Ukraine threatens French lawmakers with jail after visit to Crimea
The French parliamentarians who visited Crimea last week are
facing an eight-year prison term, confiscation of vehicles and prohibition to
hold certain positions, member of Ukraine’s Verkhovna Rada Georgy Logvinsky
wrote on his Facebook page on Tuesday.
According to Logvinsky, Ukraine’s Prosecutor General’s
Office has begun an audit against the French delegation that had visited Crimea,
reports Tass.
"These French citizens are facing a prison term from 5
to 8 years. An audit has begun following my petition to the Prosecutor-General’s
Office of Ukraine."
"All members of the French delegation - they will all
be brought to account. Today or tomorrow - this is just a matter of time. The
response will be adequate, believe me," the Ukrainian lawmaker wrote.
The French parliamentary delegation visited Crimea on July
23 and 24. That was the first visit of Western parliamentarians to Crimea and
the city of Sevastopol since last March, when the Black Sea peninsula held a
referendum overwhelmingly voting for its reunification with Russia.
After their visit the French parliamentarians said it was
necessary to abandon the anti-Russian sanctions and recognize Crimea as part of
Russia. "Crimea is an absolutely peaceful region," said Claude
Goasguen, a member of the French National Assembly representing Paris.
"Crimea residents cannot be criticized for the fact that there is no war
on their territory. They cannot be criticized for the fact that the referendum
resulted in peace." "They say that the Crimean authorities had no
legal power to hold a referendum. Of course, they did! The coup in Ukraine was
carried out not by Crimea residents, but by the Maidan authorities! I support
peace and I am happy that it reigns in Crimea. I favor the resumption of
dialogue between Russia and France," Goasguen said.
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