İsveç, eski milletvekili Dmytro Sviatash’ı sınır kontrolünde tutukladı
İsveç sınır police former Ukrainian lawmaker Dmytro Sviatash, who arrived in the country to attend a Stevie Wonder concert in Stockholm, was detained at Stockholm Arlanda Airport and refused entry. His lawyer says the decision was politically motivated, while Swedish authorities cite Poland’s Schengen-wide re-entry ban.
Öne çıkanlar
- Dmytro Sviatash, 22 Ekim’de Stockholm Arlanda Havalimanı’na geldi.
- İsveç sınır police detained Sviatash during passport control and denied him entry.
- Sviatash came to Sweden to attend a Stevie Wonder concert in Stockholm.
- The official reason for the entry ban was Poland’s re-entry ban recorded in the Schengen information system.
- A Ukrainian court sentenced Sviatash in absentia in summer 2024 to 12 years in prison.
- He was convicted of justifying Russia’s armed aggression against Ukraine and fraud involving 2.2 billion hryvnias.
- The Swedish migration court declined an oral hearing; his defense was due to submit final written explanations by October 28.
Neden önemli
The detention opens a new legal dispute over whether Sviatash can be extradited from Sweden to Ukraine. It could affect both the Ukrainian proceedings against him and the enforcement of his sentence. The defense disputes the official justification for the entry ban, while his conviction in Ukraine remains under appeal.
Ne oldu
Former Ukrainian lawmaker Dmytro Sviatash was detained by Swedish border police during passport control at Stockholm Arlanda Airport on October 22 and denied entry to Sweden. He had presented an Ukrainian passport despite also holding Russian citizenship and said he had traveled to attend a Stevie Wonder concert in Stockholm. He was placed in custody at the Swedish Migration Agency’s temporary detention center in Mörsta. His lawyer Mark Safaryan appealed the detention and the entry decision, arguing that the refusal was politically motivated and that Sviatash opposes extradition to Ukraine.
Ukrayna kaynakları olayı nasıl aktarıyor
Ukrainian coverage focuses on Sviatash’s previous service as a lawmaker, his conviction in absentia, the state-treason case and the contested extradition request. Reporting also highlights his Ukrainian and Russian citizenship, his 2019 departure for Russia and the continued domestic wanted status despite the reported withdrawal of his Interpol notice.
Uluslararası kaynaklar olayı nasıl aktarıyor
Sweden’s authorities officially relied on Poland’s Schengen-wide re-entry ban in refusing Sviatash entry. The case therefore involves both Swedish migration and extradition proceedings and the enforcement of a Ukrainian criminal judgment.
Haberlerin ayrıştığı noktalar
Swedish authorities named Poland’s Schengen-wide re-entry ban as the official reason for refusing entry, while Sviatash’s lawyer Mark Safaryan said the decision was politically motivated. Sources also differ on his Interpol status: some report that Interpol withdrew its notice in autumn 2024 after his lawyers appealed, while Ukrainian authorities continued to describe him as wanted in the state-treason case.
Arka plan
Sviatash served in Ukraine’s parliament from 2002 to 2019, representing the Party of Regions and, in the eighth convocation, the Party of Revival. He left Ukraine for Russia in 2019 and was later placed on wanted lists. In May 2023, Ukraine’s SBU notified him of a state-treason suspicion, alleging assistance to Russia in its war against Ukraine. A Ukrainian court sentenced him in absentia in summer 2024 to 12 years in prison for justifying Russia’s armed aggression and fraud involving 2.2 billion hryvnias. Interpol reportedly withdrew its international notice in autumn 2024 after his lawyers’ appeal. A reported October 2023 court decision said his extradition from Sweden to Ukraine was impossible because of the ongoing war.