The head of the MIA of Ukraine Arsen Avakov confirmed on the first day of the week that the police conducts searches in Kharkov on the Affairs connected with the events on Independence square in Kiev.




"Yes, in Kharkov the Ministry of internal Affairs conducts investigations in criminal cases involving violations of the law on the Maidan ", - wrote Avakov in Facebook. Other details it until't say that. First Ukrainian media said that the police conduct their investigation in Kharkov at the place of actual residence of the mayor Gennady Kernes - the hotel "national" on Lenin Avenue. Prosecutor General's office first filed a case against Kharkiv mayor and his guards. Blame them in the kidnapping and beating of participants of euromaidan in March of last year. If guilt Kernes will prove, he faces five to 10 years of imprisonment. The mayor of Kharkiv rejects all charges in your own address. Moreover, the court Kernes subjected Avakov on charges of belonging to an attempt on his life.

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