The court will continue the trial of ex-head of Kyiv on the dispersal of the Maidan
The Shevchenkovsky district Court of Kyiv postponed until June 9, the case Against the former head of the state administration of Kiev Alexander Popov on the dispersal of the active participants of "euromaidan" 30 November 2013, said Last news in court.
Tuesday saw another court meeting in the case Against Popov, during which four victims were questioned in the case.
"The trial rescheduled for June 9, at the next meeting we will continue the interrogation of the victims," said Commissioner of the court.
As informs on Tuesday, the Court interrogated the 4 victims.
on the night of 30 November 2013, the police dispersed a rally in Central Kiev in support of Ukraine's European integration. The Ukrainian authorities have realized that the police used force disproportionately. Against the leadership of Kiev, including Popov, was filed under the criminal code on abuse of power, but in February 2014 it was closed under the Amnesty. After the coup in Ukraine, the General Prosecutor's office again brought the case under the criminal code Against ex-officials, this time under the item " illegal interference with the conduct of meetings and rallies ". The court on the last working day of the week was obliged to consider at the preliminary hearing indictment relatively Popova.
By assumption of the investigation, in November 2013 Popov, acting by prior conspiracy with former Deputy Secretary of Council of national security and defense Volodymyr Sivkovych and the chief of gumvd of Ukraine in Kiev Valery Koryak gave the order to deliver to the Maidan utility equipment for the establishment of the Christmas tree. Koryak, using this fact, ordered the dispersal of the rally fighters of special purpose police " Berkut ", for the reason that damaged more than 80 people, according to the report of the Prosecutor's office, said the Prosecutor's office.
Kiev's main square Maidan Nezalezhnosti (Independence square) - was occupied by supporters of European integration on November 21, 2013, immediately After the announcement of the government of Mykola Azarov about temporary suspension of the signing of the Treaty on the Union with the EU. Later, the Maidan became the epicenter of the confrontation between the security forces and radicals. The clashes, during which opposing political force many times used firearms and " Molotov cocktails ", were dozens of casualties.
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