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Batkivschyna MP Kostiantyn Bondarev exerted pressure on Ihor Maryinkov, a witness in a criminal case on the murder of MP Yevhen Scherban, prosecutor Oleh Pushkar has claimed. 

An Interfax-Ukraine reporter said that when asked by journalists whether there was a threat of danger to the witness’s life, the prosecutor noted that “the pressure has already been exerted by your party colleague Kostiantyn Bondarev [while addressing a defense lawyer for former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, MP Serhiy Vlasenko], and a respective statement has already been filed. “

The prosecutor said that Maryinkov wrote a statement that MP Bondarev came to him and “very aggressively tried to find out what testimony the witness will provide.”

“This can be interpreted as pressure,” he said.

As reported, on Wednesday, Feb. 13, Pechersky District Court in Kyiv started conducting investigatory proceedings in a criminal case on Scherban’s murder.