Petro Poroshenko after the court session in KievKYIV, Jan 28 The Kiev Court of Appeal failed to start consideration of appeals of the prosecutor's office and defense against a measure of restraint in the form of a personal obligation of the ex-president of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko due to the fact that the court did not receive the case materials. for reasons beyond the control of the panel of judges. In this regard, it is impossible to hold an appeal hearing on the appeals filed today. The panel of judges removes this case from appeal,» the presiding judge said. The broadcast was conducted on the court's YouTube channel.
Poroshenko made a slip of the tongue when commenting on the threat of a «Russian invasion» The court scheduled a new hearing for February 11 at 12.00 Moscow time. At the beginning of the meeting, the side of the prosecutor's office and the defense, as well as Poroshenko himself, did not come. The ex-president entered the courthouse after the meeting was postponed. Poroshenko is suspected of treason and assistance to terrorism in the case of coal supplies from Donbass, he faces up to 15 years in prison. On January 17 he arrived in Kiev from Warsaw. Earlier, the ex-president stated that 130 criminal cases were initiated against him, but about 40 of them have already been closed. The ex-president also has the status of a suspect in the criminal case on the appointment of Serhiy Semochko as deputy head of the Foreign Intelligence Service of Ukraine — he is charged with abuse of power. Poroshenko appears in a number of other cases, including the appointment of judges, the movement of paintings across the state border, the incident with Ukrainian ships in the Kerch Strait, and the transfer of land. In these cases, the ex-president has the status of a witness.
