Popular Russian actor in hot water after eastern Ukraine shooting

A Russian action film star is in hot water after he was caught on film wearing press gear while firing a machine gun toward Ukrainian lines with Moscow-backed rebels at Donetsk airport.
n the video released by the rebels’ NovorossiaTV on Oct. 30, the barrel-chested Mikhail Porechenkov is heard saying, “ceasefire,” before opens fire with a mounted machine gun at the airport, grinning widely. Afterward, he poses for a photograph with the fighters, wearing a blue helmet and vest marked with “PRESS.”
“For the fighters at combat positions at the airport, this visit was a big surprise and definitely an enjoyable event,” reads the Russian text in the video’s description.
Ukraine’s state security service, however, was much less enthused. It said it had opened criminal proceedings against Porechenkov for «participation in terrorist activities of the so-called DNR,» referring to the self-proclaimed breakaway territory known as the «Donetsk People’s Republic.»
Ukrainian Interior Minister Arsen Avakov said Porechenkov would also face charges of participating in the activities of «armed gangs,» an offense punishable by seven to 12 years in prison. And the minister went further, saying he would appeal to Interpol over the matter.
«Investigators believe that with such obvious evidence of a crime… Interpol will actively support tracking him down, and Porechenkov could not navigate the world outside Russia without being arrested and extradited to Ukraine,» Avakov said.

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