The first criminal proceedings concerning the events that took place in the center of Kiev in the beginning of the year, is already directed to court, informs on the first day weekend, the press service of the Prosecutor General's office citing Acting public Prosecutor Oleg Magnitnogo.

" We have already directed to court a number of criminal proceedings, as well as among them is Maydan, " said Acting assistant attorney General.

according to him, in the near future the court will also directed two criminal production on a mass killing of people in Kyiv during the February riots.

Magnitskii said that the vast majority of the suspected perpetrators of this lawlessness are wanted, but because the materials about the already arrested persons will be separated and sent to court for their attraction to responsibility under the criminal code.

The crisis of political power broke out in Ukraine by the end of November 2013, when the Cabinet has announced about temporary suspension of European integration of the country. Numerous protests, dubbed the " evropidan ", were held throughout Ukraine and in January, and then in February resulted in clashes armed radicals with law enforcement. The result of fighting in the street, during which the radical protesters had used firearms and " Molotov cocktails ", were dozens of casualties. The riot led to the dismissal in February, President Viktor Yanukovych from power.

Responsibility for the death of over 100 people fresh power entrusted to his political opponent Yanukovych. Shooting on the street Institute in Kyiv on February 18-20 they suspect almost 20 fighters of special troops of the Ministry of interior " Berkut ", which opposes the radicals in Kiev.

The story with snipers and shoot the citizens in the process of mass disorders in Kyiv played a significant role in the seizure of power by the opposition. Intrigue in this case occurred once in the Internet was published record of a telephone conversation between Minister of foreign Affairs of Estonia Urmas Paet and the head of the diplomacy of the EU Catherine Ashton from 26 February. In the conversation Paet stated that " the rapidly increasing understanding that these snipers was not Yanukovych, and behind them there was someone of a new coalition ".

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