The former head of the rebellious Calonian government Carles Puchdemon was detained on the island of Sardinia in Italy. This is reported by El Confidencial with reference to sources.
It is noted that Puchdemon was detained by the Resolution of the Supreme Court of Spain. In the near future, the Italian authorities will have to decide whether to issue His Spain or release free. Italian police confirmed the detention of rebellious policy, RIA Novosti reports.
In March of this year, the European Parliament voted to deprive Puchdemon and two more legislators-separatist deputy inviolability.
Referendum on independence of Catalonia took place on October 1, 2017. Then more than 90 percent of those who voted spoke in favor of the exit of the region from Spain. After that, Puchdemon signed the Declaration of Independence of Catalonia and called on all countries of the world to recognize it by a sovereign state. The central government tried to prevent the referendum, applying the power methods. As a result of the riots, 893 people were injured. Madrid did not recognize the results of this willing.
Later, the Supreme Court of Spain recognized the organizers of the referendum on the independence of autonomy guilty in the mute and sentenced them to a long prison sentence.