On Friday, Kyiv's Pechersk Court
extended a pre-trial restriction until August 1 on former Regions Party faction
head Oleksandr Yefremov, who was remanded in custody, but later released on
bail set at UAH 3.6 million, according to lawyer Oleksandr Melnykov.
According to the lawyer, the
point at issue is a criminal proceeding related to abuse of power.
As UNIAN reported earlier, the police detained Yefremov in Kyiv on
February 14, 2015, on charges of abuse of power and forgery of documents during
the adoption of the 'dictatorship laws' on January 16, 2014. He is facing the
punishment according to Part 2 of Article 364 and Part 2 of Article 366 of the
Criminal Code of Ukraine.
On February 16, 2016, Kyiv's
Pechersk district court ruled that Yefremov be remanded in custody formally for
two months with the possibility of being released on bail worth
UAH 3.6 million. After the amount
was paid, Yefremov was released on February 17.
The pre-trial restriction was
originally set until April 14, then it was extended by the court until May 1 and later until July 1.
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