10 of the 23 former Berkut officers suspected of gunning down protesters in the last bloody days of EuroMaidan have now received Russian citizenship, while a further two men have been given ’refugee’ status. It appears now that the Kremlin-backed militants, who follow Moscow’s orders, have also added 3 ex-Berkut officers charged with the deaths to its list of people to be handed over in exchange for Ukrainian POW and hostages held in Donbas.
The information about the men in hiding in Russia was reported by Roman Psyuk from the Special Investigations Department investigating Maidan crimes following an official response from Russia’s Prosecutor General’s Office. A further 6 men are on the wanted list, with their whereabouts unknown.
