The Kiev district court of Poltava was rescheduled for may 18 meeting on the matter of the Kharkov mayor Gennady Kernes - a decision the court made on Tuesday in connection with the fact that the Mayor was not present in the hall, reports the Kharkiv city portal. According to the lawyer Kernes Pletnev, the mayor not been served with the summons, at the present time is placed on treatment in the Wellness centre, Palace Merano in Italy, where until may 2. The Prosecutor said that to continue the trial without the accused impossible. Because of this, the court postponed the meeting at 10. 30 (time coincides with Moscow time) on may 18. the Prosecutor General's office of Ukraine on March 26, 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, to it threatens from five till ten years of imprisonment. The Mayor of Kharkiv rejects all charges in your own address.