Ukrainian Grandmother Detained in Alleged FSB Trap
First reported 2 Oct, 13:50 UTCUpdated 1d ago3 sources
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Kazakhstan detained Ukrainian citizen Liubov Rozhanska at Astana airport after she arrived to collect her grandson, whom a Ukrainian court had ordered to live with his father in Odesa. Russia accuses her of attempting to abduct the child, while her lawyer alleges the proposed handover was a planned FSB provocation.
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Ukrainian citizen Liubov Rozhanska was detained at Astana’s airport after arriving from Istanbul. She is now being held in a pretrial detention center, and a court hearing is expected within three days. Russia requested her detention through the Collective Security Treaty Organization, her lawyers told DW. Rozhanska…
Kazakhstan detained Ukrainian citizen Liubov Rozhanska at Astana airport after she arrived to collect her grandson, whom a Ukrainian court had ordered to live with his father in Odesa. Russia accuses her of attempting to abduct the child, while her lawyer alleges the proposed handover was a planned FSB provocation.
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- Ukrainian Grandmother Detained in Alleged FSB Trap (opens Kyiv Post in a new tab)
Kazakhstan detained Ukrainian citizen Liubov Rozhanska at Astana airport after she arrived to collect her grandson, whom a Ukrainian court had ordered to live with his father in Odesa. Russia accuses her of attempting to abduct the child, while her lawyer alleges the proposed handover was a planned FSB provocation.
- A Ukrainian grandmother came to Kazakhstan to collect her grandson. Instead, she was detained at Russia’s request. (opens Meduza in a new tab)
Ukrainian citizen Liubov Rozhanska was detained at Astana’s airport after arriving from Istanbul. She is now being held in a pretrial detention center, and a court hearing is expected within three days. Russia requested her detention through the Collective Security Treaty Organization, her lawyers told DW. Rozhanska…
- Ukrainian woman detained in Kazakhstan after alleged FSB trap over grandson's return (opens The Kyiv Independent in a new tab)
Rozhanska attempted to collect her 8-year-old grandson and bring him back to his father in Odesa under an agreement reached in advance with the boy’s Russian relatives.



