A few hours ago, the attorney general of Ukraine submitted his resignation to President Poroshenko. Lutsenko was accused of deliberately delaying the investigation in the high-profile case of Ukrainian activist Yekaterina Gandzyuk. Just three months ago, she was attacked with acid. She died recently. Today Poroshenko unexpectedly reported that the crime was allegedly almost solved, both the organizer and the direct participants have already been found, that there are 20 theories about the attack. Well, it is obvious that there are far fewer theories in the case of the attack on another Ukrainian activist, Elena Berezhnaya. SBU officers broke into her apartment yesterday.
Anton Lyadov with the details.
Journalists, we need two men to help transport the deceased. In response, Ukrainian journalists surround medical stretchers, stretch out their hands with microphones, and watch two paramedics trying to not fall down the stairs as they were letting Elena Berezhnaya down from the third floor.
- Don't hurry.
- Got you.
- It was only arranged only to discredit me.
While Ukrainian journalists tortured witnesses on the street.
- How did you get here? You don't live here.
- Screw you! What do you want from me?
In the apartment, police officers shook out every package and looked through every pile of papers. The first door was broken open with a crowbar, the second with legs so that it was punched through — a leg got stuck in the hole.
"Get off me! Drag me! They pull my hand!"
The search in the apartment of the Ukrainian human rights activist Berezhnaya took place in the framework of criminal proceedings under the articles of treason and threats to state security. And she's not even a suspect, she's a witness. These shots were taken by Berezhnaya's lawyer after the search.
Svetlana Novizkaya, Berezhnaya's lawyer: “This isn't a search! This is, I don't know, a robbery. In the bedroom, there was a ladies' table, women's jewelry boxes. Everything was turned out.
Local channels stress the fact that the reasons for the massacre are non-political. Berezhnaya's friend said that the search was initiated by influential businessman Boris Fuksman, who has personal accounts with her. Elena Berezhnaya herself, who is now in the hospital, claims that the Kiev authorities have long been discrediting her.
Elena Berezhnaya: "The main motivation is that I'm familiar with Azarov Nikolai Yanovich and I go to Moscow.
Here is a description of the crime: an excerpt from the decision of the Ukrainian court. “She systematically visits the Russian Federation".
Nikolay Azarov, 14th Prime Minister of Ukraine: “On one hand, it's revenge, and on the other hand, it's intimidation of all dissidents on the eve of the elections. Poroshenko will run again. He needs to intimidate the people. Especially dissenters. If this is the way they treat a well-known human rights activist, who spoke in the Bundestag, in the European Parliament at the OSCE session, having prepared a report on the growth of Nazism in Ukraine, what about the others?
OSCE, Warsaw, one and a half months ago.
"The rights of ethnic minorities are limited at the state level. The actions of right-radical groups aimed at inciting national, racial, religious, and language enmity and hatred are supported. In essence, there is a state syndicate with right-wing radicals who profess Nazi ideology".
Today was another example. The National Corps near the Cabinet of Ministers requires the establishment of the Ministry of Veterans. The regional council of the Ternopil region declared 2019 the year of Ukrainian nationalists OUN and officially banned the public use of the Russian language.
Anton Lyadov, Tatiana Stepovaya, Maxim Shchepilov, Vesti.
