The Russian court allowed Archbishop Kliment to become Oleg Prykhodko’s public defender

June 18, 2020

On Thursday, June 18, the Southern District Military Court granted the request of lawyer Nazim Sheikhmambetov and allowed Archbishop Klyment to become a public defender of pro-Ukrainian activist Oleg Prykhodko. This was reported by the Crimean Solidarity public association.

“His presence will help us to provide moral and spiritual support to my client, which will ensure a more emotionally smooth process for us and ensure my client's proper participation”,- the lawyer Nazim Sheikhmbametov emphasized.

We remind that on February 8, 2019, Russian security officials searched the dwelling of pro-Ukrainian activist Oleg Prykhodko in the village of Orikhove, Saky District.

On October 9, 2019, Russian security officials again broke into Oleg Prykhodko’s dwelling and kidnapped him. On October 10, a search was conducted in his dwelling, during which the man was detained. His wife Liubov Prykhodko was also detained. The activist is accused of “terrorism" and “manufacture of explosives.” The woman was detained as a witness, but later released. On October 10, the so-called Kyiv District Court arrested Oleg Prykhodko until December 10. Later Prykhodko’s DNA samples were illegally taken. According to lawyer Nazim Sheikhmambetov, this was done for the purpose of falsifying evidence. The political prisoner had his measure of restraint repeatedly extended.