The court of Odessa moved the meeting on the case of the riots on may 2, 2014

Malinovsky district Court of Odessa moved the merits of the criminal case on mass riots in Moscow on may 2 last year on July 2, said Fins news the lawyer of one of the suspects on the events in the Greek area Kirill Shevchuk. According to his statement, one of the participants of the process was hospitalized.

according to the Prosecutor General of Ukraine, the Court focused 3 criminal proceedings on the events in the Greek area (only this episode of the events of 2 may be considered by the court). Among the suspects 23 people, 13 people wanted. In criminal proceedings appear to citizens of Ukraine, Russia and Belarus, eleven of them are in prison.

at the Tuesday court session commenced the reading of the charges suspect in the case on may 2.

"The court postponed the meeting," - said Shevchuk.

As explained by the lawyer, the court postponed the meeting because one of the participants of the process became ill and was hospitalized. According to the lawyer, this woman - the representative of one of the juvenile defendants. According to Shevchuk, at the next meeting of the Court will continue to read out the charges and After finishing this process, the protection of the accused wants to start active actions.

The court already was postponed several times for various reasons.

The lawyers of the suspects had previously said about the incompetence of the investigation and in fact the custom nature of the charge, based on the testimony of untrustworthy persons.

After the coup in Ukraine, the anti-Maidan activists, dissatisfied with the change of power in the country, in protest, broke the tent camp on the Kulikovo field in Odessa. Day 2 may 2014 in the area of the Greek area were started fights between them and football fans "ultras" from Kharkov and Odessa, as well as activists of " euromayday ".

later, the riots moved on Kulikovo field - a big brawl ended with the destruction of the radical camp and the burning of the House of trade unions, which tried to hide Empowered " Intimidad ". Victims of the conflict began 48 people, more than 250 damaged.

in the General case under the criminal code on the events of may 2, consists of several episodes of riots and killings in the Greek area, the death of people in a fire in the House of trade unions, inadequate execution of official duties by employees of the Odessa police in providing security, as well as about the negligence of firemen.

proceedings of the main episode is about the events near the House of trade unions is not yet complete.


Dozens of active participants of Antimaidan lost his life on may 2 during a fire in the House of trade unions, which May have been burned by the extremists banned in the Russian radical "Right sector" and their supporters. According to the summary data, lost his life 48, 214 damaged. However, for small data, 48 people are reported missing. The people's choice Odessa regional Council Vadim Savenko said that the Kyiv authorities conceal the true information about the dead Antimaidan activists in the trade unions House: he lost his life 116 people. As before stated, another 48 people are reported missing.


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