Pashynskyi Arrested for Two Months
Ex-MP behind bars.
Today, October 7, the Pechersk District Court of Kyiv considered the preventive measure for former People's Front MP Serhiy Pashynskyi and granted the motion of the State Bureau of Investigation to keep Pashynskyi in custody without the option of bail.
Pashynskyi is under arrest until December 4, 2019; the decision can be appealed.
Pashynskyi is supported at the hearing by former NSDC Secretary Oleksandr Turchynov, while two groups of activists gathered outside the administrative building: some chanted "Serhiy, we are with you," while others, with a monkey in their arms, said that "science has a chance to study the Chupacabra."
The day before, former People's Deputy of Ukraine of the 5th–8th convocations Pashynskyi was served with a suspicion of causing grievous bodily harm with a weapon.
The case is a criminal proceeding reopened by the SBI over an incident on December 31, 2016, when Pashynskyi shot 38-year-old Vyacheslav Khimikus in the leg.
Pashynskyi himself told the court he acted in self-defense, and called the SBI's case against him revenge by former Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration Andriy Portnov "for having to part with stolen assets after the Revolution of Dignity."
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