Ukrainian Communist Party leader Petro Symonenko is being questioned at the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) on May 10.
SBU spokeswoman Olena Hitlianska told Interfax-Ukraine that Symonenko was being interrogated as part of a criminal proceeding under Part 1, Article 109 (actions aimed at violent change or overthrow of the constitutional order or seizure of state power) and Part 1, Article 111 (treason) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.
A report posted on the party’s website says that Symonenko was summoned for questioning to the SBU’s main directorate in Kyiv and the Kyiv region at 2:00 p.m. on May 10.
On May 8, the SBU searched Symonenko’s home and seized an item similar to Stechkin automatic pistol. The search was conducted as part of criminal proceedings on the basis of the crimes pursuant to Part 1, Article 109 and Part 1, Article 111 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.
During the raid, along with propaganda materials aimed at the violent change and overthrow of the constitutional order or the seizure of state power, the SBU found an APS pistol with a silencer to it as well as 120 rounds.
Earlier on that day, SBU officers searched the homes of the leaders of the Communist Party in Kyiv and the Kyiv region. During the searches, law enforcement officers found propaganda materials with the banned symbolism of the communist totalitarian regime planned on the order of Russian curators on May 9 with the aim of destabilizing the socio-political situation in Ukraine and provoking power clashes between activists of socio-political groups.
Law enforcers revealed a mechanism for setting up on behalf of Russian curators a number of paid-for protest rallies to destabilize the situation in Ukraine, aimed at a violent change and overthrow of the constitutional system or seizure of state power.
