Maidan
Zelensky appoints notorious ex-interior ministry official as his deputy chief of staff
The appointee will be responsible for law enforcement.
12:20, 06 August 2020
Facebook not taking down misleading Trump ad showing clash between protesters and police in Ukraine
Facebook has not removed the advert, though it now appears to be inactive.
11:20, 24 July 2020
Yanukovych's interior minister wanted to use 50,000 policemen to disperse Maidan in Feb 2014 – general
According to the general, the said special operation was developed by ex-Interior Minister Vitaliy Zakharchenko and ex-SBU Chief Oleksandr Yakymenko.
16:35, 15 July 2020
Kyiv court postpones hearing of appeal of Yanukovych custody remand
The case investigates mass killings of Maidan protesters in Kyiv in early 2014.
15:00, 06 July 2020
Fifty MPs ask Constitutional Court to recognize as "unconstitutional" law on clemency for Maidan protesters
In February 2014, the Verkhovna Rada adopted a law banning prosecution and punishment of participants in the Revolution of Dignity as many activists had been imprisoned, or otherwise prosecuted on fabricated charges.
22:00, 02 June 2020
Trial in absentia: Kyiv court rules to arrest ex-president Yanukovych hiding in Russia
The former president is suspected of organizing mass killings of protesters in Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities on February 18-20, 2014.
20:59, 12 May 2020
Interior minister shames State Bureau of Investigation for persecution of ex-MP
Criminal proceedings in question are related to the events of the Revolution of Dignity in Ukraine of 2014.
18:40, 10 April 2020
New chief prosecutor says law on clemency for Maidan protesters contradicts criminal procedural code
She says it should be repealed to put the Maidan shootings investigation off pause.
14:40, 17 March 2020
Maidan trial: Court rules to arrest ex-SBU chief, commander of interior ministry's troops
Former officials have long been hiding from the investigation and court outside Ukraine, presumably in Russia.
15:20, 06 March 2020
Chief prosecutor says official identified complicit in disappearance of two volumes of case file into Maidan crimes
A criminal investigation is underway after substantial evidence has gone missing in one of the criminal proceedings into the crimes committed against protesters during the Revolution of Dignity.
21:10, 25 February 2020
Ukraine honoring memory of Heavenly Hundred heroes on sixth anniversary of Maidan massacre (Photo, video)
On this day six years ago, Ukraine went through the most tragic phase of the Revolution of Dignity.
14:40, 20 February 2020
Vigil for those killed in bloody clashes during Revolution of Dignity held downtown Kyiv (Photo)
Memorial events have been announced throughout the country.
16:20, 18 February 2020
Kliuyev case: Ukraine's High Anti-Corruption Court rolls back arrest in absentia
The former chief of Yanukovych administration is suspected of organizing a violent crackdown on Maidan protesters.
19:10, 11 February 2020
Prosecutor general: "Even floods may pose a threat to Maidan case" – media
Oleksandr Babikov, who had worked for Yanukovych, landed the job of SBI deputy director.
16:00, 06 February 2020
Ukraine "had to get rid of" chief prosecutor Shokin to survive – ex-U.S. secretary of state
Kerry said he had been "deeply involved" in the issue.
10:20, 03 February 2020
Yanukovych's ex-lawyer appointed SBI's first deputy director
The lawyer for victims of Maidan killings warns the appointment could translate into a breakdown in cases against Yanukovych.
10:00, 21 January 2020
Ukraine's SBI forms special office to investigate Maidan cases
Thirty-two candidates of investigators and prosecutors of the Prosecutor General's Office of Ukraine have been agreed to be transferred to the State Bureau of Investigation.
12:38, 13 January 2020
Prisoner swap lifts veil on Russia's hybrid war against Ukraine – media
Moscow's insistence on the release of the alleged Maidan shooters, who have no formal relationship to Russia or to the Russian-occupied Donbas, has now confirmed that the Kremlin regards these operatives as its own agents or proxies.
10:20, 10 January 2020
Demand to swap suspects in Maidan killings shows Russia's direct involvement – UWC
The organization has once again called on the international community to declare Russia an aggressor state, and maintain pressure and sanctions to prevent further hostage-taking and ensure effective implementation of the Normandy summit resolutions.
15:50, 30 December 2019
