Former head of the Party of
Regions faction in the Verkhovna Rada of the 7th convocation Oleksandr Yefremov
and his lawyers have been presented an indictment in the case in which he is
charged with encroachment on the territorial integrity and inviolability of
Ukraine and a number of other crimes.
Yefremov's defense lawyers
Oleksandr Melnykov told Interfax-Ukraine the indictment was handed to the
suspect and his two lawyers on Tuesday.
Now, Yefremov's case can be
transferred to court.
As reported, Yefremov was
arrested on suspicion of diminishing the territorial integrity of Ukraine on
July 30 at the airport in Kyiv. He is suspected of assisting the
self-proclaimed Luhansk People's Republic, as well as embezzling from
Luhanskvuhillia coal mining enterprise.
Yefremov is suspected of state
treason, activities deliberately undertaken by a citizen of Ukraine to diminish
the nation's sovereignty, territorial integrity and independence. He is accused
of supporting a foreign organization to conduct disruptive activities against
Ukraine (Part 1 of Article 111 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine).
Kyiv's Pechersky district
court on November 24 approved a request from Ukrainian prosecutors to extend
the length of his pretrial confinement until January 22.
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