A decision on whether to extradite mathematician and blogger Mikhail Verbitsky, detained in Yerevan, to Russian authorities will be made soon. He is expected to be released soon, according to Artur Sakunts, head of the Yerevan-based human rights organization Helsinki Citizens' Assembly - Vanadzor.
In Crimea, security forces in balaclavas kidnapped Crimean Tatar Rustem Ababullaev. The detention is due to the fact that he posted a photo of the Ukrainian flag on his VKontakte page. This was reported by the "Tribunal. Crimean episode."
Without introducing themselves, two people in civilian clothes and balaclavas twisted Ababullaev’s hands, searched him, demanded his name, and put him in a car. He was subsequently forced to apologize on video.
“These actions have signs of a war crime against the civilian population. And together with the dissemination of personal data, humiliation and trial, they constitute an episode of a crime against humanity for the persecution of a group of people on the basis of ideological beliefs,” the "Tribunal. Crimean episode" noted.