The court decided to hold special judicial proceedings – in absentia against Viktor Yanukovych.
In Ukraine, former President Viktor Yanukovych will be tried in absentia for organizing the illegal movement of people across the state border and inciting desertion. This was announced by the Office of the Prosecutor General on Friday, March 10.
“The court made a decision to conduct special judicial proceedings – in absentia against the former president of Ukraine and the former deputy head of the State Security Department of Ukraine – head of the Security Service of the President of Ukraine,” said message.
Law enforcement officers note that on February 23, 2014, the former president acted together with the head of his security service and representatives of Russia. Using Russian Navy aircraft and sea, he twice illegally crossed the Ukrainian state border and transported at least 20 people through it to a neighboring country.
“On the same day, the former president, while on the territory of the military unit of the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Federation in the area of Cossack Bay in Sevastopol, prompted the military personnel of the State Security Department of Ukraine. , which directly performs tasks of providing his personal protection, in evacuation,” the prosecutor’s office said. .
The former president was charged with organizing illegal migration of people across the state border of Ukraine and inciting desertion (part 2 of article 332, part 4 of article 27, part 1 of article 408 of the Code in Criminal of Ukraine).
His former bodyguard – the organization of illegal transportation of people across the state border of Ukraine and desertion (part 2 of article 332, part 1 of article 408 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine).
Recall that in January the court arrested Viktor Yanukovych in absentia for the execution of the Maidan. Then, due to the actions of an organized criminal group led by the former president, 76 citizens were killed and more than 800 were injured, the SBI said.
In the past, the courts have chosen a measure of restraint for Yanukovych in the form of restraint in cases of usurpation of power, under the agreements in Kharkiv and desertion.
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Source: korrespondent
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