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An investigator from the State Bureau of Investigations (SBI), in agreement with a prosecutor of the Prosecutor General’s Office (PGO), reported suspicion to ex-President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych as the head of an organized criminal group, the SBI has reported.

“According to the investigation, the group included former officials of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Security Service of Ukraine and the Armed Forces of Ukraine. All of them are suspected of committing grave and especially grave criminal offenses during the mass protests that took place in the center of Kyiv from Feb. 18 to Feb. 20, 2014,” the press service of the SBI told Interfax-Ukraine.