{"id":97497,"date":"2019-11-22T18:17:51","date_gmt":"2019-11-22T18:17:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/uacrisis.org\/?p=74100"},"modified":"2019-11-25T17:12:15","modified_gmt":"2019-11-25T15:12:15","slug":"74100-euromaidan-s-sixth-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/en\/74100-euromaidan-s-sixth-anniversary","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine observes the Dignity and Freedom Day, marks Euromaidan\u2019s sixth anniversary"},"content":{"rendered":"

On November 21 Ukraine marked the sixth anniversary of the beginning of Euromaidan. The Day of Dignity and Freedom is officially observed on this day. In the evening a few thousand people gathered on the Maidan square in Kyiv. Has Maidan achieved its goals? Where the investigation of the Maidan cases is failing? What investigation results are already available? \u2013 check out in UCMC\u2019s material.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Has Maidan achieved its goals? The victory is partial, experts say<\/strong><\/p>\n

Euromaidan was a protest with democratic values at heart, supporting pro-European vector of development and standing against the corrupt system. Maidan generally won, while some of its goals have not been achieved. These are the key results of the expert survey held by the Ilko Kucheriv Democratic Initiatives Foundation that the think-tank presented at a press briefing at Ukraine Crisis Media Center. The opinion poll was held on November 7-19, 2019, it had 80 experts interviewed.<\/p>\n

Key achievements. <\/strong>For the 6th<\/sup>year in a row experts have been saying that Maidan won but majority of them say the victory is relative. What\u2019s been achieved is the change of authorities, political elites were partially renewed, the role of the civil society was reinforced, Ukraine restored its pro-Western vector of development, signed the Association Agreement with the EU and intensified its cooperation with NATO.<\/p>\n

What has not been implemented? <\/strong>At the same time Maidan\u2019s key demands have been implemented only partially \u2013 they include comprehensive combat against corruption, relaunch of state institutions, renewal of political elites, deoligarchization of political and economic life.<\/p>\n

Where is the investigation of crimes against the Maidan failing?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Investigation of the crimes committed against the participants of the Revolution of Dignity is endangered. Resulting from the changes that took place at the Office of the Prosecutor General \u2013 namely, the dissolution of the Department of special investigations, there is a possibility that investigation of the cases will start from scratch. On November 20, 2019 the Office of the Prosecutor General lost its authority of holding pre-trial investigation, it will be organizing and controlling investigations \u2013 managing the overall investigation process.<\/p>\n

The department for special investigations will be replaced with the newly established department of procedural management of Maidan cases. Viktor Mysiak was appointed head of the new unit, he is former deputy head of organization and process management of criminal procedures in specifically categorized crimes. Lawyers of the families of Heaven\u2019s Hundred (killed Euromaidan activists) did not support the appointment.<\/p>\n

Investigative function itself was granted to the State Bureau of Investigation (SBI). Reassigning the cases to SBI is problematic, besides there are not enough investigators in the Bureau to undertake this large-scale work.<\/p>\n

Volodymyr Bondarchuk, former head of the NGO \u201cFamilies of Heaven\u2019s Hundred Heroes\u201d in a comment to Hromadske explained that the setup of the Department for special investigations back in 2014 was made possible thanks to the families of the killed activists. Commenting on the current situation he said: \u201cHorbatyuk (dismissed prosecutor, formerly responsible for investigation of the Maidan cases – UCMC) was supposed to pass these cases to SBI (the State Bureau of Investigation \u2013 edit.) \u2013 to the unit that was supposed to take over them. Turned out SBI did not assign the responsible. One may now say that there was nothing to pass. We will never learn if there was anything or not.<\/p>\n

To hand over the cases there needs to be a unit that will keep dealing with them. SBI does not have one. After Horbatyuk was dismissed there is no one who can conduct the hand over.<\/p>\n

