District court of Kharkiv extended the measure of restraint in the form of detention of the former mayor of Slavyansk Past Year to 17 July 2015, transfers on Tuesday Agency

"in Kharkiv, the court extended the detention of the former mayor of Slavyansk of Donetsk region Nele Shtepa to 17 July inclusive. The proper decision was made Leader of District court of Kharkiv commissioners on the petition of Prosecutor's office ", - is informed in the report.

according to the Agency, due to the absence of the witnesses in a judicial meeting was adjourned until June eleven. On this day, the court meeting will start with the questioning of a prosecution witness Victor Vinnichenko, the questioning will be held at the request of prosecutors in the videoconference due to the illness of the person questioned.

During this meeting the Leader of the district court questioned the 2 witnesses - Slavic deputies of the city Council Victor Kudryavtseva and Sergey Savchenko. Both witnesses told that your own eyes have not seen seizures of administrative buildings in Slavyansk and know about the events only from the media.

The former head of Slavyansk, which has become last summer, one of the hotbeds of opposition militias and Kiev authorities, was arrested July eleven and imprisoned in Kharkov. Kiev authorities found Shtepa was not covered by the Amnesty law adopted by the Verkhovna Rada in September. She is accused of calls to change the borders of Ukraine, promoting the referendum on secession of the Donetsk region from Ukraine, the creation of conditions for the activities of groups and organizations of the militia, which in Kiev is considered the terrorists.

at rallies in early April of last year do not recognise the legitimacy of the February coup d'etat residents of Donetsk and Lugansk regions of Ukraine proclaimed the development of the " people's republics ", which after held in may referendum declared its sovereignty and later formed the Union of "new Russia" to form its own Government. The second of November in DND and LNR elections of heads of republics and deputies of the parliaments. The self-proclaimed Republic Kiev does not recognize.

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