Issue #5 Feb. 01, 2013
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In a long-delayed and partial step towards justice in the 2000 murder of journalist Georgiy Gongadze, a three-judge panel convicted former police general Oleksiy Pukach and sentenced him to life in prison for the crime. While Pukach is the fourth former police official convicted in the case, many people believe that the nearly 13-year quest for justice will not be complete until ex-President Leonid Kuchma and his then-chief of staff, former Verkhovna Rada speaker Volodymyr Lytvyn, stand trial for allegedly ordering the murder. "I’ll understand it when Kuchma and Lytvyn are seated here alongside me," Pukach said on Jan. 29, 2013, from jail. Valentyna Telychenko, Myroslava Gongadze's lawyer, says Pukach testified that he was acting under orders of Kuchma, Lytvyn and Interior Minister Yuriy Kravchenko.Also: Gazprom presents Ukraine with a $7 billion bill under "take-or-pay" clause. Then & Now. Madonna wins a $40,000 court judgment. Olena Tregub: World Economic Forum in Davos, Ukraine go their separate ways. Interview with outgoing head of the EBRD Andre Kuusvek. Shell's $10 billion production sharing agreement. Yuriy Lutsenko rejects pardon to free him.
