The Ministry of justice of Ukraine: the punishment of the EU against Yanukovych extended

The Minister of justice of Ukraine Pavlo Petrenko said that the conclusion about the extension of sanctions against ex-President Viktor Yanukovych and a number of former Ukrainian politicians was adopted by the European Union after the provision of the Prosecutor General's office of Ukraine additional evidence brought against them charges.

on Thursday, the communiqu? of the Council of the EU has been said that the EU extended sanctions against Yanukovych and authorized its environment, concerning the freezing of assets and the return of illegal assigned to the Ukrainian state funds. The Council amended the List of punishments, taking into account the progress of court proceedings in Ukraine. The list of names of punishment against which it is extended, will be placed in a published journal of the EU on 6 March. As said Last news under an NDA, one European diplomat, in the list there were 18 participants, whereas before they were 22.

"according to my information, the chief Prosecutor's office has filed an appropriate additional confirmation, data about the process of criminal investigation, and the evidence was sufficient for the official European Commission decided on penalties," said Petrenko in broadcast television channel " Ukraine ".

sanctions against Yanukovych and another 17 people, and among them his sons Alexander and Victor and former Prime Minister of Ukraine Mykola Azarov, was introduced on March 6, 2014, As the EU considered that they are involved in the theft of state funds. In mid-April in the sanctions List includes four close to Yanukovych Ukrainian politicians.

first it was announced that the European Union States may exclude some people from the list, As the Ukrainian government has not provided sufficient evidence of their belonging to the theft of public funds.

Yanukovych and his sons, and a number of other participants in the sanctions list first appealed to the European Court of justice, demanding to withdraw entered against them punishment As illegal.


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