The State Bureau of Investigation filed an indictment against the former deputy secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine for organizing the dispersal of the "

According to the investigation, the former employee of the KGB of the USSR, on the instructions of his curators, went to work in the state authorities of Ukraine. Over time, Volodymyr Sivkovich became the Deputy Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council and received the military rank of Major General of the Reserve by the Independence Day of Ukraine in 2013.. And three months later, with his direct participation, the organization of the beating of participants in one of the first youth protests for the European integration course of Ukraine took place..

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According to the investigation, during an urgent night meeting in the office of the head of the Main Police Department of the capital under the leadership of Sivkovich, a deliberately criminal order was issued, which provided for the involvement of the Berkut special forces to use force against the protesters.. The “cleansing” of Maidan Nezalezhnosti from patriotic youth was supposed to take place under the pretext of ensuring the alleged installation of a New Year tree.

Sivkovych is suspected of abuse of power or official authority and illegal obstruction of rallies.

The court chose Sivkovich in absentia as a measure of restraint in the form of detention, and the justices were granted permission to conduct a special pre-trial investigation against Sivkovich, since he fled and is hiding on the territory of Russia, of which he was an agent in Ukraine and for which he worked.

Recall that Sivkovich, together with the ex-chairman of the Kyiv City State Administration Oleksandr Popov, the head of the Kyiv police Vladimir Koryak and a number of other employees are suspected of involvement in the dispersal of the student Euromaidan on the night of November 30, 2013. In mid-December 2013, he was even removed from his duties.. However, on February 12, 2014, the criminal proceedings against Sivkovich and other persons were closed by a court decision due to the operation of the amnesty law, and on February 19 he was already working again in the National Security and Defense Council. At the end of February 2014, Sivkovich left for Russia.