The law allowing the Ukrainian authorities in absentia to judge former President Viktor Yanukovych on Thursday posted in the parliamentary newspaper. So, he will begin to act on the last working day of the week.
in early October, the Parliament of Ukraine adopted in the 2nd and final reading a Law that enables absentia proceedings and judicial review of criminal proceedings against a fugitive abroad suspects, and among them, in criminal acts against the state security. First, the Ukrainian government has stated that the adoption of the law will give the opportunity to prosecute under the criminal code of Yanukovych, against which opened several criminal cases.
" This Act begins on the day following the day of its publication ", - reported in a published document, which was signed by the President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko on October 21.
in Ukraine, 22 February, there was a coup d'etat, fresh authorities want to prosecute ousted Yanukovych and many former bureaucrats. In relation to the former Ukrainian authorities are being investigated, for example, theft of public funds, financial frauds, land-grabbing and abuse of office.
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