No criminal proceedings were brought against the man who brutally attacked Ihor Movenko over Ukrainian symbols and an ‘Azov Battalion’ sticker on his bike. The fact that only Movenko was punished after a totally unprovoked attack seems further confirmation that the assailant was a police officer – and of a terrifying level of impunity for attacks on Ukrainians.
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Halya Coynash: Ukrainian savagely beaten in Russian-occupied Crimea punished, not his attacker
A picture taken on September 12, 2016 in the main Crimean city of Simferopol shows an elderly woman walking next to an election campaign poster for the United Russia party with the phrase "Russia is ours".
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