Pechersky District Court of Kyiv has sent the case against former First Deputy Chairman of Naftogaz Ukrainy Ihor Didenko and former Head of the State Customs Service of Ukraine Anatoliy Makarenko to the Ukrainian Prosecutor General's Office (PGO).
According to an Interfax-Ukraine reporter, the court announced such a decision after considering an appeal by the accused requesting the return of the case to the PGO so as to change the sentence, due to the opening of a criminal case on 2009 gas contracts against former Ukrainian Premier Yulia Tymoshenko by the Prosecutor General’s Office.
The court explained its decision by the fact that "the same events and conditions" are being investigated in the criminal cases against Didenko, Makarenko and Tymoshenko.
"The case has been sent to the prosecutor general," reads the court’s ruling.
