Pechersky District Court. Kyiv arrested in absentia former President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych, already convicted of treason, suspected of organizing the illegal transfer of people across the state border of Ukraine.

As reported by the Office of the Prosecutor General, the ex-president of Ukraine, together with employees of the State Security Department and representatives of the Russian Federation, on February 23, 2014, being on the outskirts of. Urzuf of the Donetsk region, with the help of three helicopters of the Russian armed forces, illegally crossed and transported at least 20 people across the state border of Ukraine to the city of. Anapa, Krasnodar Territory, Russian Federation.

The Office of the Prosecutor General noted that the pre-trial investigation of the case continues and is carried out by investigators of the State Bureau of Investigation.

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In early February 2022, the court arrested Konstantin Kobzar, former deputy head of the State Security Department of Ukraine, head of the Presidential Security Service during the times of Viktor Yanukovych, suspected of desertion.. He is suspected under two articles of the Criminal Code of Ukraine - h. 2 st. 332 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (illegal transfer of a person across the state border of Ukraine by prior agreement by a group of persons) and h. 2 st. 408 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (desertion by prior agreement by a group of persons).