Kyiv’s Sviatoshinsky District Court has ruled to place leader of the OUN Volunteer Rukh NGO Mykola Kokhanivskyi under a round-the-clock house arrest until Dec.20 as a pre-trial a preventive measure.
The relevant ruling was passed by the court at a sitting on Oct.25.
According to this decision, Kokhanivsky must constantly be at his place of residence in Kyiv, hand over his passports and perform other procedural duties assigned to him.
As reported, on Oct. 23, Sviatoshynsky District Court started to select a preventive measure for Kokhanivsky, who on Oct.21 during a personal conflict near the Akademmistechko metro station opened fire from a pistol, causing injuries to his opponent.
In court, the activists who defend Kokhanivsky used the existing furniture to block the entrance to the courtroom when the police arrived. Activists broke the furniture used it to try to push back the law-enforcers. Then the police were forced to use tear gas. After that, Kokhanivsky’s supporters began to break windows. As a result, they stayed in the courtroom overnight.
On Oct. 24 morning, law enforcers drove activists and Kokhanivsky supporters out of the courtroom of Sviatoshynsky District Court, having dismantled the barricade. The whole operation took several minutes. Some 30 people were detained and taken to Shevchenkivsky district police department of Kyiv.
