The Poltava court postponed the July 28 meeting on the case against the mayor of Kharkiv Gennady Kernes, reports Ukrainian news Agency.

about this during the meeting the judge said Andrey Antonov, responding to a petition against Kernes of today's court session because of the absence of his lawyer Lydia the culture Two other lawyer Kernes told that they did not have time to learn the material, e.g., 12 Tom case.

Prosecutor Alexander Danilov protested against the transfer, saying that in this volume there is no evidence and that it contains petitions of lawyers and the responses of the Prosecutor's office. Kernes said that the Prosecutor manipulates information and falsified business.

"After the announcement of the petition for postponement of the hearing, the judge Antonov has left in a consultative room, and later announced that the meeting was postponed to 28 July at eleven. 00 (time coincides with MSK - ed) ", - reports the Agency.

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, to it threatens from five till ten years of imprisonment. The mayor of Kharkiv rejects all charges in your own address.

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