The Crimean Self -Defense Commander will be judged by Gurzuf for the State Education Council – the ARC Prosecutor’s Office

In Ukraine, the commander of the illegal armed formation of “Self -Defense of Crimea” will be tried, reports on April 28 the project of Radio Liberty Crimea. Reality with reference to the prosecutor’s office of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol.

The suspect was reported that he created illegal armed formation in Gurzuf in February 2014.

“In March 2014, he was accused with his subordinate fighters and other” self-defense “, with a firearm, participated in the seizure of the 10th Saky Maritime Aviation Brigade (military unit A1100) of the Armed Forces, located in the village of Novofedorivka. In addition, on March 16, 2014, the Commander protected the polling stations and provided a referendum on the issue of the Peninsula’s territory into the Russian Federation, ”the message reads.

The person faces up to 15 years in prison.

“Self -Defense of Crimea” and “Self -Defense of Sevastopol” are illegal armed units created in 2014 during the occupation of Crimea. The groups operated under the control of the Russian forces and participated in the blocking of Ukrainian military units, the capture of administrative buildings and the persecution of pro -Ukrainian activists.

The members of these formations were patrolling, illegal detentions of citizens and ensuring control over the referendum on the accession of Crimea to the Russian Federation in March 2014. Many participants of this formation subsequently received positions in the Russian administration of the peninsula and were awarded the state awards of the Russian Federation.