Nestor Shufrych was summoned to see a doctor during the trial (video)
4 September 2024 18:46
MP Nestor Shufrych was summoned to the courtroom during the preparatory hearing in the treason case. This was reported by "Komersant Ukrainian" reports with reference to Suspilne.
The defendant and his lawyers also requested that the hearing be postponed. The defence lawyers say that the suspect was taken to court from a private hospital where he was undergoing treatment after surgery.
The prosecutors agreed to summon the doctors to the courtroom, but objected to the postponement of the hearing. In the end, the court granted the request to hear the case by a panel of three judges on 5 September.
What is known about the case of Nestor Shufrych
Nestor Shufrych is accused of high treason and transferring funds to pay a security firm in the occupied Crimea in 2016.
“In 2016, in order to protect property on the temporarily occupied peninsula, the defendants organised the conclusion of a security contract with the illegal paramilitary formation of the occupation authorities in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea – FSUE “Okhrana” of the Russian Guard for the Republic of Crimea. Later, they organised the transfer and payment of more than 648.7 thousand Russian rubles to the Russian Federal Guard, which is involved in the war against Ukraine, for the protection of property,” the Prosecutor General’s Office said recently.
On Tuesday, 3 September, prosecutors sent to court an indictment against Shufrych, a member of the Ukrainian parliament of the IX convocation from the banned OPFL political party. The MP’s aide will also be tried.
The defendants are in custody.
Shufrich himself has been in custody for almost a year. He does not admit his guilt. He considers the case to be politically motivated.
