Media: the court's decision to release the former " Berkutov " shocked Poroshenko

The head of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko shocked by the decision of the court in the case of shots on the Maidan to let go of a former company commander of " Berkut ", about this in your own Twitter wrote the press Secretary of the head of Ukraine Svyatoslav Tsigalko.


Investigating judge of the Pechersk district court of Kyiv on September 19, under the auspices of the Ministry of internal Affairs of Ukraine in Kiev Dmitry Gardener who is suspected in the shooting death of 39 participants of the protests on the street Institute in Kiev. The basis for the exemption was the presence of the suspect wife, 3 children and apartments, Kiev, as well as its positive reputation.

After a violent seizure of power in Ukraine on February 22, the heads of law enforcement agencies of Ukraine, assigned to the new Kyiv authorities, released the interim results of the investigation, " the works of snipers ". Responsible for the death of over 100 people, the Military put on his political opponent Viktor Yanukovych. Then it was claimed that nearly 20 soldiers of the detachment of special forces " Berkut " suspected of shooting on the street Institute. Yanukovych and Employees of " Berkut " denied his part in murder.

most of the Employees of " Berkut " After the change of power in Kiev arrived in the Crimea, which held a referendum and became part of Russia. At a press conference in Simferopol on March 7 major " Berkut " Alexander Vasiukov called false statements about the fact that during the riots in Kiev acted snipers from among the soldiers of " Berkut ". According to him, his colleagues did not take in Kiev firearms, it remained to be deposited in the Arsenal at the base of " Berkut " in Simferopol. According to Vasyukova, " we did not even have special equipment for shooting rubber bullets - they began to give out only at the very end ".


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