Ukraine begins criminal proceedings against Russian prosecutors and judges over Savchenko case
The Prosecutor General’s office of Ukraine has initiated a criminal case against the judges of the Donetsk City Court in the Rostov region and the the Russian prosecutors involved in Nadiya Savchenko’s case, as stated by the Prosecutor, Vladislav Kutsenko, on the TV channel 112 Ukraine.
According to him, Russian prosecutors Pavel Filipchuk, Dmitry Yunoshev and Vladislav Kuznetsov, are being investigated for "unlawfully bringing someone to criminal responsibility,” and against Leonid Stepanenko, Ali Khaibulaev and Evgeny Chernysh "for handing down a judgment, decision or other judicial act known to be wrongful."
According to Kutsenko, his colleagues drew up and signed a notice of suspicion for each judge and prosecutor involved in Savchenko’s case. He promised that the Ukrainian Prosecutor General’s Office will convey to Russia the suspicions prepared by Kiev to serve them to the judges and prosecutors.
The possible refusal of Russia to cooperate may be the basis for a request to Interpol to declare the suspects wanted. "After we have been refused as we expect, we will request Interpol to declare the aforementioned persons wanted. This, in turn, will allow them to start proceedings in the absence of the accused," he said.
He also promised that by the end of March, the Prosecutor General’s Office will transfer an indictment to the court against the head of the self-declared "Luhansk People’s Republic," Igor Plotnytsky, who is accused of abducting Savchenko.