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Russian Investigators Open Case Against Ukraine Lawmaker on Consulate Attack

© Sputnik / Stringer / Go to the mediabankIndependent MP of Ukraine's Supreme Rada Vladimir Parasyuk ripping off the Russian flag from the building of the Russian Consulate General in Lviv during a rally demanding liberation of Nadezhda Savchenko. File photo
Independent MP of Ukraine's Supreme Rada Vladimir Parasyuk ripping off the Russian flag from the building of the Russian Consulate General in Lviv during a rally demanding liberation of Nadezhda Savchenko. File photo - Sputnik International
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The Russian Investigative Committee said Tuesday it opened a criminal case against Volodymyr Parasyuk for a 2016 attack on the Russian Consulate in Lviv.

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MOSCOW (Sputnik) Committee spokeswoman Svetlana Petrenko said "the investigation received sufficient evidence that on March 9, 2016, Parasyuk also enlisted people gathered near the Consulate General to commit an attack on the Russian diplomatic mission."

"In this connection, a criminal case has been instituted against Parasyuk on the grounds of the crime under the article of 'the involvement of persons in attacking institutions under international protection'," Petrenko said.

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