Yanukovychs lawers (L) and prosecutors (R) talk in front of a panel of three-judges in Kyiv on June 26, on the first day of hearing the merits of the case of deposed Kremlin-backed president Viktor Yanukovych who was accused of treason and other crimes committed before he fled to Russia in February 2014.
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A court in Kyiv has decided to hold the treason trial of Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych in absentia.