Kiev accused Moscow of unwillingness to help the investigation into the deaths of 48 opponents of the “Maidan” during a fire in the trade unions Building in Odessa may 2, 2014, to shift the responsibility for this tragedy, — said the member of the Federation Council Alexei Pushkov. The monitoring mission of the UN on human rights in Ukraine and urged Kiev to efficiently and fairly investigate this tragedy.
Kiev is trying to relieve themselves of responsibility for the deaths of 48 opponents of the “Maidan” during a fire in the trade unions Building in Odessa on 2 may 2014 that indicates Russia’s unwillingness to help the investigation, – said the member of the Federation Council Committee on constitutional legislation and state construction Alexei Pushkov.
“the foreign Ministry of Ukraine accuses Russia (?!) the reluctance to identify the perpetrators of the Odessa massacre. The club of hypocrites. Russia is the only country that condemned the massacre in all international platforms. Not there “looking”. The perpetrators must be sought from the authors of the massacre on the Maidan and the Kiev offices of the times of [ex-Ukrainian President Petro] Poroshenko,” he wrote on Twitter the Russian Senator.
On the eve of the Ukrainian foreign Ministry has accused of “hypocrisy of the Russian propaganda, which continues to use this tragedy to incite enmity and hatred”. Kiev said that the tragedy in Odessa was one of the stages of destabilization of Ukraine.
“Moscow has not only hid one of the main defendants in the investigation, former Deputy chief of the municipal Department of internal Affairs of Odessa region Dmitry Facegoo, but, according to available information, was granted citizenship of the Russian Federation and under this pretext, Ukraine refused to extradite him,” said Kiev.
At the same time in the same day Monitoring mission of the UN on human rights in Ukraine urged Kiev to efficiently and fairly investigate the tragic events in Odessa on 2 may 2014.
The organization stated that the office of the attorney General should consider the possibility of transferring the leading role in the investigation of the Main Directorate of the National police in the Odessa region in the Main investigation Department of the National police.
It also noted that in order to ensure the litigation without delay, the courts must notify all the victims who are part of the process, or to return indictments prosecutors to exclude them from the victims, which there is no way to report court proceedings.
In addition, the UN believes that the international community should consider the possibility of granting international legal assistance in investigations conducted by Ukrainian law enforcement agencies about the suspects responsible for the events of 2 may 2014 in the case that requests for extradition of suspects can’t be satisfied.
Member of the Committee of the Council of the Federadio on international Affairs Oleg Morozov believes that the accusations of Kiev in the direction of Moscow made for one purpose only: to confuse the trail to the real guilty in the tragedy, as well as to hide the helplessness of the Ukrainian authorities in the investigation of, reports of NSN.
“Imagine the world the data of objective investigation, imagine those responsible for the deaths of people — and then we have something to discuss. And today Kiev is trying to shift all the blame on others. I am sure that nobody, including Europe, does not respond to the statement of Ukrainian foreign Ministry,” expressed the conviction of the MP.
In December last year, the Russian foreign Ministry expressed solidarity with the UN and in terms of confidence in the inadmissibility of attempts of the Ukrainian authorities to stop the full, comprehensive and objective investigation of the fire at the trade unions Building in Odessa.
In addition, the Russian foreign Ministry expressed surprise at the accusations by the UN of the FSB in the alleged mistreatment of Ukrainian citizens and called on international organizations to be guided by objective facts.
In may 2019 the monitoring mission of the UN on human rights said that Ukraine inefficiently conducts investigation of criminal case about a fire in the trade unions Building in Odessa.
“the police Investigation regarding the mass riots, was selective and biased. Five of the six murders in the center of Odessa, may 2 2014, until now not investigated. Also not investigated the deaths of 48 people during a fire in the House of trade unions”, — said the head of mission Fiona Fraser.
According to her, the ineffectiveness of the investigation and the lack of accountability shows the imperfection of justice of Ukraine, and a number of activists systematically disrupted a court session on the case of the tragedy on may 2.
