
The Svyatoshinsky District Court of Kiev postponed the interrogation of the former president of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych on November 28 in the case of the killings of demonstrators on the Maidan, Ukrainian Pravda reports . They could not deliver the accused, former employees of Berkut.
The interrogation was supposed to take place from the video from the building of the Rostov Regional Court. Yanukovych’s lawyers asked the court to ensure the delivery of the “Berkutovites” to the court or to establish a video clinic. The ex-president himself also made the corresponding request. “I would ask you, your honor, if possible, to hold a meeting today. We did everything that depended on us with the help of the Rostov court so that there was a high -quality connection. We were warned that there would be provocations,” he said.
However, several dozen activists blocked the departure from the Lukyanovsky pre -trial detention center in Kyiv. According to the press secretary of the Right Sector, Artem Skoropadsky, the party fears that the court will let go of the accused from the guard.
The police will not enter into a power conflict with the protesters, said the head of the Ukrainian Ministry of Internal Affairs Arsen Avakov. “Yanukovych has already provoked blood and troubles in Ukraine. The Ministry of Internal Affairs will not participate in the next provocation of the Moscow puppet and enter into a power conflict with protesters. Moreover, we understand the point and motives of these people and there are many of them,” wrote Avakov. “The National Police and the National Guard will ensure the delivery of the defendants to the court, as soon as there is a technical opportunity, and at the same time we will have a technical opportunity They will not impose participation in the provocations, which is played by the runaway ex-president under the dictation of the aggressor country. "
After transferring the meeting, Yanukovych promised that he would “be testified” on November 28. "I am outraged what happened. Today we learned that the radicals are working outside Ukrainian laws again. And the authorities approve of this," the ex -president said. According to him, such actions are caused by fear that "the crimes of the Maidan will be disclosed."
In July, the Prosecutor General of Ukraine Yuriy Lutsenko said that the cases of 19 "Berkutovites" involved in the executions of the Maidan were transferred to court . Six of them are in custody. The affairs of 13 more people are at the stage of pre -trial investigation, five of them were arrested. According to Lutsenko, soon these cases will also be transferred to court.
Another 36 people are wanted and will be convicted in absentia. "I also assume the transfer of this prosecution in court this year," said the Prosecutor General.
At the end of October last year, the assistant to the prosecutor general of Ukraine Vladislav Kutsenko stated that Yanukovych personally ordered the use of weapons against the Maidan.