They became Maxim Gerasko. This was reported by the press service of the Center. According to the report, on August 17, the center received a decision of the Obolonsky District Court of Kiev on the refusal of lawyer Vitaly Meshechka from Yanukovych's defense.

Based on this document, the center made a replacement for the defender and issued a new order, to which the advocate of Gerasko was assigned to protect Yanukovych.

The previous order of the regional center, issued to the lawyer Meshechka, was terminated by the order of August 18. Now Gerasko should arrive for participation in the court session on September 6 at ten o'clock in the morning, the department informed..

Recall, Gerasko is also a lawyer of the former head of the external supervision department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Alexei Pukach, sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of journalist Georgy Gongadze.

As reported URA-Inform, July 5, Yanukovych refused his lawyers Vitaly Serdyuk and Igor Fedorenko. After that, the Obolonsky court decided to appoint him a free state agent Vitaly Meshechek, but on August 17 he withdrew his refusal and refused to participate in the trial.