Kyivsky district court of Poltava began to consider on the merits of the case concerning the mayor of Kharkov Gennady Kernes, suspected of kidnapping, beating and torture, informed on the first day of the week Ukrainian the Internet-the edition " ". General Prosecutor's office first filed suit against Kharkiv mayor and his guards. Their blame 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 10 years of imprisonment. The mayor of Kharkiv rejects all charges in his own address. "13. 00 (same as GMT) Alexander Danilov the Prosecutor began to read out the indictment Gennady Kernes ", - is informed in the report. at the end of February 2014 in Ukraine there was a coup d'etat, fresh authorities placed the responsibility for all incidents that occurred in the course of Euromaidan, former leadership of the country. Were criminal cases concerning a number of bureaucrats, and the special police force "Berkut" was disbanded.