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4 of November, 23:01

Media: the report of the Council of Europe about the tragedy in Odessa has become a slap in the face to Kiev
The report of experts of the Council of Europe about the process of investigation of the tragedy in Odessa House of trade unions became a "resounding slap" to the authorities, reports.

"Conclusion experts of international consulting group is clear: when clarifying the circumstances of the fatal shooting and a fire in the House of trade unions, the Ukrainian authorities have made a complete failure ", says DW.

As stressed by the German media, the experts of the Council of Europe "dry legalese" described how " distant Ukraine from the legal norms of the country and European values ". DW calls a particularly serious accusation of bias, which is obviously addressed to Odessa not only bureaucrats, but Ministers in Kiev.

"Ukrainian politicians and prosecutors are obliged to answer the question, why the investigation of fire in Odessa not only delayed, but in practice were sabotaged," notes the German media.

printed illustrated edition called the criticism from the Council of Europe's overwhelming and clarified that the report volume of 90 pages is " a chronicle of the inaction of the authorities ".

"2 may 2014 Odessa is associated not with tolerance, but with unobstructed violence, and the authorities did nothing to protect victims," the Magazine writes.

stresses that the report of the Council of Europe was " the latest blow to President Petro Poroshenko and his government ".

"The U.S., the European Union and citizens of Ukraine require a big progress in promised reforms and battle against illegal activities of officials. The rulers of Ukraine also failed to condemn the perpetrators in more than one hundred murders in the process of street protests in Kiev, eventually they came to power a year and a half ago, " writes Bloomberg.

Monday in Kiev was shown the report of the Advisory group of the Council of Europe on the investigation by the Ukrainian authorities to the events in Odessa on may 2, 2014. The experts concluded that the proceedings did not conform to the European agreement on human rights. In addition, the group of experts said about the evidence of complicity in the tragedy of police officers. The authors of the report concluded that significant progress failed to be achieved, independent investigation of the tragedy in Odessa 2014 is still lacking, and data about the investigation of the tragedy in Odessa uneven.

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