The Prosecutor General's office of Ukraine has brought to the court case concerning the mayor of Kharkiv Gennady Kernes and his guards are mentioned on the Internet office of the office Thursday.

Kharkiv mayor and his 2 guards blame in the kidnapping and beating of participants "euromaidan" in March of last year. If guilt Kernes prove, he faces five to 10 years of imprisonment.

"the chief Prosecutor's office filed an indictment in criminal proceedings on suspicion of Kharkiv mayor G. Kernes and his guards V. Blinnikov and E. Smitkova of committing crimes under part 2 of article 146, part 2, article 127, part 1 of article 129 of the criminal code of Ukraine ", - said in the report of the Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation.

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