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UNIAN: Chief swap mediator Ruban charged for coup attempt to remain arrested until Aug 23

By UNIAN.

Published June 26, 2018 at 9:44 am

Volodymyr Ruban, a former informal negotiator in Donbas prisoner swaps, attends a hearing in a Kyiv district court on March 9, 2018. Ukraine on Friday charged a prisoner swap negotiator with plotting to assassinate President Petro Poroshenko and other senior officials by attacking their homes and offices with mortar fire and grenades.

Photo by AFP

Head of the Ukrainian “Officer Corps” center for the exchange of prisoners of war Volodymyr Ruban, who is charged with an attempted coup, will remain under arrest for another two months, until August 23.

Kyiv’s Shevchenkivsky district court has extended his arrest period without bail, a UNIAN correspondent has reported.