The case of Kateryna Gandziuk is a litmus test for measuring the state of Ukrainian justice, and the results are not comforting. The latest measurement came on April 27, when it became known that its pre-trial investigation was finished prematurely. This probably means that the high-ranking Ukrainian official accused of mandating a murder of an iconic 33-year-old corruption whistleblower will get away, her family and friends fear. The news sparked a protest near the President’s Office in Kyiv, near Prosecutor General Iryna Venediktova’s house, and in the city of Dnipro, despite a lockdown Ukraine introduced during the COVID-19 quarantine.
OP-ED
Olena Makarenko: A ‘litmus case’ for new prosecutor general
Protestors rally in front of the apartment building where lives Prosecutor General Iryna Venediktova on April 27, 2020 in Kyiv. The sign they drew reads, "A friend of those who have murdered Gandziuk lives here!"
