Russian news agencies on Saturday reported that President had been added to a Kremlin wanted list.
Though the Interior Ministry provided no details about the charges leveled against Zelenskyy, it said that a case had been opened against him “under an article of the criminal code.”
The move is seen as largely symbolic, since Zelenskyy is not on Russian soil.
on the grounds that Kyiv was supposedly repressing the country’s Russian-speaking citizens, with Russian President urging Kyiv’s military to overthrown Zelenskyy in a national address the day after Moscow launched its “special military operation” on February 24, 2022.
Last year, Zelenskyy said that at least “five or six” attempts to assassinate him had been foiled since that time.
Ukraine’s foreign ministry dismissed the reports of Zelenskyy’s inclusion as evidence of “the desperation of the Russian state machine and propaganda.”
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The list also includes other high-ranking politicians, such as Prime Minister over the from public spaces.
Kallas called them, “symbols of repressions and Soviet occupation,” that had “become a source of increasing social tensions.”
On March 17, 2023, the in The Hague — which Russia does not recognize — issued an and Russian Commissioner for Children’s Rights Maria Lvova-Belova for their role in the abduction of thousands of Ukrainian children during the war.
Russia claims that it was forced to “evacuate” the children for their own protection.
js/lo (AFP, dpa)
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