Participants of the German group Scooter face up to 8 years of imprisonment for performing at a festival in the occupied Crimea.

This was reported by the press-secretary of the Prosecutor's Office of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea Tatyana Tihonchik, the Crimea. Realities.

"According to the appeal of the People's Deputy of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Dmitry Bilotserkivts about the violation of the requirements of Ukrainian legislation by the collective of the German group Scooter, the Prosecutor's Office of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea has entered information into the Single Register of Pre-.

332-1 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine on the fact of violation by foreigners of the order of entry into the temporarily occupied territory of Ukraine and departure from it (up to 8 years of imprisonment), "the spokeswoman said..

According to the representative of the department, the prosecutor's office will send inquiries to the German authorities to provide international legal assistance in order to interrogate the members of the group.

Recall, August 4, the famous German band Scooter flew to the annexed Crimea, even despite the condemnation of German politicians. They performed at the music festival # ZBFest in Balaclava.