7 years ago, on March 15, 2014, an activist of Automaidan and ex-employee of the SBU Vasyl Chernysh went missing in Crimea. On that day, he last spoke with his relatives. After that, his family and loved ones did not receive any news from him. His whereabouts have remained unknown for 7 years.
According to one of the leaders of Automaidan, Oleksii Hrytsenko, the missing Vasyl Chernysh, together with other activists, helped military units in early March, and then suddenly disappeared.
The website of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine in the section Missing Citizens contains information about the missing Vasily Chernysh.
There is no information about Chernysh on the website of the so-called Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea.
After the occupation of Crimea by the Russian Federation, disappearances and abductions of people became a regular practice. Employees and experts of the CTRC have repeatedly informed the international community at the international platforms of the UN, OSCE, PACE about these screaming facts of human rights violations. We condemn the arrests, detentions and abductions of people, which are common in Crimea as a way of pressure and intimidation of the indigenous Crimean Tatar people and pro-Ukrainian activists.