Lawyer Viacheslav Yakubenko who represented the case in court comments: “No one would deny the good motives of the deputies wishing to overcome juvenile crime and alcoholism in the region. However that does not constitute grounds for violating citizens’ constitutional right to freedom of movement.

After all, according to Article 2 of the Law on Freedom of Movement and Free Choice of Place of Residence in Ukraine, restriction of freedom of movement can only be established by law, and in no way via a decision from regional, district or village councils. The same norms are contained in Article 12 of the International Convention on Civil and Political Rights, as well as in Article 2 of Protocol № 4 to the European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms.”

An appeal has been lodged.