In Germany, the trial of a nephew of Dmitry Kiselev

In Germany, the trial of a nephew of Dmitry Kiselev

Dmitry Kiselev

KIEV. 27 Feb. UNN. In Munich started the trial of the nephew of TV presenter Dmitry Kiselev. Sergey Kiselyov accused of involvement in the armed conflict in the East of Ukraine, reports UNN citing “Radio Liberty”.

As writes the edition, a relative of the Russian TV host has a priest. In 1996, he allegedly moved to Germany and served there in the Orthodox churches.

“According to investigators, Sergey Kiselev planned participation in the armed conflict in the Donbas in order to incorporate Ukrainian territory into Russia. The participation of the accused in the fighting in the East of Ukraine a subject of litigation is not. Prosecutors believe Serhiy Kiselyov guilty in the preparation of crimes that threaten the national security of Germany as well as the violation of the law on control of weapons”, – stated in the message.

As reported by the newspaper Welt, 2014, the accused allegedly passed military training camp in St. Petersburg to fight on the side of the self-proclaimed “Donetsk national Republic”. According to the investigation, then Sergei Kiselev, was in possession of a Kalashnikov rifle.

German authorities started the investigation against the accused at the end of 2017. In the spring of last year, Germany had obtained a European arrest warrant for him. Sergei Kiselev, was detained in Bulgaria and deported to Germany. There he was arrested, the newspaper writes.

Synopsis: television journalist Dmitry Kiselyov, head of Russian information Agency “Russia today”. Included in the list of EU sanctions over the annexation of Crimea.

The security service of Ukraine opened criminal proceedings against Russian journalist Dmitry Kiselev under article “terrorist financing”.