Today the court began to investigate the evidence. At the beginning of the trial, Presiding Judge Vladislav Devyatko asked the defense and the prosecution if they had any motions. They reported that no.
After that, the judge announced that the court could proceed to investigate the evidence in the criminal case.
Recall, July 5, Yanukovych said that he would not participate in the Ukrainian trial of the high treason case and withdrew his lawyers from the court.
Military prosecutor Ruslan Kravchenko said that the refusal of B. Yanukovych from the defenders is an attempt to delay the trial.
As reported URA-Inform, on November 28, 2016, Prosecutor General Yuriy Lutsenko in the Svyatoshinsky district court of Kiev announced a message about suspicion in the video mode of Yanukovych of high treason, aiding the authorities of the Russian Federation in deliberate actions to change the borders of the state border of Ukraine and conduct an aggressive war.