The process has started

Yesterday Ukraine’s ex-president Leonid Kuchma was for the first time interrogated by the General Prosecutor’s Office investigator, within the framework of the criminal case launched against him. He is charged with the “abuse of power” and giving an unlawful order to the MVS leadership, which led to murder of journalist Gongadze and illegal actions against journalist Podolsky.

Kuchma said that he learned about the criminal case from mass media: “This was right out of the blue. Like you, I learned about the case from the mass media.” Kuchma does not consider Melnychenko’s recordings a sustainable proof in the criminal case, because in his opinion the investigation could not have found anything new. “I’m calm.

I don’t feel any guilt.”