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Officials of the Russian Prosecutor General's Office have granted a request sent by their Ukrainian counterparts on July 19, 2011, for the extradition to Ukraine of ex-member of Luhansk City Council Roman Landik, who has been charged with beating up a young woman.

The Ukrainian Prosecutor General’s Office issued instructions to relevant agencies to organize Landik’s extradition to Ukraine, the Ukrainian PGO’s press service reported on Thursday.

Earlier, the media reported that 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.

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.

He was expelled from the Regions Party and from the party’s faction in Luhansk City Council.

Landik, who was put on the wanted list, was detained near Krasnodar. On July 20, Krasnodar Court of Russia decided to extradite Landik to Ukraine, Luhansk police said.

Landik is the son of Volodymyr Landik, a member of the Regions Party’s faction at Ukraine’s parliament.