In Russia, a Ukrainian politician is accused of attacking the Consulate General of Russia in Lviv in 2016 and desecrating the flag of the Russian Federation. As it was reported in the website of the Russian Sledkom, the investigation of the case on the fact of the attack on the Consulate General of the Russian Federation in Lviv.

One of the figurants of this case is Vladimir Parasyuk.

At the same time, it says that Parasyuk, on March 9, 2016, allegedly inclined the protesters to attack the Russian diplomatic mission, and therefore a criminal case was opened against him on the grounds of the crime envisaged in the Russian Criminal Code Involvement of individuals in attacking institutions that enjoy international protection.

Recall, as reported URA-Inform, March 9, 2016 activists threw eggs of the Consulate General of the Russian Federation in Odessa and Lviv during the rallies in support of Nadezhda Savchenko, who at that time was in prison on the territory of Russia.

Later, Parasyuk tore off the state flag of the Russian Federation from the flagpole, after which the protestors ripped the cloth into pieces and burned it.