MOSCOW (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 17th November, 2022) The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has put the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, on a wanted list, according to the SBU database.
In line with the document, Kadyrov is accused under two articles, including "waging an aggressive war or aggressive military operations," which stipulates 10 to 15 years in prison under the Ukrainian Criminal Code.
Kadyrov is not the first Russian politician wanted by the SBU. Earlier, the service put on its wanted list Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova and Russian Security Council Deputy Chairman Dmitry Medvedev, who are accused of encroaching on the territorial integrity of Ukraine, as well as a number of other members of the Russian Security Council and Russian military leaders.
Russia's Investigative Committee is investigating criminal cases on the illegal prosecution of Kadyrov and commander of Russia's United Group of Forces, Army Gen. Sergey Surovikin, who were put on a wanted list in Ukraine.
"On behalf of Alexander Ivanovich Bastrykin, Chairman of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation, the Main Investigation Department initiated and is investigating a criminal case on a crime under Article 299 of the Russian Criminal Code (prosecuting an innocent person or illegal initiation of a criminal case), due to an illegal decision on criminal prosecution of the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Akhmatovich Kadyrov, and putting him on a wanted list," the committee said on Telegram.
