One of the main demands of EuroMaidan protesters four years ago were to establish justice for victims of regime brutality. Four years later, one of the key players of this brutality has received an incredibly light sentence in what experts say is a result of a failed judicial renewal. Ultimately, this situation suits the existing political elites “who control the justice system and use it not for the protection of human rights, but for their political ends.”
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Lawyer Viktoria Deyneko gives a speech on the Independence square during a rally with demand of arrest of Yuriy Krysin on Dec. 25.