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Consideration of the complaint in the case about the plea deal with former MP Khrystenko closed
The judges of the Criminal Cassation Court within the Supreme Court closed consideration of the complaint against the Kyiv Court of Appeal's decision in the case concerning the plea deal with former MP Fedor Khrystenko.
Under the terms of the deal with the Office of the Prosecutor General, Khrystenko was to give false testimony against the leadership of NABU, SAP, bureau detectives and, in particular, Ruslan Magamedrasulov.
The decision to close consideration of Magamedrasulov’s lawyers’ complaint was made by judges Andriy Chystyk, Serhiy Yeremaichuk and Halyna Kret.
❗️The court decided to close the hearing before it began. Public listeners were denied entry to the hearing before the court decided on the closure.
In addition, that decision was made without hearing the views of the participants in the process. Only later did Magamedrasulov’s defense file a motion for an open hearing, which was not granted.
Khrystenko himself was not brought to the hearing, although the session was supposedly closed because security measures had been taken for the former MP.
On the eve of the hearing, journalists and activists requested a broadcast of the court session or permission to film the proceedings.
Earlier, the defenders of NABU detective Magamedrasulov had appealed Khrystenko’s verdict in the Kyiv Court of Appeal. At that time the judges returned the complaint, so the lawyers are appealing that decision to the cassation court.
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