Public defender says Yanukovych should participate in trial via video link

11:52, 12.07.2017 1 min read

Ex-president of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych's public defender Vitaliy Meshechek, who was assigned by the Kyiv Regional Center of Legal Assistance, insists his client should participate in the trial in the video conference mode.

"I consider his participation in the process via a video link as necessary for a fair trial, fair consideration," Meshechek told journalists in the court room of Kyiv's Obolonsky district court, which continued hearings on the Yanukovych treason case on Wednesday.

"That is, I think that Viktor Yanukovych should take part in the hearing by means of video conference, and no one has the right to deprive him of the opportunity to ask witnesses, experts and any other participants in the criminal proceedings questions, file applications, complaints and request recusal. This is my opinion and that of the former defenders – I fully support them," the defender said.