According to the Ukrainian TV station Hromadske, on political asylum in Ukraine asked the Russian activist Roman Roslovtsev. As told Hromadske himself Roslovtsev, he decided to ask for asylum in Ukraine because of “the inability to continue the protest activity in Russia.
“My house in Moscow, on duty employees of the FSB, so no, I did not take, came here with nothing,” — said the activist. He added that officially apply to the migration service of Ukraine on August 22.
Earlier, the state border service reported that a Russian citizen, “the famous writer and public figure” on the Ukrainian-Belarusian border at the checkpoint Novi yarylovychi asked for political asylum in Ukraine. The name of the Russian service is not called.
Press Secretary of the state border service of Ukraine Oleg Slobodyan comments to the TV channel “Rain” also did not mention the name asylum seekers a citizen of Russia, but noted that he lives in Moscow.
“The decision of the migration service made positive, missed it in Ukraine, and will now go on the legal process of obtaining this status,” — said the interlocutor of the channel.
Novel Roslavlev have participated in protests in Russia and detained by the police. The pickets of Roslovtsev came out in a mask of Russian President Vladimir Putin.