On the morning of May 16, 2022, activist Bohdan Ziza, in protest against the Russian-Ukrainian war, painted the building of the occupation administration of the city of Yevpatoriia with the colors of the state flag of Ukraine. On the evening of the same day he was arrested.
Bohdan Ziza was accused of violating Art. 30 h.3 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (attempt to commit a crime) and Art. 167 part 2 (intentional destruction or damage to another’s property, if these acts caused significant damage, committed out of hooligan motives, by arson, explosion or in any other generally dangerous way, or negligently caused the death of a person or other grave consequences). Under this article, Ziza is subjected to either forced labor for up to five years, or imprisonment for the same period.
For a whole year he has been illegally held in places of captivity.