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The appeals court of Ukraine’s Kherson region has upheld the decision to prolong the arrest of Kiril Vyshinsky, the head of RIA Novosti Ukraine, who is suspected of high treason.

On Monday, the appeals court rejected defense lawyers’ appeals of the decision of the Kherson City Court to prolong Vyshinsky’s arrest, lawyer Andriy Domansky told Interfax-Ukraine.

Ukrainian law enforcement officers detained Vyshinsky in Kyiv on May 15, 2018.