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On the eve of the Kiev Court of Appeal annulled one of the decisions on the arrest of Yanukovych in absentia, but there is still another.
Former President Viktor Yanukovych is subject to another arrest decision in absentia. Thus commented the General Prosecutor’s Office on the abolition of the arrest of Yanukovych in absentia, writes Interfax-Ukraine on Friday, November 20.
The Court of Appeal motivated its decision by the fact that the prosecution did not prove the existence of an international wanted list for Yanukovych. “If such circumstances were really established, there would be a direct refusal to comply with the request of the investigator and the prosecutor,” said Denis Ivanov, deputy head of Maidan’s affairs department.
At the same time, he stressed that the court recognized the validity of the charges against Yanukovych for organizing the violent dispersal of the protesters.
“Today this determination has negative consequences for the investigation only in that the investigator and the prosecutor must go through the process of proving the circumstances in the court of first instance again,” explained the representative of the UCP.
The prosecution will support your motion for arrest in absentia in the court of first instance.
“This definition does not mean that Yanukovych has the opportunity to return, and criminal-legal measures will not be applied against him. Everyone knows that in a case of high treason the sentence came into force, he was sentenced to 13 years in prison.” other criminal proceedings … in order to seize the power of the State in relation to Yanukovych, a restraint measure in the form of detention was chosen, and in relation to this definition, the defense is now carrying out certain appeal procedures.
Ivanov also said that the Pechersk court gave permission to arrest Yanukovych.
We 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 the protesters were shot.
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