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Interior Ministry of Ukraine holds inquiry in two criminal cases of the picketing of houses by the participants of Avtomaidan in Pidhirtsi (Kyiv region).

As the press service of main department of Interior Ministry of Ukraine in Kyiv region reported on Wednesday, Obukhiv police investigates two criminal cases under Article 296 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine regarding hooliganism in Pidhirtsi.

One of the cases concern events happened on December 26, 2013 and the second one – on January 6, 2014.

Now inquiry of these criminal cases has been passed to the main investigative department of the Interior Ministry of Ukraine.

As reported, Avtomaidan columns of cars with state flags have held a number of rallies in Kyiv and Kyiv region. In particular, supporters of the European integration on cars picketed president’s residence Mezhyhirya (Kyiv region), houses of the leadership of force structures, pre-trial detention facilities, which consisted of the activists of Euromaidan. Participants of the rally said that on December 16 and January 5 they held a rally outside the residence of Ukraine’s Interior Minister Vitaliy Zakharchenko.