Political prisoners became a reality in Ukraine in 2010, runs a statement by Ukrainian writers and scholars, Ukrayinska Pravda reported Feb. 25.
“The countries in the world can be classed by whether they have political prisoners or not. Over the past year, the regime has been successfully moving Ukraine on the way to becoming a rogue states,” the statement says.
“Criminal investigations have been opened against small and medium business representatives – on a laughable charge of damaging the tiles on the Kyiv’s central square, Maidan. Nine Ukrainians have been put behind bars for beheading the illegally erected monument to Stalin.
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