NABU received a court decision on the arrest of Yanukovych in absentia.
The National Anti-Corruption Bureau plans to contact Interpol in the case of fugitive President Viktor Yanukovych. Detectives will ask to declare the politician on the international wanted list.
NABU received a court decision on the arrest of Yanukovych in absentia, which allows in the future to apply for an international wanted list. This was stated at a briefing by the head of the department Artem Sytnik.
Next, we will try (put on the Interpol wanted list). How successful it will be is a big question,
— Sytnik said.
Note that now the fugitive president is hiding from the investigation in Russia.
The court allowed the absentee investigation of the Yanukovych case
On August 2, the Pechersk District Court of Kiev granted the petition of the investigator of the State Bureau of Investigation and authorized the absentee investigation of the Yanukovych case. We are talking about the mass shootings of activists on the Independence Square in 2014.
What the fugitive president is suspected of
According to the investigation, Yanukovych used his presidential powers to try to stop the massive protests that threatened his stay in power. He acted in collusion with the former head of the SBU and the Minister of Internal Affairs.
This is how the officials organized obstruction of the demonstration, which led to the death of 62 protesters.