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Gennady Kernes has not been seen in public since late August (Photo: Gennady Kernes via Facebook)
The Kharkiv police initiated criminal proceedings for the disappearance of Mayor Gennady Kernes. The police press service reports.
The head of the public organization addressed the police: he said there was no connection with the 61-year-old mayor and nothing was known about his location. On November 9, investigators from the Shevchenko Police Department initiated criminal proceedings under Part 1 of art. 115 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. (premeditated murder) marked «missing person. ”Police added that they were verifying information.
Updated at 10:40 PM: Police subsequently removed the message from the website and social media.
Suspilne writes that the applicant is the head of the youth organization Artur Gaziev, who campaigned for a candidate of the Opposition Platform – For the Life of Alexander Feldman in the local elections. Gaziev wrote on his Facebook that «I’m sure someone deliberately passes off their actions as Kernes actions. “
On November 4, the territorial electoral commission of the city of Kharkov announced Gennady Kernes as mayor of Kharkov. He won in the first round with a score of 60.34% and headed to Kharkiv for the third time.
Kernes spent the election race in a hospital, first in Kharkov, where he was hospitalized due to a coronavirus infection, then in Charite in Berlin, due to an exacerbation of chronic diseases. Doctors attribute Kernes’s deteriorating health to the injury he received as a result of the assassination attempt in 2014.
Kernes’ team has regularly denied rumors of his death for the past two months. According to the Kharkiv City Council, he is alive and well. He was last seen in public on City Day, August 23, 2020.
