Former MP from the Party of Regions Oleg Tsarev sentenced in absentia to 12 years in prison in Ukraine. This was announced by the Prosecutor General of Ukraine Irina Venediktova.
He was found guilty of public calls to change the boundaries of the territories and the state border of Ukraine and to forcibly change the constitutional order..
Tsarev was sentenced by the Shevchenkovsky District Court of Kyiv.
In addition, the former people's deputy was deprived of the first rank of a civil servant (first category) and the right to hold elective positions, positions in state authorities and local self-government for a period of 3 years..
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