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MOSCOW - Issues surrounding the transfer of Ukrainian citizens Mykola Karpiuk and Stanislav Klykh to Ukraine will be addressed in keeping with the Convention on the Transfer of Sentenced Persons and the Russian Criminal Procedure Code, the Justice Ministry told Interfax on Friday.

“Issues surrounding the transfer of convicts between Russia and Ukraine are settled based on the Convention on the Transfer of Sentenced Persons of 1983 and the Russian Criminal Procedure Code,” the ministry said in reply to a question from Interfax on the procedure and time of Karpiuk’s and Klykh’s possible transfer for serving their sentences in Ukrainian territory.

“The Ukrainian Justice Ministry’s requests received by the Russian Justice Ministry on providing documents based on Article 6 of the Convention for making a decision on Klykh’s and Karpiuk’s transfer to Ukraine so that they further serve their sentences are being considered,” it said.