MOSCOW, August 20 (RAPSI) – A 27-month prison sentence given to Ukrainian national Roman Ternovsky for engagement in the activities of Right Sector nationalist organization banned in Russia has become effective, the spokesperson of Russia’s Investigative Committee Svetlana Petrenko has told journalists.

According to investigators, from 2015 to 2016, Ternovsky took part in pickets, rallies and other mass events in Ukraine as a member of Right Sector. Moreover, he propagated online the organization’s activity on his Facebook page among the social network users including Russians.

He was arrested in the Russian city of Rostov-on-Don in October 2017.

Right Sector is a Ukrainian association of radical nationalist organizations. In January and February 2014, its members clashed with police and seized administrative buildings in Kiev. Since April 2014, Right Sector has been involved in fighting the protest movement in eastern Ukraine.

In November 2014, Russia’s Supreme Court declared Right Sector an extremist group and banned its activity in Russia. The Investigative Committee opened a criminal case against Right Sector leader Dmitry Yarosh for alleged incitement of terrorism.

In January 2015, Right Sector was added to the Russian register of prohibited organizations.