The High Specialized Court on consideration of civil and criminal cases has started consideration of the cassation appeal on the sentence to ex Interior Minister of Ukraine Yuri Lutsenko, who was sentenced to 4 years of imprisonment for committing official malfeasances.

According to an UNIAN correspondent, at the beginning of the court hearing Y. Lutsenko made a protest against chair judge in the panel of judges Tatiana Shyroyan because, according to his opinion, she groundlessly dragged out a date of appointment of his appeal to consideration.