The court allowed to conduct a special investigation into the ex-president-fugitive Viktor Yanukovych in the framework of the case of inciting the military of the State Security Department to desert. This was reported in the State Bureau of Investigation.

In particular, in February 2022, Yanukovych was informed of yet another suspicion, this time of inciting servicemen of the State Security Department to desert (h. 4 st. 27 h. 1 st. 408 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine).

“On February 24, 2014, the former president of Ukraine, fleeing from criminal liability for crimes against protesters, persuaded the deputy head of the State Security Department of Ukraine - the head of the Security Service of the President of Ukraine to desert. " Urzuf of the Mangush district of the Donetsk region was helped by employees of the law enforcement agencies of Russia, ”the SBI reminded.

As a result, Yanukovych's head of security did not return to his place of service on a business trip from Crimea. At the same time, he, together with the suspect, left Ukraine for the Russian Federation..

So far, four people are suspected in criminal proceedings.. In addition to Yanukovych, who was directly in charge of the illegal transfer of persons across the state border, suspicions were also reported to employees of the State Security Department of Ukraine and to a civilian..

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In Ukraine, the fugitive ex-president is a defendant in a number of criminal proceedings: on the usurpation of power by amending the Constitution, on treason and Russia's complicity in waging an aggressive war against Ukraine, on the executions of Maidan activists.

On November 17, the State Bureau of Investigation completed the pre-trial investigation into the case of the involvement of Yanukovych and nine high-ranking officials in the executions on Instytutska Street in February 2014. As investigators found out, on February 18-20, Yanukovych called Russian President Vladimir Putin 11 times.

In January 2019, the Obolonsky District Court of Kyiv sentenced him to 13 years in prison for treason. In the spring of 2020, Yanukovych was given a preventive measure in absentia in the case of the usurpation of power - detention.

Yanukovych himself continues to hide from investigation in Russia, the aggressor country does not extradite him to Ukraine. However, the Office of the Prosecutor General plans to re-submit a request for the extradition of the ex-president.