The Kyiv district court of Simferopol proceeded to the consideration of the case about the attack on the life of employees of " Berkut ", the prosecution in a criminal case is himself the Prosecutor of the Republic of Natalia Polonskaya, reports journalist Last news .

suspected Alexander Kostenko was placed behind bars in February of the current year. On the assumption of the investigation, He is in the process of riots in Kiev in February 2014 caused the injury and the injured employee of the Crimean special forces " Berkut ". He provided without legislative authorization act, illegally kept at the place of residence rifled barrel.

The first meeting began at 14. 00 GMT. Judge Victor Mogilansky. The hall also was himself suspected Kostenko and his lawyer.

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.

The epicenter of the riots was Kiev's main square Maidan Nezalezhnosti (Independence square), which was first occupied by supporters of European integration, and later became a place of confrontation between the security forces and radicals. The clashes, during which the radicals many times used small arms and Molotov cocktails, dozens of human lives, and among them three from the composition of the Crimean special forces "Berkut" territorial and internal troops.

Crimea and located on the Crimean Peninsula Sevastopol became the Russian regions after the referendum on 16 March 2014, when more than 96% voted for reaching these areas from Ukraine and reunification with Russia. The referendum was a reaction to the coup in Kiev on 22 February.

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