Trial over Kernes postponed

In Poltava the trial scheduled for February 29 over mayor of Kharkiv Gennady Kernes was postponed due to the deterioration of his health. The date of the court sitting is being agreed. Kharkiv mayor and his bodyguards are suspected of kidnapping, torturing and threatening to kill the activists of Kharkiv Euromaidan. Gennady Kernes said that the criminal case against him has been fabricated.