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The prosecutor requested that former MP should be held in custody without an alternative to bail. Shufrych has been in custody for six months now. He and his lawyers asked to cancel this decision. On Sep. 15, the SBU searched the Shufrych’s residence. According to law enforcement officials, they found St. George’s ribbons (one of the Russian propaganda symbols), medals and uniforms of the Russian armed forces at his home, as well as a “document” with a scheme of “autonomy” for Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts, which, in particular, had the signature of Putin’s close friend Viktor Medvedchuk. Shufry…