In Ukraine, the ex-president will be tried for illegal border crossing

The building of the General Prosecutor's Office of Ukraine. File photoDONETSK, Jun 1 A court in Ukraine has allowed a special pre-trial investigation against the former president of the country for organizing illegal transportation across the border, the Ukrainian Prosecutor General's Office said on Wednesday. The agency did not name the ex-president, but after coup d'état in Ukraine in February 2014, at that time the country's President Viktor Yanukovych was forced to leave its borders. He left for Russia. Other presidents did not leave the country.Ukrainian court allowed Yanukovych's arrest for Kharkiv agreements in absentia) against the former President of Ukraine in criminal proceedings on the circumstances of his organization of illegal transportation of persons across the state border of Ukraine and incitement to desertion,» the Prosecutor General's Office said in a Telegram channel. — the president, together with the head of his security service, flew to Russia with the help of three helicopters of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation along with 20 other people. state security department of Ukraine, who directly performed the tasks of providing his personal protection, to desertion,» the department claims. — Premier Azarov