The prosecution claims that Balukh had, on 11 August 2017, attacked the head of the temporary detention unit in Razdolne, Valery Tkachenko and then poured a cleaning substance over him. Balukh had repeatedly complained that Tkachenko was taking every opportunity to harass and insult him, and the(
6/23 Volodymyr Balukh/ His arrest came nine days after he nailed a plaque to his home, renaming it No. 18 “Heroes of Nebesna Sotnya St’ in memory of the over 100 Maidan activists who were killed / Although the latter has four possible attic premises to search, these were not even opened./
3/19 He stated that the case against him was fabricated with the participation of Dmitry Popov, the head of the criminal prosecution of the Rozdolnenskyi police department and that explosives and ammunition were planted.
8/4 Volodymyr Balukh, a Ukrainian farmer, activist and recognized political prisoner, has been sentenced to 3 years, 7 months after a gravely flawed trial which human rights groups have condemned as reprisals for his open opposition to Russia’s occupation of his native Crimea - and, effectively, f