Speaker Denies Link to Killing of Journalist
Ukraine's parliamentary speaker yesterday denied claims made by a commission of MPs that he set in motion the killing of a high-profile investigative journalist.
Ukraine's parliamentary speaker yesterday denied claims made by a commission of MPs that he set in motion the killing of a high-profile investigative journalist.
Volodymyr Lytvyn dismissed the commission's conclusion that he "instigated the abduction" of Georgy Gongadze, whose beheaded corpse was found in a forest in 2000.
Three men accused of the murder will go on trial later this year. A voice resembling Mr Lytvyn's can be heard on secretly recorded tapes that allegedly demonstrate former president Leonid Kuchma suggested killing Gongadze.
Volodymyr Lytvyn dismissed the commission's conclusion that he "instigated the abduction" of Georgy Gongadze, whose beheaded corpse was found in a forest in 2000.
Three men accused of the murder will go on trial later this year. A voice resembling Mr Lytvyn's can be heard on secretly recorded tapes that allegedly demonstrate former president Leonid Kuchma suggested killing Gongadze.
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