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On Monday, March 8, a protest rally took place in Koncha-Zaspa, Kiev region, near the residence of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, demanding the release of Sergei Sternenko and Andrei Antonenko.
As the journalist Andrei Pavlovsky told the Telegram channel, the buses of the National Police and the National Guard were driven at the entrance of the residence before the event started. The meeting of the protesters took place near the Vydubychi metro station. (to view photos and videos, scroll down the page to the end).
As “Strana” noted, some 150 people gathered for the protest. Stickers with the words “Volya Sternenko” and “FreeRiffmaster” were pasted on the door of the residence.
An action in support of Serhiy Sternenko is taking place near the Zelensky state dacha in Koncha Zaspa. Protesters demand that the president release the activist and reform the judiciary pic.twitter.com/ptyVfc7fJG
– НВ (@tweetsNV) March 8, 2021
According to the protesters, “the silence and inaction of the president keep people behind bars.”
The protesters also lit flares and announced a new action at 12 Hospitalnaya Street in Kiev, where the Congress of Judges of Ukraine will be held.
In total, the action lasted about an hour, then its participants began to disperse.
Recall that the journalist Sheremet was assassinated on July 20, 2016 in the center of Kiev. The car he was in was blown up with a remote-controlled explosive device. On December 12, 2019, the police named and detained the suspects of organizing the murder, including Andrei Antonenko.
Odessan Sergei Sternenko was sentenced to 7 years in prison with the confiscation of half of his assets. The court found him guilty of kidnapping in 2015.
Also in Odessa, a trial was initiated in the case of exceeding Sternenko’s necessary self-defense measures.
As OBOZREVATEL previously reported, a demonstration in support of Sergei Sternenko was held in central Kiev.
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