Kyiv’s Court of Appeals has satisfied a complaint of the lawyer of ex-Minister of Justice of Ukraine Oleksandr Lavrynovych and revoked the ruling passed by Kyiv’s Pechersky district court, which ruled to arrest the minister for two months as a preventive measure.
The decision to release the minister from custody in the courtroom was taken on Sept.27, an Interfax-Ukraine correspondent has reported.
As reported, Kyiv’s Pechersky district court on Sept. 15 ruled to keep Lavrynovych in pretrial custody Nov.2.
Lavrynovych is facing accusations by the Prosecutor General’s Office (PGO) of Ukraine of participating in the organization of the constitutional coup in 2010. The PGO Department of Special Investigations has been conducting a pretrial investigation in the criminal case against Lavrynovych on suspicion of committing a criminal offense under Part 2 of Article 27 and Part 1 of Article 109 (actions aimed at the forcible change or overthrow of the constitutional order or seizure of state power) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.
