The court of Naples ruled to release Ukrainian director Yevhen Lavrenchuk from custody. He was illegally detained in Italy in December 2021 at the request of Russia for his extradition.

This was reported by the Ombudsman Lyudmila Denisova.

\! The court of Naples issued a final decision on the release of Yevgeny, recognizing the charges against him for the parties of the Russian Federation as fabricated, and the motives for persecution as political.. - wrote Denisova.

According to her, the decision was the result of an appeal initiated by the Ombudsman from the National Police to Interpol about Russia's misuse of information in the Interpol information system..

" In turn, the Naples court put an end to this process and fired Yevgeny Lavrenchuk,"

Evgeny Lavrenchuk - Ukrainian theater director, ex-chief director of the Odessa Opera and Ballet Theater, rector of the "

On December 17, Ukrainian director Yevgeny Lavrenchuk was detained in Italy at the request of the Russian authorities, which stated that Lavrenchuk allegedly committed a criminal offense eight years ago while on the territory of the Russian Federation.. The details of the case were not disclosed, but it is known that Yevgeny was accused of financial violations that he allegedly committed in Russia..