You're reading: Kyiv court authorizes investigation in high treason case against Yanukovych

Judge Khrystyna Tarasiuk of Kyiv’s Pechersky District Court ruled on Friday evening to grant a request by an investigator from a military prosecutor’s office on sanctioning a special pretrial investigation (in absentia) in a high treason case against former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych.

The ruling is not subject to appeal.