The court in Ukraine completed the investigation into the murder in Kiev in 2017 of ex-deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation Denis Voronenkov.

This is reported by "

Now the court has moved to the stage of debate. During the debate, the prosecutor asked the accused to be found guilty of complicity in Voronenkov's murder and sentenced them to 12 years behind bars..

Also, the prosecution wants to punish one of the defendants in the case for illegal possession of weapons, assigning him 3 years behind bars.

At the next session of the court, the side of the defense will be heard.

Voronenkov was killed on March 23, 2017 in the center of Kiev. The attacker was wounded by the ex-deputy's security guard and died in the hospital. In the summer of 2017, law enforcement officers detained two suspects - a man who was spying on a Russian, as well as a driver who was taking the killer to the scene of the murder.