The court sentenced him to 2 years of restriction of freedom

The Pechersky District Court of Kyiv found former Minister of Internal Affairs Yuriy Lutsenko guilty of illegally extending surveillance of one of the defendants in the case of poisoning of presidential candidate Viktor Yushchenko, Valentin Davydenko. Mr. Lutsenko was sentenced to 2 years of restriction of freedom. Other defendants - former employees of the Criminal Investigation Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Vladimir Tarasenko and Oleg Pavlenov were sentenced to a fine in the amount of 500 tax-free minimum incomes of citizens, which is 8.5 thousand UAH, and deprivation for a period of three years of the right to occupy organizational and administrative positions. and administrative positions in enterprises and organizations of all forms of ownership.

The term of serving the ex-minister's sentence is calculated from the moment he is taken into custody, and due to the fact that in the first criminal case he was sentenced to 4 years in prison ( see "Kommersant" on February 28 ) by absorbing a lesser punishment with a larger one, the real term The sentence will be served for 4 years.

Yuriy Lutsenko's defense considers this verdict illegal and intends to appeal it. “This sentence passed against Lutsenko is illegal,” said lawyer Alexey Baganets at the Pechersky District Court. He emphasized that the court's decision is not based on the materials of the criminal case and the law. The defense has 15 days to appeal. “It (the appeal) is almost ready,” the lawyer told Interfax-Ukraine news agency.

Let us recall that in this case, Yuriy Lutsenko and former employees of the criminal investigation department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs - Oleg Pavlenov and Vladimir Tarasenko were charged with violating Art. 364 of the Criminal Code (“abuse of official position”). Subsequently, it was softened and reclassified to Part 1 of Art. 367 of the Criminal Code (“official negligence”), which provides for a maximum penalty of restriction of freedom for up to three years ( see Kommersant of July 23 ).

The state prosecution predicts that the former minister will be transferred to a colony in the near future. “Due to the fact that the convicted Lutsenko must serve a sentence of 4 years in prison, today there are no grounds for his detention in the Kyiv pre-trial detention center, and he should be transferred to a correctional labor institution of the State Penitentiary Service,” the prosecutor said Victor Klimenko.

In turn, Lutsenko’s lawyer noted that his client could be transferred to prison without waiting for a decision on the appeal against the last sentence. Most likely, Lutsenko will be transferred to the Menskaya colony (Chernigov region), the lawyer suggested.

Yuriy Lutsenko found guilty of official negligence