Zakarpatska Ex-Governor Detained

UZHOROD, Ukraine -- According to Ukrayinska Pravda, the ex-governor of Zakarpatska oblast, one of SDPU leaders, Ivan Rizak was detained in Uzhgorod.

"Rizak was detained under article 115 on suspicion of making the head of Uzhgorod university Volodymyr Slivka commit suicide” – a speaker of oblast prosecution said.


Ivan Rizak
According to her, Rizak was questioned by the prosecutors office. The press service still does not know whether Rizak will be arrested.

Rizak was named a governor of Zakarpatye when Viktor Medvedchuk became the head of Kuchmas's Presidential Administration. At the same time Rizak headed Zakarpatskiy oblast committee of the SDPU and is currently a member of SDPU.

According to unofficial information, he covered criminal groups of the city as a governor and took part in the falsification of the elections of Mukachevo’s mayor.