Leonid Kuchma charged with murder

[Gotno Gizmo]

Georgy Gongadze, a journalist was murdered in September 2010 during the presidency of Leonid Kuchma. The BBC has reported that on Thursday the prosecutor general's office in Kiev has issued charges against Leonid Kuchma for the murder of Georgy Gongadze.

BBC News - Ukraine Gongadze murder: Ex-President Kuchma charged

[IreneLviv]

He has not been charged with murder - and this article does not say this
He has so far been charged with exceeding his authorities - and will not be imprisioned beause the statute of limitation for this offence has expired,
The new authorities resort to all sorts of tricks to distract public attention from their own crimes.

[AkMike]

This article does a quote saying that Ktuchma made the statement that he has been charged.


Ukraine: Ex-president charged over editor's murder

Reuters
Friday, 25 March 2011


Leonid Kuchma, the former Ukrainian president, has been formally charged over the murder of a journalist in 2000 and could be jailed for up to 12 years if convicted.


Mr Kuchma, who was leader of independent Ukraine between 1994 and 2005, is accused of involvement in the killing of Georgiy Gongadze, one of his sharpest public critics.

The death of the journalist, who was also well known on television talk shows, became emblematic of the sleaze and violence of post-Soviet Ukraine under Mr Kuchma and led to street clashes in Kiev between protesters and riot police.

Emerging from questioning in the prosecutor's office, Mr Kuchma, 72, told reporters: "I have been charged. On Monday we will meet here again and we'll see how things develop further."

The general prosecutor's spokesman, Yuri Boichenko, confirmed that Mr Kuchma had been charged with abuse of office, leading to the death of the journalist, which carries a jail sentence of between five and 12 years. Mr Kuchma has denied any role in the murder of the 31-year-old campaigning editor.

Gongadze was found beheaded months after being abducted in September 2000, when Mr Kuchma was in power.

"I categorically disagree with every charge, except the part which says that I am Leonid Danilovich Kuchma. This is beyond question," he said yesterday.


Ukraine: Ex-president charged over editor's murder - Europe, World - The Independent

[IreneLviv]

This article also says that he has been charged with abuse of office and not murder!
The most important thing here is that Menlychenko's records have been recognised as valid evidence and now Yanyk, Azarov and all this gang can be also charged with various offences!

[AkMike]

Originally Posted by AkMike

Leonid Kuchma, the former Ukrainian president, has been formally charged over the murder of a journalist in 2000 and could be jailed for up to 12 years if convicted.

Read this again..IreneLviv.. It does say MURDER.

Reguardless of if he did or did not do this, I have a suspicion that the present regieme isn't any better and may be using this to cover up their problems.

[IreneLviv]

One of the vesions among experts is that this is done to destabilize situation here - so that assets go down in price - and Russians buy them out...

[AkMike]

That may very well be the case!

I looked at the Kyiv Post and their news reports that he's only being charged with abuse of power.. No mention of murder charges.
Kyiv Post

Interesting that there is such a diverse accounting of the facts..