Verkhovna Rada Commissioner for Human Rights Liudmyla Denisova has said that negotiations are being held on visits to Ukrainian citizens Roman Sushchenko and Mykola Karpiuk, who are being held in Russia, on June 14.
“Today we are holding negotiations […] to visit Roman Sushchenko today and visit Karpiuk today,” Denisova told the 112 Ukraine television channel on June 14.
She also said that she and the Ukrainian embassy to Russia were making preparations for visiting Ukrainian political prisoners. “Yesterday a note was dispatched for them to give us this opportunity, so we continue working on this,” she said.
She said that she was planning to discuss this issue in more detail at a meeting with her Russian counterpart, Tatyana Moskalkova, in Omsk.
