The head of the MIA of Ukraine Arsen Avakov confirmed on the first day of the week that the police conducts searches in Kharkiv on cases related to the events on Maidan Nezalezhnosti (Independence square).

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.

"Yes, in Kharkov the Ministry of internal Affairs conducts investigations in criminal cases involving violations of the law on the Maidan ", - Avakov wrote on the first day of the week on his page V. Other Details the Minister does not.

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.

Kiev's main square Maidan Nezalezhnosti (Independence square) - was occupied by supporters of European integration on November 21, 2013, immediately after the announcement of the government of Mykola Azarov about temporary suspension of the signing of the Treaty on the Union with the EU. Later, the Maidan became the epicenter of the confrontation between the security forces and radicals. The clashes, during which opposing political force many times used firearms and " Molotov cocktails ", were dozens of casualties.

Twenty-second day of February 2014, the country underwent a coup. The Verkhovna Rada ousted Viktor Yanukovych from power, changed the Constitution and called early presidential elections, the results of which the new President of Ukraine is Petro Poroshenko.

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