Ukrainian journalists and activists are marking the 11th anniversary of the abduction and brutal killing of investigative journalist Heorhiy Gongadze.
Gongadze’s widow Myroslava told The Associated Press in an interview that former Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma is to blame for her husband’s death and urged authorities to bring him to justice.
Kuchma will go on trial on charges of abuse of office in connection with the killing in the coming months. Prosecutors say that Kuchma gave illegal orders to his subordinates that eventually led to Gongadze’s death.
Kuchma denies the accusations.
He says the prosecutor’s main piece of evidence — tape recordings implicating him in the murder — has been doctored.
