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The national police systematically monitor the information about the so-called case of the Ukrainian National Guard Vitaly Markiv, said the head of the Ministry of Interior of Ukraine, Arsen Avakov.
The head of Ukraine’s Interior Ministry, Arsen Avakov, said Ukraine had sent a preventive warning to Interpol about a possible provocation by Russia against Ukraine’s National Guard, Vitaly Markiv, reports the department’s press service.
According to Avakov, the National Police of Ukraine systematically monitors information about the so-called Markiv case.
On December 11, the National Central Office of Interpol in Ukraine sent information to the General Secretariat of the International Criminal Police Organization about a possible attempt to misuse the Interpol information system.
The data transferred to Interpol says that information has appeared in open sources about the intention of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation to declare Markiv on the international wanted list using Interpol tools. This is contrary to art. 3 of the organization’s Charter and violates information processing rules, as the accusation against Markiv is unfounded and politically biased.
The Interpol General Secretariat confirmed receipt of the information and thanked the Ukrainian colleagues for their cooperation.
“The General Secretariat acknowledges receipt of your message below and would like to thank your Office for its continued participation in ensuring the integrity of its Interpol databases,” the organization’s General Secretariat said in a letter.
On December 11, a Russian court arrested Markiv in absentia. He is charged with the article about murder committed by a group of people for prior conspiracy.
On December 23, the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation announced that it had brought murder charges against Markiv.
Markiv was arrested in Bologna on June 30, 2017 on suspicion of being involved in the murder of Rocchelli and his translator Mironov 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 reinstated his service in the Kulchytsky battalion.
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