. Obolonskiy district Court of Kiev recognized ex-President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych guilty on charges of treason. "Despite the denial of guilt by the accused, the Court, after hearing the testimony of witnesses, examined the evidence of experts, documents and material confirmation, pricenew the arguments of the parties of protection and charge considers that the fault of the accused in the Commission of crimes Proved relevant and admissible evidence," the judge said at the meeting. The court at the end of June 2017 began to consider the merits of treason against Yanukovych. This is one of a number of criminal cases which fresh authorities of Ukraine brought concerning the former head of the country after the coup in 2014. In the case of treason, the Prosecutor's office was going to demand in court for Yanukovych life imprisonment, but later the prosecution asked to appoint Yanukovych punishment in the form of a fifteen years sentence. Ex-President fundamentally denies any wrongdoing. <span style="color:darkgray