The head of the MIA of Ukraine Arsen Avakov asked in a persistent form to change the measure of restraint to the mayor of Kharkiv Gennady Kernes on detention or on parole in connection with his failure to appear at a court meeting.

The Kiev district Court of Poltava was rescheduled for may 18 meeting on the matter of the Kharkov mayor Gennady Kernes due to the fact that the Mayor was not present in the hall. According to the lawyer Kernes, the mayor has not received the summons and the summons, at the present time is placed on treatment in the Wellness centre, Palace Merano in Italy, where until may 2.

"Kernes did not come to Court today in Poltava. The court considering the results of the investigation on the abduction and beating of Kernes and his protection of the active participants of "euromaidan" in Kharkov

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