“According to media reports, it is possible that his detention is connected with his active participation in 2014 in the events of the reunification of the Crimean peninsula with Russia.
The warrant for the arrest of a Russian citizen was issued by Ukraine, where he can be prosecuted, ”the UK said.
Bastrykin instructed to study the reasons and legal grounds for the detention of a Russian in a foreign state in cooperation with the Russian Foreign Ministry.
This should be done in connection with the inadmissibility of abuse of international legal mechanisms "to bring persons to justice for political reasons."
As the representative of the Czech Police Presidium Ondřej Moravchik said earlier, a Russian citizen was indeed detained in the capital under an international arrest warrant issued by Ukraine.
According to RIA Novosti, we are talking about Alexander Franchetti, who was a participant in the events of the "Crimean Spring" when the peninsula returned to Russia.