Investigation into Yanukovych's treason to be completed in Feb

11:26, 23.01.2017 1 min read

Prosecutor General of Ukraine Yuriy Lutsenko intends to complete the pretrial investigation into criminal proceedings on treason of ex-President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych during February 2017.

"We do not plan to extend the terms of the pretrial investigation. We will hold the final necessary interrogations and examinations during February. After that, the case will be referred to the court and I am sure that it is the Ukrainian court that will put a period to this matter [...] I count on the integrity of lawyers, that is in February we finish the investigation, a short introduction and the start of the trial. We will do everything not to make it faster, but in order to make it qualitatively," he said in an interview with 1 plus 1 TV channel on Sunday night.

He also reminded that the Ukrainian law enforcers obtained a photocopy of an appeal by former disgraced president of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych dated March 1, 2014, to Russia to bring its troops into Ukraine, which, in his opinion, is conclusive evidence of treason.