The deputy was photographed at the scene of the deadly fire at the Odesa trade union building, which killed over 40 people -- largely supporters of pro-Russian separatists. There is no evidence that he was involved in the actions that started the fire.
In an interview, Honcharenko said he was one of the first to arrive after the carnage in Odesa. He took a picture with a body of one of the deceased because he wanted to demonstrate that "people put themselves at risk" when they attend demonstrations "with flags other governments and the government of the aggressor" they put themselves at risk.
From a demonstration in London.
Nadia Savchenko, jailed in Russia and charged in a mortar attack that killed two Russian journalists, has been on a hunger strike for 80 days. She was captured by pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine and taken across the border. The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, of which Savchenko is a deputy, has called for her immediate release and has called the charges politically motivated.
A street sign pointing towards the Kremlin is covered with a homemade sign that says, "lawlessness."
"Very. Cool. Photo."
London-based author Ben Judah responds to a tweet from the Russian Ambassador to the UK.
The lawyer for Nadia Savchenko says he has been asked to defend Honcharenko.
Photos from a march earlier today in the Siberian city of Novosibirsk.
"I've never seen so many Russian flags at a demonstration," writes photographer Ilya Varlamov. Perhaps a direct rebuttal to the Kremlin's talk of a "fifth column" within the Russian opposition.