Halya Coynash: Tortured Ukrainian demands formal apology from Russia for insane prosecution
u200bSerhiy Lytvynov, the Luhansk oblast resident abducted in Russia and tortured into confessing to war crimes. Lytvynov was illegally held in custody from August 20, 2014 to July 8, 2015, on charges of killing 2 or more people, and of using prohibited means of warfare.
Serhiy Lytvynov, the Luhansk oblast resident abducted in Russia and tortured into confessing to war crimes that never happened, is demanding a formal apology for his unlawful prosecution. This he has the right to by law, and his lawyer Viktor Parshutkin plans to take the matter to court if Russia's Prosecutor General fails to react. This will be the third legal suit since Parshutkin is also about to file a claim on Lytvynov's behalf for moral compensation and a defamation suit against the pro-Kremlin Rossiya TV channel and its notorious deputy director Dmitry Kiselyov. They, and other Russian channels broadcast lurid, and totally invented, tales claiming that Lytvynov had murdered 39 victims, including elderly women and young girls.
