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One of the activists who was suspected in the case of riots near the Office of the President, the chairman of the public initiative “Protect Protasov Yar”, Roman Ratushny, demands that the Deputy Minister of the Interior, Anton Gerashchenko, remove the edited video from the action for containing inaccurate information and offending the honor and dignity of the activist.
Roman Ratushny, a Kiev activist and chairman of the public initiative Protect Protasov Yar, demands an apology from the Deputy Minister of the Interior, Anton Gerashchenko, and the Ministry of the Interior, as well as a refutation of false information about his participation in the rally near the president . Office on March 20.
The corresponding statement was posted by Ratushny on March 24 on his Facebook page.
We are talking about an edited video with the protesters in the Office of the President, which Gerashchenko posted the day before. He called the defendants in the recording “a group of provocateurs” who “set doors on fire, slammed windows and called for vandalism.” Gerashchenko assured that the participants in these events “have been identified and will be responsible for their actions.” Some of the participants were identified by their clothing.
This video showed an activist wearing a hat, hood, and face shield, among others. The Interior Ministry says it is Roman Ratushny. Today the City Council received a suspicion.
The activist himself denies his involvement in illegal actions during the action.
Ratushny also points out that the video published by Gerashchenko contains his personal data (full name, occupation) and images that are not related to the action. Permission for use that he did not give neither the Interior Ministry nor personally Gerashchenko.
The activist points out that this video humiliates his honor and dignity, negatively affects his business reputation and “is also an obvious violation of the presumption of innocence.”
Ratushny draws attention to the fact that the “unidentified masked person” in the video does not commit any illegal action.
“However, the video contains my personal data and a photograph which, in the general context of the video and the accompanying inscriptions, create an impression on an external viewer of my involvement in illegal actions and the existence of grounds for criminal prosecution . And this is not true. Therefore, I believe that this video contains unreliable and negative information about me, which offends my honor and dignity and damages my business reputation. I demand that this information be removed, refuted and excused, “said the activist.
If their demands are ignored, Ratushny plans to go to court and demand compensation for non-pecuniary damage.
Ratushny also claimed that the prosecution of him for participating in the action near the Office of the President is revenge for his activities to protect Protasovy Yar from illegal development. According to the activist, the suspicion was “pushed” by the OP’s deputy chief, Andrei Smirnov.
In Kiev, on March 20, a rally in support of Sternenko was held near the President’s Office. The protesters demanded the release of Sternenko, accused in the case of the murder of journalist Pavel Sheremet Andrei Antonenko, to impose sanctions on the former deputy head of the administration of the fourth president of Ukraine, Viktor Yanukovych, Andriy Portnov. They also demanded the resignation of Attorney General Irina Venediktova and Interior Minister Arsen Avakov.
Protesters launched flares, noise grenades, and then launched fireworks. The glass in the detention center was smashed, the walls were painted and the “President of Ukraine” sign was set on fire.
The organizer of the rally, Sergei Filimonov, believes that the rally was peaceful, as there were no casualties. He added that a performance was being prepared for the action, but organizers had no plans to break windows and smoke bombs.
The OPU estimated the damage caused by the riots at 2 million UAH. According to a post on the website of the Office of the President, As a result of the launching of fireworks, the doors and the interior decoration of the lobby of one of the entrances were damaged.
On March 22, a cleaning company began cleaning the enrollment building. Company director Sergey Kozolup estimated the duration of work at four days. When asked about the estimated cost of the job, Kozolup replied, “Definitely not 2 million.”
Gerashchenko said the provocateurs had a plan for the bloodshed, but the police did not allow it. The police are investigating the events as vandalism.
Sternenko was found guilty on February 23 in the kidnapping case of the former deputy of the Comintern district council of the Odessa region, Sergei Shcherbich. He was sentenced to seven years and three months in prison with the detention of half of his assets. Another person involved in the case, Ruslan Demchuk, received the same term. Both were arrested in the courtroom. The case in which Sternenko appears has been under investigation since 2015. He and Demchuk were arrested, but later released on bail. Sternenko denies any involvement in the incident.
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