Cancellation of Yanukovych’s arrest: the court made a statement

Tomorrow the full text of the court ruling will be released. Until that time, the public is asked to refrain from commenting on the reasons for the court that made such a decision.

The Kiev Court of Appeal asks the public to refrain from commenting on the court decision to cancel the arrest in the absence of former President Viktor Yanukovych until the full text of the court’s decision is made public. This was announced on Tuesday, November 17, by the court’s press service.

The statement indicates that yesterday’s court decision provoked a public protest, however, yesterday the court limited itself to drafting and announcing the operative part of the sentence. The announcement of the full text of the court’s decision, indicating the reasons why the appeal court was guided, is scheduled for November 20, 2020 at 10:00 am

“We urge you to refrain from judging the reasons for the decision until the announcement of the full text of the ruling by the Kiev Court of Appeal, which will contain reasonable and motivated reasons for the decision,” the statement said.

The court noted that on November 16, the Kiev Court of Appeal partially satisfied the defense appeal on the choice of a restraint measure against the suspect Yanukovych in the form of arrest and the scheduled examination of the investigator’s petition in court. first instance.

The court’s statement also finds the allegations that the Kiev Court of Appeal allegedly helps Yanukovych avoid criminal liability to be foolish. We will recall there that recently the verdict of the Obolonsky District Court of the city of Kiev was not modified by recognizing Yanukovych as guilty of committing serious and especially serious crimes, for which the latter was sentenced to a combination of crimes in the form of imprisonment real.

We will recall, the day before it was reported that the Kiev Court of Appeal canceled the decision on the arrest of Yanukovych. This decision refers to the case of the events that occurred on the Maidan from February 18 to 20, 2014, when protesters were shot.

We will recall, on May 12, that the Kiev Pechersky District Court repeatedly arrested former President Viktor Yanukovych in absentia, this time in the case of the executions on the Maidan from February 18 to 20, 2014. Before that, the Pechersk court arrested the former president in absentia in the usurpation of power case.

As you know, on January 24, 2019, the court found Yanukovych guilty in the treason case and sentenced him in absentia to 13 years in prison. The judges did not support all the charges.

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