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Vitaly Markiv, a military member of the Ukrainian National Guard, was charged in absentia in Russia under the article on the murder committed by a group of people for prior conspiracy.
The Basmanny Court in Moscow arrested Vitaly Markiv, a member of the Ukrainian National Guard, in absentia on 11 December. This was reported by the Russian “Interfax” with reference to the press secretary of the court Irina Sofinskaya.
According to her, Markiv was charged in absentia under Part 2 of art. 105 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (murder committed by a group of people by prior conspiracy in a generally dangerous manner based on political, ideological, national hatred or enmity).
Furthermore, Russian investigators declared the Ukrainian military man “on the international wanted list on charges of killing two people in Donbas.”
Markiv was arrested in Bologna on June 30, 2017 on suspicion of being involved in the murder of Italian journalist Andrea Rocchelli and his translator Andrei Mironov on May 24, 2014 in the Slavyansk region. According to the investigation, while on Mount Karachun, Markiv allegedly relayed information on the whereabouts of the journalists.
Ukraine’s Interior Ministry said Italian law enforcement officers initiated criminal proceedings against Markiv based on the testimony of a French journalist who provided a video sequence allegedly confirming Markiv’s involvement in Rocchelli’s murder. Ukrainian law enforcement officials believe that the deaths of the Italian and the Russian were due to bombings by Russian terrorist forces. There were no mortars in Markiv’s unit, which fired on the journalist’s alleged whereabouts, the Interior Ministry explained.
The Italian prosecution requested 17 years in prison for Markiv. On July 12, 2019, a court in Pavia sentenced the National Guard to 24 years in prison.
On November 20, 2019, the defense filed an appeal against the verdict.
On November 3, 2020, Markiv was acquitted. He was released. On November 4, Markiv returned to Ukraine and was reinstated in battalion service. Kulchitsky.
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