A Kyiv court dropped a criminal case against former President Leonid Kuchma on Wednesday that linked him to the murder of a journalist in 2000, post-Soviet Ukraine's most high-profile crime. Critics denounced the decision as a continuation of an 11-year cover-up of high-level officials' involvement in the murder of Georgiy Gongadze, one of Mr. Kuchma's most vocal critics.
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Wall Street Journal: Kyiv court ends case against ex-leader
Ex-President Leonid Kuchma (L) and slain journalist Georgiy Gongadze.
