The case will be reviewed due to the fact that Judge Victor Viktorov went on maternity leave. As the press office of the Kharkov regional prosecutor's office informs, prosecutors do not exclude that the Stapa case can be referred for consideration from the very beginning.
Recall that in May 2017, Shtepa's case was redirected to the Leninsky District Court of Kharkov and began to listen from the very beginning for the fourth time, including due to changes in the composition of the panel of judges.
As reported URA-Inform, Nelya Shtepa withdrew from the SIZO on September 20. The court changed her measure of restraint for house arrest three years later in a pre-trial detention center.
She is suspected of encroaching on the territorial integrity and inviolability of Ukraine. Nelyu Step was detained in July 2014. At the trial, she explained that she urged the Russian president to enter Slavyansk under the threat of militants who kept her captive, and gave interviews for Russian publications "at gunpoint".