Ministry of Foreign Affairs to Supervise Slovak Case

All that is known is that he was taken into custody first on charges of racketeering and later on the January murder of Jan Dutsky, former Slovakian Economy Minister and former director of the Slovakian gas industry concern, acting head of the information department of the Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ihor Hrushko informed The Day.

Mr. Hrushko added that the Ukrainian Embassy in Slovakia is now taking all measures possible to protect the rights of our compatriot. Almost immediately after the fact of Tkhoryk's arrest was made public by the mass media, an official request for information on Tkhoryk's involvement in criminal activities was forwarded to the Slovak Ministry of Justice.

In addition, Mr. Hrushko stated that the charges had been brought based exclusively on information from witnesses. "The arrest is an accomplished fact. And the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will oversee the case," he said.

The Ukrainian citizen was previously arrested by the Slovak police several months ago. It is quite strange that the local authorities kept silent. In all previous cases related to arrests of Ukrainian citizens, our country's diplomatic institutions were informed within 24 hours.