Prosecutor General’s Office, in cooperation with the Interior Ministry
and the Security Service of Ukraine, reported on the results of criminal
investigation into the facts of countering peaceful protests during the
Revolution of Dignity in late 2013 and early 2014.
During the investigation of crimes regarding law enforcers’ crackdown on
peaceful activists of the Euromaidan protests, over 8,000 investigative and
legal actions were conducted, according to the press service of the PGO.
5,000 witnesses and victims were questioned, more than 1,500 scheduled
examinations were conducted; as well as 900 CSI inspections and inspections of
objects and videos; about 500 experiments were performed.
In general, more than 60 terabytes of videos was processed and analyzed,
which captured the events at the crime scene in the said period.
Among the suspects is former Ukrainian president [Viktor]
Yanukovych, as well as former NSDC secretary [Andriy] Klyuyev and his deputy
Volodymyr Syvkovych, ex-interior minister Zakharchenko, ex-city governor Popov,
former top officials of Kyiv city’s main directorate of the Interior ministry
Koryak and Fedchuk, head of the public security department at Kyiv city’s main
directorate of Interior Ministry of Ukraine Marynenko, Berkut unit commanders
of different ranks Kusyuk, A.Didyuk, M.Tyahnyriadno, Antonov, Shevchenko
Skritsky and Sadovnyk.
Also now in the court directed the indictments against Didyuk,
Tyahnyriadno, Antonov, Shevchenko and Popov, others are declared wanted.
On the facts of the events of December 1, 2013 on the Bankova Street
[outside the Presidential Administration], suspicion was announced to former
president Yanukovych, top officials from the Interior Ministry (Zakharchenko
Ratushnyak), head of the Kyiv city’s main directorate of the Interior
Ministry (Fedchuk), chiefs of the internal security forces, as well as the
former commander of one of the territorial battalions of Berkut, who is now
arrested.
Also on December 11, wrongful actions of Berkut resulted in 1 person
being moderately injured, while another 15 suffered light injuries. 20 protesters were
subjected to violence.
In the development of these events of December, 2013 and February, 2014,
seeing that the violent dispersals fail to stop the protesters, the state law
enforcement agencies resorted to criminal prosecution. The legitimacy of the
actions and decisions of more than 200 employees of bodies of the ministry of
internal affairs, 80 prosecutors and hundreds of judges is being investigated
into by the department of special investigations of the PGO alone.
20 investigators, prosecutors and judges, suspected of illegal actions
against citizens, are being tried in court.
The indictments against 40 individuals, including 38 employees of the
Ministry of the Interior and two judges have been submitted to courts.
The facts of abuse of authority by Berkut troops during the arrest of
the Automaidan activists on January 23, 2014, in Kyiv are also being
investigated into. As shown by the investigation, the detainees were subjected
to violence, while their vehicles were damaged.
On these facts, two Berkut unit commanders were announced suspicion. The investigation
continues.
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