Savchenko refuses to take polygraph test on Tuesday
Arrested MP Nadiia Savchenko has refused to go through the polygraph on Tuesday because her lawyer was not admitted to the examination, her lawyer Oleksandr Tananakin has said.
Another reason for the refusal was non-inclusion in the examination of those issues on which Savchenko insisted, Tananakin told Interfax-Ukraine agency.
Tananakin stressed that the practice of conducting an examination on a polygraph within the framework of the investigation of the Savchenko case discredited this procedure in this case.
"As for the subsequent development of events, it will be necessary to discuss and consult, but, in my opinion, this expertise has already discredited itself," the lawyer said.
He also said that on August 8, the Court of Appeal of Kyiv will consider a complaint of the defense to the decision of the Shevchenkivsky district court dated July 14 on extending Savchenko's arrest for another two months, after which she went on a hunger strike.
As reported, on March 22, the Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada granted the prosecutor general's recommendation and gave its consent to prosecute, detain, and arrest Savchenko. The same day, law enforcement officials notified Savchenko that she was being treated as a suspect at parliament, after which they escorted her to the offices of the SBU branch for Kyiv and Kyiv region.
The recommendation that Savchenko be deprived of parliamentary immunity from prosecution was made as part of criminal proceedings opened on counts of preparations for change or dismantling of the constitutional system or for the seizure of power by a group of individuals acting in concert, preparations for assassinating a statesperson or a public figure by a group of individuals acting in concert, preparations for a terrorist attack by a group of people acting in concert, the establishment of a terrorist group, and the illegal handling of weapons, ammunition, or explosives by a group of people acting in concert.