A group of people gathered next to the Russian Consulate in the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv to protest the sentencing of Oleh Sentsov and Oleksandr Kolchenko.
Protesters hold signs that read "Great betrayal begins with a little cowardice" and "Russia, free Sentsov and Kolchenko."
The local police is present too.
Images of the town east of Mariupol that was the center of fighting in recent weeks:
Switzerland is to adopt a law that should speed up the return of former President Viktor Yanukovych’s assets to Ukraine, Reuters reports. The law, which may be adopted by the end of the year, will reportedly help lead to the restitution of Yanukovych’s illicit funds that are kept in Switzerland.
Swiss authorities are cooperating with countries including Haiti, Egypt, Tunisia, and Ukraine to return stolen assets that have been frozen following changes in power, according to Valentin Zellweger, the head of the Swiss Foreign Ministry's federal department of international law.
At the moment, Ukraine’s Prosecutor-General’s Office still has to provide sufficient evidence that would allow the return of Yanukovych’s frozen funds to Ukraine. The former president also had his accounts frozen in the United Kingdom and the Netherlands.