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RFE/RL: Poroshenko to testify in Yanukovych treason trial

Published Feb. 21, 2018 at 12:46 pm

President of Ukraine, Petro Poroshenko, gives a speech during the 54th Munich Security Conference on February 16, 2018 in Munich, southern Germany.Global security chiefs and top diplomats attend the annual Munich Security Conference running until February 18, 2018 to discuss Syria, Ukraine and other international conflicts and crises.

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A court in Kyiv has ruled that President Petro Poroshenko will testify via a video-link at his ousted predecessor Viktor Yanukovych’s trial on February 21.

The Obolon District Court’s February 21 decision was made after prosecutors in the high-profile trial requested that Poroshenko must be questioned in the courtroom.