The Pechersk district court of Kyiv has moved to Tuesday consideration of the petition for the election of a preventive measure ex-head of the faction of the Party of regions in the Parliament of Ukraine Oleksandr Yefremov, reports journalist Last news from the court.

Against Ephraim, who led the faction of the Party of regions, which rules suspended a year earlier, President Viktor Yanukovych, already initiated two cases. At first he is charged with abuse of office and official forgery. For the second - inciting ethnic conflict.

in the first case, the court chose Ephraim measure of restraint as arrest with bail, for which he was made a party. In the second case, the court continues to consider the view of the investigation of the arrest.

"The Prosecutor said petition to call as expert of the person who gave the opinion (expert opinion on the statements of Ephraim, where the result sees calls for incitement of ethnic conflict), because to deal with the fact that there posted specialist sane person not under force. The meeting will continue tomorrow at 9. 30 (10. 30 GMT), " said the lawyer Ephraim Alexander Melnikov correspondents on the outcome of a meeting on the first day of the week.

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