Teniukh pointed out that the process of "surrendering Crimea" to Russia began in 2010, with Yanukovych’s rise to power.
In addition to getting a prison term, the man was deprived of military rank and rights to hold certain positions for three years.
The Security Service of Ukraine has put on a wanted list 63 individuals suspected of committing treason under Art. 111 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine, the agency’s press service said responding to a request by 112 Ukraine TV channel.
The treason trial of former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych in absentia has been adjourned until December 4 after his new lawyer asked for more time to prepare, according to Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.
Russia’s ex-MP Ilya Ponomarev, who is considered one of the key witnesses of the Prosecutor General's Office of Ukraine in the treason case of Viktor Yanukovich, testified that the members of the Federation Council had received invitations to convene before the letter emerged of the runaway Ukrainian president to Vladimir Putin "on the use of Russian troops on the territory of Ukraine," Glavcom reported citing its source in the PGO familiar with the probe.
The Russian delegation to the United Nations has granted a letter from former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych to his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, requesting the deployment of Russian troops in Ukraine, the status of an official document of the UN Security Council, former Ukrainian Permanent Representative to the UN Yuriy Sergeyev (2007-2015) said while testifying as witness in a Kyiv’s Obolonsky Court hearing of the “Yanukovych treason case.”