The Kyiv Court of Appeal chose a measure of restraint in the form of detention for the former Minister of Defense of Ukraine under the fugitive President Viktor Yanukovych Mikhail Yezhel in the case regarding the approval of the so-called Kharkiv agreements. Thus, permission was granted for his arrest, the press service of the Attorney General's office said..

The ex-minister is suspected of committing high treason by prior conspiracy by a group of persons. The criminal offense is provided for by part 2 of article 28 and part 1 of article 111 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.

Investigators found that in April 2010, Yezhel, by prior agreement with the then president, prime minister, ministers of justice and foreign affairs, without comment and actual consideration of the project, agreed on an agreement between Ukraine and Russia on the stay of the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Federation in Sevastopol for 25 years longer.

At the same time, a mandatory legal examination was not carried out on the compliance of this document with the Constitution of our state.. The law "

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As noted, Yezhel is now outside of Ukraine, where he is hiding from the pre-trial investigation authorities.. He was wanted.

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UA received at its disposal copies of a number of documents proving the involvement in the preparation of the "

Earlier it became known that the court allowed the detention and arrest of the former Minister of Justice Oleksandr Lavrynovych and Foreign Minister Konstantin Grishchenko, who were also informed of suspicion of high treason for preparing the mentioned agreement between the Russian Federation and Ukraine.

Read about the investigation of the Kharkov agreements case and the officials who were directly involved in their approval in the article by Tatyana Silina \?