The High Council of Justice has decided that there are no grounds for dismissing Yevhen Ablov, the Kyiv judge who ordered Berkut riot police to forcibly disperse EuroMaidan activists in December 2013. The attempt failed after the bells of St Michael’s Cathedral, helped by people on social networks, warned of the danger and thousands of Kyiv residents sped to defend Maidan.
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Berkut officers take aim at a protest in central Kyiv on Feb. 18, 2014.
