You're reading: Vlasenko, Kozhemiakin, Plakhotniuk to be Tymoshenko’s defense lawyers in Scherban case

KHARKIV – Defense counsels for former Ukrainian premier Yulia Tymoshenko in the case on her alleged involvement in killing lawmaker Yevhen Scherban will be Serhiy Vlasenko, Andriy Kozhemiakin and Oleksandr Plakhotniuk.

“Tymoshenko doesn’t need to decide on her defense lawyers in Scherban
case. Since this case is joined with the case on the state guarantees,
her defense lawyers are Serhiy Vlasenko, Andriy Kozhemiakin and
Oleksandr Plakhotniuk,” Vlasenko said at a briefing on Tuesday.