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Ukrainian Court Finds Lviv Student Guilty Of Torching RFE/RL Reporter's Car

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Ukrainian Court Finds Lviv Student Guilty Of Torching RFE/RL Reporter's Car

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The destroyed vehicle of RFE/RL journalist Halyna Tereshchuk.

5/26/20
A Ukrainian court has found a university student guilty of torching an RFE/RL reporter's car, a decision that the media organization's president said brings prosecutors closer to apprehending the organizers of the premeditated crime. A court in the western city of Lviv on May 25 handed down a suspended five-year sentence with a three-year probation period to Yakob Sarakhman for setting Halyna Tereshchuk's car ablaze on the night of January 30. The 19-year-old university student admitted his guilt to the court and agreed to cooperate with prosecutors, Tereshchuk's lawyer, Oleh Mytsyk, said.

"The conviction is an important first step in holding accountable the perpetrators of this hateful crime. The arson attack not only targeted an RFE/RL colleague, and terrorized her family, but it was a worrisome attempt to intimidate independent journalism in Ukraine," RFE/RL President Jamie Fly said in a statement. "I call on the Ukrainian authorities to identify and prosecute those who ordered the attack in addition to the individual who carried it out." Police have named two other suspects in the arson attack: Mykhaylo Cherdak, a local police official, and Vadym Dmytrenko, an unemployed individual with a criminal record. Cherdak is in hiding and his whereabouts unknown, while Dmytrenko is under house arrest.
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Accused of ordering the torching of the journalist’s car is a 48-year-old former convict (Vadym Dmytrenko) who is known in the criminal world for black-market schemes. Allegedly colluding with him was a 43-year-old National Police Major (Mykhaylo Cherdak) in the Lviv region who sought the arsonist and paid him for the crime. The fugitive Cherdak is on a nationwide wanted list. Each faces a 15 year prison sentence. The arsonist (Yakob Sarakhman) faces a 3-10 year prison sentence. Why was this crime committed? Why are individuals from Lviv involved in a crime that took place in Odesa? Are there others involved?
 
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