Regular meeting on the case against the mayor of Kharkiv Gennady Kernes, suspected in the kidnapping and beating of protesters in support of European integration, started on the first day of the week in Kiev district court of Poltava, is notified on.

according to the publication, in the morning at the building, patrolled by police, began to gather activists. They attached a poster with the requirement to punish Kernes on the iron fence around the court.

in conference room present the Mayor, his lawyers, state prosecutors, victims and Their protection, as well as activists and correspondents. Also on the court came the people's Deputy of Rada Ihor Mosiychuk, who was in the hall at the previous meeting on August 26.

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.

at the end of February 2014 in Ukraine there was a coup, fresh authorities placed the responsibility for all the incidents that occurred in the course of the Euromaidan, former leadership of the country. Were criminal cases concerning a number of bureaucrats, and special police force "Berkut" dissolved.

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