Almost half-a-year has passed since Ukrainian legal institutions named three army volunteers as suspects in assassinating Belarus-Ukrainian journalist Pavlo Sheremet. Musician Andriy Antonenko, doctor Yuliya Kuzmenko, and airborne battalion nurse Yana Duhar were detained on the day of the press conference where they were announced guilty, in violation of the presumption of innocence. Their defenders also were not invited to the press-conference. However, President Volodymyr Zelensky, Minister of Internal Affairs Arsen Avakov, and former Prosecutor General Ruslan Riaboshapka were present. As a result, for the larger audience the perception was clearly that the investigation was completed.
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People rally in front of the Pechersk District Court during the hearings of three people suspected of killing journalist Pavel Sheremet in Kyiv on May 25, 2020.
