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RFE/RL: Kyiv, Moscow discussing ‘liberation’ of Crimean Tatars, other Ukrainians held in Russia

By Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.

Published Sept. 10, 2019 at 12:56 pm

Ukrainian Commissioner for Human Rights Liudmyla Denisova greets Ukrainian film director Oleg Sentsov upon his arrival in Kyiv after Russia-Ukraine prisoner swap, at Boryspil International Airport, outside Kyiv, on Sept. 7, 2019.

Photo by Volodymyr Petrov

Ukrainian and Russian officials are discussing the possible “liberation” of 113 Ukrainian nationals jailed in Russia, according to Ukrainian ombudswoman Lyudmyla Denisova.

In a televised interview aired on September 10, Denisova said that she was not sure when exactly the 113 Ukrainian citizens — including 89 Crimean Tatars — would be released and returned to Ukraine, but she expressed hope it would happen by the end of the year.