The mayor of Kharkiv Gennady Kernes rejects against him by the Prosecutor General of Ukraine charges in the kidnapping and beating of active participants " euromaidan ", reports on Tuesday, the Ukrainian Agency.

the Prosecutor General's office of Ukraine on March 26, filed a case against Kernes and his guards - they are blaming the kidnapping and beating of participants of the "euromaidan" in March of last year. If guilt Kernes prove, he faces five to ten years of imprisonment. Kharkiv court on Tuesday planned to hold a preparatory meeting on the case Kernes, but it was moved on April 7 due to the absence of victims.

"It's all rigged. I am convinced that we will prove in any court that I'm innocent. What blame me, I didn't commit, " said Kernes reporters on Tuesday after the court hearing on his case. He said that his guards also innocent of the crimes where blame them. The mayor said that he was not acquainted with the victims and first saw them in the investigation Department of the Prosecutor General.

in addition, He believes that it is obliged in the future to listen to the Dzerzhinskiy district court of Kharkiv. Tuesday in Kyiv on 14. 00 (15. 00 MSK) scheduled meeting of the High specialized court of appeals of the Prosecutor General and victims of adjournment of hearing in a criminal case to another area.

"I am confined to a wheelchair. I think that legally, the court must take place there, in the so-called iniquity. According to the materials of the case, the place of lawlessness Is Prospekt Lenina, 21, Dzerzhinsky territory. Legally, the court must be held in Kharkov, in the Dzerzhinsk region ", - noted Kernes.

at the end of February 2014, in Ukraine there was a coup, fresh authorities placed the responsibility for all incidents occurred in the process of " euromaidan ", the past leaders of the country. Were criminal cases relative to the number of bureaucrats, and the riot police "Berkut" was dissolved.

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