The cases may now get lost at any stage \u2013 either at the Office of the Prosecutor General or at SBI. Taking into consideration some nuances pertaining to the personality of the SBI head Roman Truba and his involvement in countering Maidan in his time, it looks like a possible option. It will be hard to dig deep for the truth,\u201d Bondarchuk said.<\/p>\n

While SBI awaits amendments to legislation allowing to increase the number of staff members, we take a look at what\u2019s been achieved by investigation in six years.<\/p>\n

Lawyer of families of Heaven\u2019s Hundred goes on hunger strike<\/strong><\/p>\n

In the evening on November 21, 2019 the lawyer of families of Heaven\u2019s Hundred heroes Yevhenia Zakrevska announced that she starts a hunger strike. Zakrevska will be on hunger strike until investigation of the Maidan cases restarts.<\/p>\n

\u201cVerkhovna Rada (the Parliament) has not voted in the amendment to the law on SBI that would allow SBI investigators dealing with the investigation of Maidan cases to carry on as SBI employees and continue the investigation. It is the reason why investigations are now suspended (on November 20 the Office of the Prosecutor General lost the authority of holding pre-trial investigation, it is now with SBI \u2013 edit.). Until Verkhovna Rada votes in the amendment, investigators will not be transferred,\u201d the lawyer explains.<\/p>\n

She added that head of the \u201cServant of the People\u201d faction Davyd Arakhamia promised her that the amendment will be passed on December 3.<\/p>\n

Advocacy Advisory Panel representing families of Heaven\u2019s Hundred Heroes\u00a0demands that President<\/a>\u00a0Zelenskyi calls an extraordinary session of the Parliament for MPs to vote in the amendment to the draft law that would allow for the transfer of Maidan cases.<\/p>\n

What is known about Maidan crimes and who\u2019s been already held liable?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Office of the Prosecutor General: majority of cases resolved. <\/strong>The Office of the Prosecutor General says the\u00a0majority of the crimes have been resolved<\/a>, meaning that the circumstances, organizers and actors were identified. Charges were\u00a0brought against 66 persons<\/a>\u00a0allegedly involved in killings on Maidan. At the same time in some of the cases concrete actors\u00a0have not been identified<\/a>, reports Hromadske TV.<\/p>\n

Berkut still working in law enforcement.\u00a0<\/strong>Thirty six more persons suspected in<\/a>\u00a0the crimes against the Maidan participants keep working in law enforcement agencies, 10 of them hold management positions. The persons in question were charged with organizing killings. Kyiv police alone\u00a0employs 30 per cent of former Berkut staff<\/a>\u00a0(riot police) some of whom are actors in the criminal cases.<\/p>\n

Suspects in the Russian Federation and in Crimea.<\/strong>Twenty-six former Berkut staff members of the so-called \u201cblack company<\/a>\u201d were charged with killings in Maidan, 21 of them are hiding. Head of the company Dmytro Sadovnyk fled to Russia in autumn 2014, 20 more Berkut staff members followed him in late February. Sixteen of them are in the Russian Federation, four of them \u2013 in the annexed Crimea. Some of them became\u00a0Russian citizens<\/a>, some were granted asylum. Russia refuses to pass them to Ukraine ignoring the requests by Ukraine\u2019s Office of the Prosecutor General.<\/p>\n

Only five of them are being tried. The trial\u00a0is ongoing<\/a>\u00a0at the Svyatoshyn district court of Kyiv.<\/p>\n

Yanukovych: sentenced in absentia to 13 years in prison. <\/strong>In January 2019 former President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych was sentenced in absentia to 13 years in prison for high treason and abetting Russia in waging a war against Ukraine. At the same time no success was achieved in proving that he acted out of separatism in try to re-draw the state border.<\/p>\n

Yanukovych fled to Russia in 2014 and is still there. The runaway president could be sent to jail as soon as he is detained. The lawyers filed five appeals of the sentence, they are under consideration.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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