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Ex-deputado�� Sviatash detido na Suécia e impedido de entrar no país

A polícia fronteiriça Sueca deteve o antigo deputadobees殊PARAM Ukrainian Dmytro Sviatash no Aeroporto de Estocolomo-Arlanda, recusou-lhe a entrada e colocou-o sob custódia. O advogado Марк Сафарян afirma que a decisão é politicamente motivada e que Sviatash se opõe à extradição para a Ucrânia, onde foi condenado à pena de 12 anos de prisão, em fora de courtroom.

Pontos principais

  • Sviatash foi detido a 22 de outubro no Aeroporto de Estocolomo-Arlanda durante o controlo documental.
  • O ex-deputado pretendia assistir a um concerto de Stevie Wonder em Estocolomo.
  • A Suécia.invoked Poland's Schengen-wide re-entry ban as the official reason for refusing entry.
  • Sviatash is a Ukrainian and Russian citizen.
  • 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.
  • His lawyer, Марк Сафарян, says the entry ban is politically motivated and that his client opposes extradition to Ukraine.
  • The Swedish migration court refused an oral hearing; the defence was to submit final written explanations by 28 October.

Porque é importante

A detention creates a new legal dispute over whether Sviatash can be extradited from Sweden to Ukraine. His entry ban has been officially attributed to a Polish Schengen re-entry restriction, while his defence alleges political motives. The Ukrainian conviction remains under appeal, and the Swedish proceedings may affect both the domestic criminal case and enforcement of the Ukrainian judgment.

O que aconteceu

Swedish border police detained Dmytro Sviatash at Stockholm Arlanda Airport on 22 October during passport control. He had travelled to Sweden to attend a Stevie Wonder concert in Stockholm and presented a Ukrainian passport, although he also holds Russian citizenship. The authorities denied him entry and placed him in custody at the Swedish Migration Agency's temporary detention centre in Märsta. Poland's decision to bar his re-entry, recorded in the shared database of Schengen countries, was cited as the official reason. The Swedish migration court declined to hold an oral hearing, while Sviatash's defence was required to provide final written explanations by 28 October.

Como o descrevem as fontes ucranianas

Ukrainian coverage emphasises Sviatash's status as a former Ukrainian lawmaker, his conviction in absentia and the state-treason suspicion against him. It also highlights his dual Ukrainian and Russian citizenship, his departure for Russia and his continued domestic wanted status despite the reported withdrawal of his Interpol notice.

Onde as versões divergem

Swedish authorities officially cited Poland's Schengen-wide re-entry ban as the reason for refusing entry, while Sviatash's lawyer said the decision was politically motivated. Reports also differ on whether he remained on Interpol's international wanted list: some say the notice was withdrawn after his lawyers' challenge, while Ukrainian authorities continued to describe him as wanted.

Contexto

Dmytro Sviatash served as a Ukrainian lawmaker from 2002 to 2019, representing the Party of Regions and the Party of Revival in the eighth parliamentary convocation. He left Ukraine for Russia in 2019 and was later placed on wanted lists. In summer 2024, a Ukrainian court sentenced him in absentia to 12 years in prison for justifying Russia's armed aggression against Ukraine and for fraud involving 2.2 billion hryvnias. Interpol reportedly withdrew its international notice in autumn 2024 after an appeal by his lawyers, while Ukrainian law enforcement continued to describe him as wanted in the state-treason case. A reported October 2023 court decision said his extradition from Sweden to Ukraine was impossible because of the ongoing war.