,000 cases were sent to the courts.
The courts have already found 400 people guilty in some of these crimes and sentenced them to various terms of imprisonment, the Prosecutor-General's Office says.
Former Crimean President (the Republic of Crimea, Ukraine, had a president from February 16, 1994, until March 17, 1995, when the post was liquidated as it went against Ukraine's Constitution) Yuriy Myeshkov has published documents on his Facebook page that allegedly prove the criminal past of the current de facto head of Crimea, Sergei Aksyonov.
"[The documents] shed light on what the current head of Crimea Sergei Aksyonov used to do. I thoroughly studied these files. 'Goblin's' records, according to police reports, are impressive -- contract killings, extortion, participation in organized crime groups, etc.," Myeshkov wrote.
"Goblin" is Aksyonov's nickname from the 1990s when he was a part of the "Salem" organized crime group.
Neither Aksyonov nor other Crimean or Russian officials have commented on the issue, according to the Crimea desk of RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service.
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