SIMFEROPOL (Sputnik) — The Ukrainian National Police opened a case into Panov's abduction after the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) detained the Ukrainian national in Crimea during a raid on a group suspected of preparing terror attacks.
"He officially crossed the Crimea-Ukraine border through a checkpoint. Thus, all speculation about his abduction is groundless," the source said.
Simferopol's Kiev District Court is expected to decide on pre-trial restrictions for Panov.
The Federal Security Service also said it had prevented two overnight attempts by Kiev-organized terrorist groups from entering Crimea overnight into August 8, in which one Russian soldier was killed.
Russian President Vladimir Putin called the incidents a "very dangerous game" adding that Ukraine's authorities had resorted to terrorism instead of looking for peaceful solutions to the conflict in the east of the country.
