Court submits Melnychenko case to prosecutor general to resume investigation

The Pechersk District Court of Kyiv has ruled as illegal a Prosecutor General's Office resolution of 2005 to close a criminal case against former major of the State Department of Guard Mykola Melnychenko.

An Interfax-Ukraine reporter said that the court had taken such a decision on Thursday after considering a lawsuit from representatives of second Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma (1994-2005) regarding the illegality of closing the case against Melnychenko

Thus, the court satisfied the lawsuit filed by Kuchma's lawyers.

The decision to close the criminal case against Melnychenko was cancelled and submitted to the prosecutor general for the resumption of a pre-trial investigation.