According to the brothers, they were walking to a hospital when a police car suddenly stopped near them. Officers jumped out, claiming the brothers were «wanted for evading military service,» and attempted to forcibly take them to a recruitment center (TCC).
Saturday, May 24, 2025
Kononovich brothers detained again in Kyiv: "Zelensky's Regime Wants Us Dead"!
Tuesday, March 11, 2025
KKE: Protests for the anti-communist, anti-democratic persecutions in Ukraine and Russia
On 11 March 2025, the Communist Youth of Greece (KNE) held a picket outside the Embassy of Ukraine in Athens, while a delegation of the KKE and KNE affixed a letter of protest to its door.
With this protest, the KKE and KNE condemned the prolonged political persecution, arrest and torture of Mikhail and Alexander Kononovich, members of the Ukrainian Communist Youth League (Komsomol).
Thursday, July 6, 2023
Solidarity with Kononovich Brothers! Protest of the KKE and KNE at the Ukrainian Embassy in Athens
The KKE’s statement of protest reads as follows:
Wednesday, July 5, 2023
Zelensky regime is planning our assassination: Urgent Appeal from Kononovich Brothers
More specifically, the two young communists who were arrested in March 2022 and imprisoned in Ukraine following a "kangaroo-court" trial, point out that according to Kiev government's plans, "there will be two scenarios or prison or our murder".
Monday, December 12, 2022
Ukraine: Kononovich brothers' released from prison, placed under house arrest
Lyudmila Gladkaya, journalist of «sb.by» portal suspects that the prosecution and the court simply cannot present any verifiable violations of the law and therefore have to backtrack on certain aspects. For example, in several court sessions, announced prosecution witnesses simply did not show up.
Sunday, July 3, 2022
Kononovich brothers courtroom appeal: “Our case is completely fabricated from start to finish"
Under the pretext of false and groundless accusations, the two brothers, members of the Leninist Communist Youth Union of Ukraine were arrested on March 7th, 2022 and tortured in a Kiev detention center.
Since then, numerous Communist Parties and Youth organizations from all over the world, including the World Federation of Democratic Youth (WFDY) have demanded their immediate release. The EU Parliament Group of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) has already submitted two written questions (first and second) to the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs concerning the case of Kononovich brothers.
Saturday, June 25, 2022
KKE: Question to EU's Josep Borrell about the detained young communists in Ukraine
Wednesday, June 15, 2022
Ukraine: 100 days since the kidnapping of Mikhail and Aleksander Kononovich
Under the pretext of false and groundless accusations, the two brothers were arrested on March 7th and tortured in a Kiev detention center.
Saturday, March 19, 2022
Sign the Petition: Freedom to Kononovich Brothers!
Also, send emails and letters to your local Ukrainian Embassy or Consulate (check a list below) to protest the unacceptable and unjust detention of Kononovich brothers.
The full text of the Petition:
Sunday, March 13, 2022
Ukraine: Communist Youth Union members beaten badly, remain detained in Kiev
More specifically, a recent post by the WFDY reads:
"Finally, after 6 days without any news, we have received an update on the situation of comrades Kononovich.
-They are arrested in a pre-trial detention centre in Kiev.
Thursday, March 10, 2022
KKE in EU Parliament: Urgent question about the arrest of Kononovich brothers in Ukraine
More specifically the urgent question submitted by the KKE MEP Kostas Papadakis reads:
Monday, March 7, 2022
Alert: Ukrainian authorities arrested Communist Youth leader and his brother
"The First Secretary of our Ukrainian member organisation, the Leninist Communist Youth Union of Ukraine, Mikhail Kononovich, and his brother, Aleksander Kononovich, have been arrested by the Ukrainian neo-fascist regime during the last hours.