Russia declared this Saturday in search and seizure to the president of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyupon being included in the Russian Ministry of the Interior’s list of people wanted and captured, according to the official Russian agency TASS.
Zelensky, the ministry said, is wanted in connection with a crime contemplated in the Penal Code from Russia, without offering further details. Authorities have previously issued arrest warrants for senior Ukrainian officials.
In December of last year, the Russian Ministry of the Interior searched for and captured head of Military Intelligence (GUR) of Ukraine, Kirilo Budánov, after the Russian Investigative Committee initiated criminal proceedings against him and three other Ukrainian soldiers. Last April Budanov was arrested in absentia by the Russian Justice on charges of terrorism.
Russia, whose president, Vladimir Putinhas an arrest warrant from the International Criminal Court, which considers him responsible for war crimes for the illegal deportation of children from Ukraine, has also searched for and captured politicians from European Union countries.
On February 13, Russia announced this measure against Prime Minister of Estonia, Kaja Kallas, as well as against several officials and deputies from Latvia and Lithuania. According to the Russian authorities, the search and arrest warrant against the head of the Estonian Government and other Baltic politicians was adopted due to the destruction and damage caused to the monuments of Soviet soldiers in Estonia.
