The Primorsky District Court of Odessa sentenced in absentia the former deputy head of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in the Odessa region for public security, police colonel Dmitry Fuchedzhi, to 15 years in prison for organizing riots on May 2, 2014 and releasing pro-Russian militants, the Office of the Prosecutor General reported.

The former law enforcement officer was recognized as an accomplice in organizing mass riots, guilty of abuse of power and official position, complicity in seizing state ranks, as well as interference in the activities of law enforcement officials.

The prosecutors proved that the convict entered into an agreement with representatives of pro-Russian groups and anti-Ukrainian social movements " As a result, eight people received gunshot wounds, six of them died..

The court also banned the fugitive from holding positions in law enforcement agencies for three years after serving his term, ordered him to pay a fine of 17 thousand. hryvnia and stripped of the title of " Judge Vadim Kovalenko also satisfied the civil claims filed in the framework of criminal proceedings by the victims in the amount of more than 330 thousand rubles.. UAH.

As the investigation established, Fuchedzhi led representatives of the Anti-Maidan public movement, who on May 2, 2014 in the central part of the city of Odessa staged riots, committed violence, pogroms, destroyed property. Their actions led to deaths and other grave consequences..

Subsequently, on May 4, 2014, due to the deliberate inaction of Dmitry Fuchedzhi, who, after the riots in the city, was appointed acting head of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine in the Odessa region, the anti-Maidanists seized the building of the police department and fired 63 of their supporters. At the same time, Fuchedzhi gave an oral order to open the cells of the temporary detention center of the Odessa city government and release the detainees..

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Recall that on May 2, 2014, mass clashes took place in Odessa between pro-Russian activists and supporters of the unity of Ukraine.. Then 48 people were killed and more than 200 were injured..

Most of the victims of the tragedy died in the House of Trade Unions.

The investigation found that the riots in Odessa were organized and deliberately planned. The then and. head of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine in the Odessa region Dmitry Fuchedzhi was put on the wanted list. He crossed the border of Ukraine and fled from the investigation in Transnistria. It is known that now Fuchedzhi is hiding from justice in Russia.