Kyiv’s Court of Appeal has left the former Minister of Transport and Communications of Ukraine suspected of abducting and torturing the head of the Naftogazvydobuvannia company under round-the-clock house arrest, the press service of the court reports.
“On Sept. 16, 2021, the panel of judges of the judicial chamber for the consideration of criminal cases of Kyiv Court of Appeal considered the appeals filed by the prosecutor and the defense against the decision of Solomiansky District Court of Kyiv of Sept. 2, 2021, which changed the measure of restraint for the suspect R. from the house arrest to a certain period of the day for the round-the-clock house arrest until Sept. 29, 2021, inclusively,” a statement posted on the court’s website says.
According to the results of the appeal consideration, the decision was left unchanged, the appeals of the defense and the prosecutor’s office were not satisfied.
The court recalled that citizen R. is suspected of committing criminal offenses under Part 3 of Article 27, Part 3 of Article 146 (illegal imprisonment or kidnapping), Part 3 of Article 27, Part 2 of Article 127 (torture), Part 3 of Article 27, Part 4 of Article 189 (extortion) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.
According to the information, it is about Mykola Rudkovsky.
As reported, on Feb. 25, the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) informed that law enforcement officers had uncovered the abduction of the former head of the private gas production company Naftogazvydobuvannia, MP Seminsky. As part of the proceedings, five persons were notified of suspicion, involved in these crimes under Articles 127 (torture), 146 (kidnapping) and 189 (extortion) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.
Ex-Minister of Transport and Communications (2006-2007) Mykola Rudkovsky was handed suspicion of organizing the abduction of head of Naftogazvydobuvannia, MP Seminsky. The suspicion was put forward under Part 3 of Article 27, Part 3 of Article 146 (illegal imprisonment or kidnapping), Part 3 of Article 27, Part 2 of Article 127 (torture), Part 3 of Article 27, Part 4 of Article 189 (extortion) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.
Seminsky was kidnapped in February 2012. The criminals staged a fake traffic accident, after which they seized him and had been helding him for three years. After the abduction of the head of Naftogazvydobuvannia, a conflict broke out between his business partners over the distribution of the company’s shares.
In May 2015, the kidnappers released Seminsky.
