By Natalia Zinets
KYIV – A Ukrainian courtroom has banned a pro-Russian get together led by a detailed ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, the justice ministry stated on Monday.
It stated the courtroom within the western metropolis of Lviv had determined to switch to the state all property, funds and different belongings held by the “Opposition Platform – For Life” get together led by Viktor Medvedchuk, a rich businessman accused of treason.
The ministry acted beneath a legislation handed final month by parliament that enabled it to go to courtroom to hunt a ban on events whose actions are deemed a menace to Ukraine.
Ukraine’s nationwide safety and defence council had really useful that this definition utilized to Medvedchuk’s get together, the second largest in parliament.
“The courtroom banned the actions of the Opposition Platform – For Life political get together. The corresponding declare of the ministry of justice was glad by the Eighth Administrative Courtroom of Enchantment,” the ministry stated on Fb.
The get together opposed a call by parliament to recognise Russia as a state aggressor following Moscow’s annexation of the Crimea area in 2014, and supported Russia-backed separatists in jap Ukraine. Its lawmakers have favoured a return to the Kremlin’s patronage over integration with Europe.
Medvedchuk faces as much as 15 years in jail if convicted of treason and violating the legal guidelines and customs of battle. Ukraine’s State Bureau of Investigation has accomplished a pre-trial investigation into Medvedchuk and filed the case to a Kyiv courtroom.
The investigators’ report stated Medvedchuk had offered the management of Russia with help in finishing up subversive actions in opposition to Ukraine, together with gathering details about the situation of army models.
Medvedchuk denies wrongdoing. He was detained in April, having escaped home arrest days after Russia invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24.
