The so-called Kyiv District Court of the occupied Crimea has extended the term of detention of a freelance employee of Radio Freedom Vladyslav Yosypenko. He will remain in jail until July 11, 2021.
We remind that on March 10, 2021, in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation detained a citizen of Ukraine Vladyslav Yosypenko. According to preliminary information, Yosypenko was detained in connection with his political views after attending a rally on the occasion of Taras Shevchenko's birthday, which took place in Simferopol on March 9, 2021. On March 12, the so-called Kyiv District Court of Simferopol, controlled by the occupation authorities of the Russian Federation in Crimea, made a decision to take Yosypenko into custody for a period of 2 months – until May 11. The detainee is accused of committing a crime under Part 1 of Article 223.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation – illegal manufacture, processing or repair of firearms, their main parts (with the exception of limited firearms), as well as illegal manufacture of ammunition.