Contents tagged with Yanukovych trial
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Yanukovych files lawsuit against Ukraine's Prosecutor General Lutsenko
Former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych filed a claim with the Pecherskyi District Court of Kyiv against the Prosecutor General of Ukraine, Yuriy Lutsenko "to protect honor, dignity and business reputation and to counter false information", as stated on the court’s website.
According to the resolution, the court has accepted Yanukovych's claim, which was filed on June 23, for consideration. However, the resolution does not specify what "false information" Yanukovych asks to refute. …
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Court stops questioning of Ukrainian President Poroshenko in Yanukovych case after improper question regarding Poroshenko's vacation in the Maldives
The court in Kyiv has prematurely stopped the examination of Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko in the trial of former President Viktor Yanukovych on charges of high treason. The questioning, which was being conducted through video communication, was cut short because the defense was addressing the president with improper questions, the TV channel 112 Ukraine reports.
“The defense (of Yanukovych) has intentionally asked questions that are unrelated to these criminal proceedings, and is not …
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Navy Commander: Ukrainian military could have prevented annexation of Crimea in 2014
During questioning in the court case against former President Viktor Yanukovych, who is accused of high treason, Ukrainian Commander of the Navy Ihor Voronchenko said that the Ukrainian military had been ready to fire from two tanks in the building of the Crimean Verkhovna Rada on February 27, 2014 in order to prevent the annexation of the peninsula by Russia, Ukrainski Novyny News agency reports.
Voronchenko, who served as Chief of the Coastal Defense Administration at the time, said that on …
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Former Ukrainian Ambassador to the United Nations to be questioned in Yanukovych case
State prosecutors have initiated an additional court hearing in the case of former President Viktor Yanukovych, and former permanent representative of Ukraine to the UN Yuri Sergeyev will be questioned, as stated by prosecutor Ruslan Kravchenko during the court session.
According to Kravchenko, the prosecution is requesting to change the order of the examination of evidence in order to question Sergeyev, who witnessed Yanukovych's letter being shown to Vladimir Putin.
The prosecutor noted …