Zelensky awaiting results in investigations of Sheremet, Gandziuk cases

Published Feb. 6, 2020. Updated Feb. 6 at 1:04 pm

A journalist holds a sign with the photo of Ukrainian-Belarussian journalist Pavel Sheremet, which reads “Who killed Pavel?” during the press conference in Kyiv on July 23, 2019. That day Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky listened to the report of Serhiy Knyazev, then-chief of the National Police of Ukraine on Sheremet’s murder investigation progress.

Photo by Volodymyr Petrov

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky has said that he is waiting from the Interior Ministry of Ukraine and its head Arsen Avakov specific results in the investigations into the cases on the murders of journalist Pavlo Sheremet, activist Kateryna Gandziuk and other high-profile cases.

“You know that there are many high-profile cases which raise concern in the community. We are waiting for real results: not words, but actions. [The cases on the murders of] Sheremet, Gandziuk and other high-profile cases. So, let’s wait – we need a result,” he told reporters in Kyiv on Feb. 6.