Criminal case started against organizers of separatist “referendum” in Shchastya. The lawyer Igor Chudovsky told to reporter of informator.lg.ua that according to information he has the chief of the local hospital Oleg Suprun and the director of school #56 of Shchastya are suspects in the investigation. He is accused in organizing “referendum” in the building of the school and the chief of the hospital is accused in using administrative resource forcing people to come during “elections” day.

“It’s very strange that organizers of “referendum” in Shchastya got under investigation only 1 year and 4 months later. But it’s good that police got interested in them” says Chudovsky.

On May 11 2014 in Lugansk and areas around separatists organized “referendum” in order to create of so-called “Lugansk People’s Republc”.