She noted that the parliamentarians appealed to the prosecutor’s office about the facts of crimes, including against detained Belarusian opposition journalist Roman Protasevich, “when Lukashenko actually recognized the so-called” LPR “and” DPR “as legitimate regimes and allowed investigative actions by the quasi-special services of these structures.”
According to Klimenko, Lukashenka should be held accountable “in accordance with international law” both for crimes against the Belarusian people and “for the recognition of the occupation regimes” on the territory of Ukraine.
Klimenko stressed that the appeal to Venediktova was supported by representatives of the inter-factional association “For a Democratic Belarus”, as well as deputies of other factions, except for the “Opposition Platform – For Life”.
At the same time, the deputy notes that the Office of the Prosecutor General does not have the authority to initiate criminal cases against the Belarusian authorities for crimes. against protesters.
On June 16, the so-called “LPR Prosecutor General” Sergei Gorenko said that “LPR” managed to carry out “investigative actions” with Protasevich… He also thanked Lukashenka for this opportunity.
Two days before, on June 14, the head of the Investigative Committee of Belarus Dmitry Gora, when asked about contacts with the “LPR” militants on this issue, said that Belarus received no inquiries from abroad to conduct investigative actions with Protasevich.
Ukraine demanded an explanation from Belarus.
“There can be no” LPR Prosecutor General’s Office “by definition. Actual control over the temporarily occupied territories in the Luhansk region is carried out by the occupation administration of the Russian Federation,” said Oleg Nikolenko, speaker of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry.
Lukashenko claimed that the detainees in Minsk Protasevich and his girlfriend, Russian woman Sofia Sapega “they killed people in Donbass”… However, the founder of the Azov regiment, Andriy Biletsky, said that the journalist had joined the Ukrainian volunteers. as a war correspondent… Protasevich’s parents also say that he was in Donbass as a journalist and photographer.
In addition, Ukrainian journalist Denis Kazansky on June 1 on Facebook made public an excerpt from the hromadske plot, which features Protasevich. “He was slightly wounded, and he is being helped. The video shows that, unlike the Azov fighters, Roman is dressed in civilian clothes,” Kazansky stressed.
The “Prosecutor General’s Office” of the “LPR” terrorist organization stated that turned to Belarus with a request to convey to her Protasevich.
On June 1, Lukashenka agreed to LPR terrorists interrogated Protasevich… “You are welcome to us, please ask them questions,” he said.
Protasevich himself said on June 3 on the air of the Belarusian state channel that in 2014 was in Donbass as a journalist for “Azov”, was not part of the state and was not in a war zone.
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