Ukraine in Arabic | Symonenko agrees to interview by SBU officers

02.04.2015 - 23:38 #Ukraine, #Kiev, #Politics, #Security, #Investigations, #Simonenko, #Security Service, #conflict, #Communists, #Communist party

Leader of the Communist Party of Ukraine Petro Symonenko has agreed to visit the office of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) on Monday, April 6, for interrogation at 1000 Kyiv time. Communist leader Symonenko agrees to visit SBU next Monday for interrogation

Kiev/ Ukraine in Arabic/ Chief of the SBU's main investigation department Vasyl Vovk said that Petro Symonenko's lawyer had received a summons for his client an hour before.

"An hour ago, the lawyer received a summons, and they have agreed to come to the SBU for questioning at 1000 Kyiv time on Monday.

SBU Press Secretary Olena Hytlianska announced on April 1 that the SBU had invited Symonenko for questioning on April 2 to examine the circumstances of his presence at the congress of Russia's Communist Party in Moscow.

"The SBU is probing the circumstances of the presence of leader of the Communist Party of Ukraine Mr. Symonenko at the plenum of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation in Moscow. His public speeches and comments to Russian TV channels, including to Rossiya-24 on March 28, are being examined to find out whether his words encourage [anybody] to commit crimes against the fundamentals of Ukraine's national security," she said.

This was the reason why Symonenko was being called in for questioning, she added. Hytlianska said the next day, April 2, that Symonenko's interrogation would not take place because he hadn't received a summons and had been avoiding communication with SBU officers in every way possible.