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Pechersky District Court of Kyiv, which is hearing the criminal case against former Ukrainian Interior Minister Yuriy Lutsenko on the poisoning of third Ukrainian President Viktor Yuschenko, rejected the ex-minister's petition for the withdrawal of the presiding judge, Hanna Medushevska.

“The petition on withdrawal is rejected,” Medushevska said.

Court also rejected withdrawal of prosecutors in the case.

In turn, state prosecutor Viktor Klymenko told journalists that the
defense team was trying to delay the process by filing unreasonable
petitions.