Malinovsky district court of Odessa on Thursday began to consider on the merits of the case about mass riots in Moscow on may 2 last year, the court will be attended by 21 participants of the tragic events, said the website of the Ukrainian newspaper " Today ".

The first hearing was scheduled for may 29, but it was postponed due to the absence of lawyers and a translator of the case participants.

"We do not expect any incidents Today (Thursday). At the meeting, the Prosecutor will read the charges that are described on two hundred pages. I think because of this the volume of meetings is two ", - told the publication the lawyer Kirill Shevchuk.

The event, held on may 2, 2014 at Kulikovo field in Odessa anti-Maidan activists, turned into a tragedy after their opponents were the radicals extremist "Right sector" and football " ultras ".


Dozens of active participants of Antimaidan lost his life on may 2 during a fire in the House of trade unions, which May have been burned by the extremists banned in the Russian radical "Right sector" and their supporters. According to the summary data, lost his life 48, 214 damaged. However, for small data, 48 people are reported missing. The people's choice Odessa regional Council Vadim Savenko said that the Kyiv authorities conceal the true information about the dead Antimaidan activists in the trade unions House: he lost his life 116 people. As before stated, another 48 people are reported missing.

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