Turchynov, Parubiy, Avakov, Yatsenyuk to be questioned as witnesses in Yanukovych treason trial

Published Dec. 7, 2017 at 4:08 pm

(Archive photo) Three leaders of the opposition, head of UDAR (Punch) party Vitali Klitschko (L), head of the Svoboda party Oleh Tyagnybok (C) and Arseniy Yatsenyuk (3rd R) of the Batkivchchyna party attend a meeting on Independence Square following results of the talks between opposition leaders and then-Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych in Kyiv on Jan. 25, 2014.

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The Obolonsky district court of Kyiv, which is hearing the high treason case against the former president of Ukraine, Viktor Yanukovych, will summon to preliminary hearing several witnesses already questioned by the prosecutors, including National Security and Defense Council Secretary Oleksandr Turchynov, Verkhovna Rada speaker Andriy Parubiy, Interior Minister Arsen Avakov and People’s Front leader Arseniy Yatsenyuk.

The decision was made on Dec. 7 in favor of the relevant request from the prosecutor, an Interfax-Ukraine correspondent reported.