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Former Ukrainian Interior Minister Yuriy Lutsenko has said he knows about the plans of the government to imprison him for eight years, and added he will prove his innocence in court.

"I know for sure that a guilty verdict – with eight years of imprisonment – already exists," he told reporters in the hall of Pechersky District Court on Friday.

At the same time, Lutsenko said he would prove his innocence in court.

As reported, the Pechersky District Court is to consider the case against Lutsenko in essence on Friday.