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Boryspil City District Court of Kyiv region sentenced Oleksandr Volkov to nine years in prison, accused of abduction, illegal imprisonment and torture of Ihor Lutsenko and Yuriy Verbytsky during the Revolution of Dignity, the Prosecutor General’s Office (PGO) told Interfax-Ukraine.
“The court sentenced the accused to nine years in prison,” the PGO said, noting that the prosecutor’s office will appeal against this court decision, since it does not agree with the verdict.
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On this day seven years ago, Ukraine went through the most tragic phase of the Revolution of Dignity.
Ukraine honoring memory of Heavenly Hundred heroes / Photo from UNIAN
Today, February 20, 2021, Ukraine is honoring the memory of the Heavenly Hundred Heroes on the seventh anniversary of bloody shootings at the Maidan Square during the Revolution of Dignity.
On this day seven years ago, Ukraine went through the most tragic phase of the Revolution of Dignity.
Photo from UNIAN
Revolution of Dignity: History of Confrontation
On November 21, 2013, Euromaidan activists gathered on the 9th anniversary of the Orange Revolution. The rally triggered the events now known as the Revolution of Dignity. Activists called for Ukraine s get back on the pro-European path of development, including toward concluding the Association Agreement with the European
Delays in the investigation of the Maidan cases shall be inadmissible;
The importance shall be recognized of honoring the memory of the Heavenly Hundred heroes;
Usurpation of power shall be inadmissible;
Viktor Yanukovych s regime s actions are assessed;
The unlawful actions of certain operatives with the Berkut riot police units, individual police officers, servicemen with the internal forces, bailiffs, prosecutors, judges, and other persons during the Revolution of Dignity have been condemned;
The importance of peaceful assembly and the inadmissibility of arbitrariness shall be recognized; and
European values shall be seen as the foundation of the Ukrainian state.
Revolution of Dignity: History of Confrontation
18:55 06.01.2021
PGO sends to court case of two organized crime members involved in kidnapping of Lutsenko, Verbytsky in 2014, murder of latter 1 min read
The Prosecutor General s Office of Ukraine (PGO) has sent an indictment to Boryspilsky City District Court of Kyiv region against two organized crime members involved in the abduction of the activists of the Revolution of Dignity Ihor Lutsenko and Yuriy Verbytsky, as well as the murder of the latter, the PGO press service said on Wednesday. The pretrial investigation established that these persons, by prior agreement, on January 21, 2014, illegally kidnapped protesters Ihor Lutsenko and Yuriy Verbytsky from the premises of the Oleksandrivska Clinical Hospital in Kyiv, tortured them and killed Yuriy Verbytsky, the Prosecutor General s Office said on Wednesday.