“The State Bureau of Investigation has submitted a case against the former management of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Kiev. They are charged with powerful protests in 2013-2014. According to Radio Liberty, and is about events in January and February 2014 in Kiev, Cherkasy and Sumy, when employees”, – WRITE ON: ua.news
State there are Bureau of Investigation sued the case against former management of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Kiev . They are charged Sylov Oh the rob and For peaceful protests in 2013-2014.
As he writes Radio Liberty and Mid about events in January and February 2014 in Kiev, Cherkasy and Sumy when Police officers, in compliance with “clearly criminal orders of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, exceeded their official powers, used force to participants in protest and casual passers -by, illegally detained citizens and impeded the exercise of their right to peaceful assembly.” In total, 117 people were injured through these actions.
The actions of the former Minister of Internal Affairs, at that time – Vitaliy Zakharchenko, his deputy, temporarily acting Chief of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Kiev, his deputy was qualified under articles on:
- Exceeding power
- illegal detention
- obstruction of a peaceful assembly
The maximum punishment in the case of an indictment provides up to 15 years in prison.
In addition, the former acting head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Ministry of Internal Affairs reported suspicion of collaborative activity. According to the DBR, in July 2023, he headed the so -called “state service of the Security of the Zaporozhye region” in the temporarily occupied territory. Probably, it is an employee of the occupation administration Sergey Ganzh.
“He provided support for the armed forces of the Russian Federation, which continued his anti -Ukrainian activity. This case emphasizes the danger of the crimes left with impunity against protesters and society as a whole, ”the DBR adds.
Earlier, the case of the company commander and two police officers of the Sevastopol special unit “Berkut” of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, which during the Maidan made the first shots for protesters on February 20, 2014 on Institutskaya Street, was sent to court.
Law enforcement officers completed the investigation and brought to court the case on the Extma Mandidian of the Platoon of Sevastopol Berkut and three former employees of this unit who fled with weapons from the mainland of Ukraine.
The DBR declared suspicions to the soldiers of Sevastopol “Berkut”, who made the first shots on the participants of the Revolution of Dignity on February 20, 2014.
