Suspended Head of the State Fiscal Service (SFS) of Ukraine Roman Nasirov said that the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has accepted for consideration his complaint about his detention by detectives of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU), which took place on March 2.
“Now I have already received a response from the European Court of Human Rights saying it agrees to consider a complaint of my illegal detention on March 3, 2017 by the NABU detectives. […] I expect the European Court of Human Rights will provide an objective assessment of the actions of NABU detectives and their procedural leaders from SAPO,” Nasirov wrote on his Facebook page on August 14.
He also posted a photocopy of the ECHR’s response, in which, inter alia, it is stated that the court secretariat had accepted his motion and the case would be considered “at the earliest opportunity.”
According to Nasirov, his complaint to the ECHR “has an indisputable evidentiary base, which testifies to the illegality of his detention, illegal actions in court when choosing a preventive measure, pressure on law enforcement officers and the court, and unlawful depriving me of freedom.”
As reported, on March 2 the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine told Nasirov he is suspected of committing crimes pursuant to Part 2 of Article 364 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (misuse of public office leading to serious consequences).
Kyiv’s Solomiansky District Court on March 7 remanded Nasirov in custody for 60 days and set bail at UAH 100 million. On March 16, SAPO said Nasirov and his wife had posted UAH 100 million bail.
On June 2 Kyiv’s Solomiansky District Court turned down a request by Nasirov to change the terms of his pretrial detention.
On July 28, director of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) Artem Sytnyk said that investigators of NABU completed the investigation of the case against the dismissed head of the State Fiscal Service Roman Nasirov, who had been handed a final suspicion.
