Hearing Lisogor’s case to be held next week in Liberia

Trial of famous Ukrainian swimmer Oleg Lisogor will be held next week in Liberia, director of information policy department of the Foreign Ministry of Ukraine Yevhen Perebyinis told a briefing.

 "In order to clarify circumstances of the case involving citizens of Ukraine Lisogor and Slipchenko, our diplomatic mission in Senegal sent a note to the Liberian party to promptly inform the Ukrainian diplomatic mission of the raised issues. We did not get response from them so far," Perebyinis said.

He noted that a representative of Ukraine had a conversation with Lisogor in Liberia, and the fact of initiating "a case on suspicion of detention of a citizen of Ukraine in Monrovia" was confirmed.

According to Perebyinis, the court hearing in this case will be held next week.

He added that Lisogor has a lawyer and denies charges against him, "which, he says, are based on information spread by Slipchenko".

Perebyinis also stressed that now Lisogor is in his home in Liberia.