Searches in the hotel "national" in Kharkov is not associated with the mayor Gennady Kernes, they are Held in the framework of the investigation of the death of people on the Maidan Nezalezhnosti (Independence square in Kiev in February 2014, said at a press conference by the Prosecutor General of Ukraine Viktor Shokin. first Ukrainian media said that the police conduct their investigation in Kharkov at the place of actual residence Kernes - the hotel "national" on Lenin Avenue. Interior Minister Arsen Avakov confirmed on the first day of the week that the police conducts Searches in Kharkov, related to the events on the Maidan. "(The demonstrations - ed.) in the framework of execution of the Maidan, namely, on "the Eagle" who was doing shots at the people on the Maidan. Conducted Searches at this hotel. Nothing to Kernes they have not. It is home to one of the " Berkut ", - said Shokin. Other details of the search, he said. Prosecutor General's office first 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, he faces five to 10 years of imprisonment. The mayor of Kharkiv rejects all charges in your own address. Kiev's main square Maidan Nezalezhnosti (Independence square) - was occupied by supporters of European integration on November 21, 2013, immediately After the announcement of the government of Mykola Azarov about temporary suspension of the signing of the Treaty on the Union with the EU. Later, the Maidan became the epicenter of the confrontation between the security forces and radicals. The clashes, during which opposing political force many times used firearms and " Molotov cocktails ", were dozens of casualties. After a violent seizure of power in Ukraine, 22 February 2014, the heads of law enforcement agencies of Ukraine, was appointed the new Kiev government, released the interim results of the investigation of the " sniper case ". Responsible for the death of over 100 people, the Military has laid on his political opponent of former President Viktor Yanukovych. Then it was stated that nearly 20 soldiers of the detachment of special purpose "Berkut" suspected in shooting on Instytutska street. Yanukovych and Employees of "Berkut" denied his attachment to the murders.