“On the Internet, there is a fake that a Russian citizen Yevgeny Mefyodov, who was released on bail from a Ukrainian prison, where he spent 5 years, came to the Russian Consulate General in Odessa, faced with a formal attitude and demanded a set fee for processing documents from him without taking into account all the humanitarian circumstances of his case, ”Zakharova wrote.
The representative of the Russian foreign ministry emphasized that the information disseminated was “this is fake, disinformation, falsehood.”
According to her, Mefyodov was issued documents yesterday, on August 20, without charge.
She added that, according to the updated information, on August 21 the materials necessary for issuing a passport to Mefyodov arrived at the Russian Consulate General in Odessa from Russia. According to her, the Russian was invited to come tomorrow in order to continue the process of processing documents, including applying for a passport.
“I repeat once again - there is no question of payment, given the humanitarian circumstances,” Zakharova said.
On May 2, 2014 Mefyodov, along with anti-Maidan activists, was in the House of Trade Unions in Odessa. As a result of the arson of the building, 48 people died. The Russian himself was in intensive care with severe burns. From the hospital he was sent to a pre-trial detention center.
In an interview with RT, Mefyodov told how he went on a hunger strike several times in prison.