The defense team of former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has filed a complaint with the Prosecutor General's Office against the ex-premier's placement in Kharkiv penitentiary.
"As of today, the complaint has been sent to the Prosecutor General’s Office. I believe that by the end of the day I will get a confirmation that the complaint has been registered in court, as well," Tymoshenko’s defense counsel Serhiy Vlasenko said at a briefing in front of Kachanivska penal colony on Thursday.
He noted that he believed that Tymoshenko’s transfer to Kharkiv penitentiary was illegal, therefore he would demand criminal proceedings should be instituted against officers of the State Penitentiary Service, who took this decision.
Besides, Vlasenko said that he would demand Tymoshenko should be returned to Lukyanivka detention facility in Kyiv.
"There is a ruling by Shevchenkivsky District Court of Kyiv, which says that Yulia Volodymyrivna is supposed to be held at Kyiv detention facility. But I want to stress once again that the person is kept in jail illegally and has to spend seven years there for nothing," Vlasenko said.
