Luhansk region’s Starobilsk District Court on Monday extended the preventive measure in the form of arrest to the ex-Party of Regions leader Oleksandr Yefremov.
“The Starobilsk District Court of the Luhansk region extended the measure of restraint in the form of detention for Yefremov for another two months,” Prosecutor General’s Office (PGO) Spokeswoman Larysa Sarhan said on Twitter on Jan. 21.
As reported, Yefremov on July 30, 2016 was detained on suspicion of threatening Ukraine’s territorial integrity and sovereignty in an airport in Kyiv. He is also charged with supporting Russia-backed separatists in Donbas and the illegal acquisition of property belonging to Luhanskvuhillia.
The Starobilsk District Court of Luhansk region is currently hearing the case on charges of Yefremov in complicity with terrorists, encroachment on the territorial integrity of Ukraine and high treason.
Yefremov is suspected of organizing the seizure of the building of Luhansk Regional State, supporting a foreign organization to conduct disruptive activities against Ukraine and supporting and establishing a terrorist organization – the so-called “Luhansk People’s Republic.”
