Ex-member of Luhansk City Council Roman Landik, who has been charged with beating up a young woman, has been brought from Russia to Ukraine, where he will stand trial, according to the press service of the Ukrainian Prosecutor General's Office.
"Roman Landik was extradited to Ukraine on September 21. The Prosecutor General’s Office of Ukraine will oversee the lawfulness of actions towards the extradited person," the spokesperson for the Prosecutor General Yuriy Boychenko has said.
On July 7, the prosecutor’s office of Luhansk region opened a criminal case against Landik on charges of disorderly conduct (Part 3 of Article 296) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.
Landik beat up a young woman in a restaurant. This incident was recorded on the video and the clip was posted on the Internet. The injured woman, aged 20, was hospitalized with concussion and bruises.
Landik was expelled from the Regions Party and from the party’s faction in Luhansk City Council.
He was put on the wanted list and detained near Krasnodar. On July 20, Krasnodar Court of Russia decided to extradite Landik to Ukraine.
Landik is the son of Volodymyr Landik, a member of the Regions Party’s faction at Ukraine’s parliament.
