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At the request of the Russian Federation, Ukrainian theatre director Yevhen Lavrenchuk was detained in Italy .

This was reported to UNIAN by Foreign Ministry spokesman Oleg Nikolenko.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine states that Ukrainian diplomats are assisting the arrested Ukrainian citizen Yevhen Lavrenchuk. 

“The Consulate General of Ukraine in Naples is providing consular assistance to Ukrainian citizen Yevhen Lavrenchuk, who was detained in Italy on December 17 at the request of the Russian Federation,” the spokesman said.

According to him, the court of Naples chose a measure of restraint for the Ukrainian in the form of detention for the period of consideration of the Russian extradition request.

At the same time, with the assistance of the Consulate General, the citizen was provided with a lawyer.