The police are conducting pre-investigatory checks into cases of damage with paint to billboards depicting Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych in a number of cities.
"All of these cases were registered, pre-investigatory checks are being held," the first deputy head of the public order department of the Interior Ministry, Serhiy Pohotov, said during a press conference in Kyiv on Jan. 10.
In turn, the head of the public liaisons department of the Interior Ministry, Volodymyr Polischuk, added that the criminal case is unlikely to be opened, as the cost of the damage does not exceed Hr 90,000.
"If this was committed in the presence of people in a public place, this could be Article 173 of the Code of Administrative Offences – minor hooliganism, or even criminal hooliganism," Polischuk said.
According to him, the results of the checks will show this.
As reported, unidentified people damaged billboards depicting the president with paint in a number of Ukrainian cities (Kyiv, Lviv, Zaporizhia, Rivne region).
