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The Ukrainian Interior Ministry has detained former Sloviansk Mayor Nelli Shtepa, of which it reported on its Web site on July 11.

Shtepa has been informed of being suspected of activities constituting a threat to Ukraine’s territorial integrity and inviolability, a crime covered by Ukrainian Criminal Code Article 110, Part 2, the ministry said.