GPU Detains ex-MP Involved in ‘Yefremov Case’

The Prosecutor General’s Office (GPU) detained Volodymyr Medianyk, an ex-MP of the Party of Regions involved in the ‘Yefremov case,’ Prosecutor General Yuriy Lutsenko informed on August 7.

"We detained another Yefremov associate Volodymyr Medianyk. On August 8, Pecherskyi District Court will consider our motion on putting him in custody," he said.

He also reported that the Court of Appeals will consider the case of Yefremov’s arrest on August 8.

Medianyk was a Party of Regions MP between 2012 and 2014.

On August 5, investigators tried to officially charge Medianyk with the violation of the territorial integrity of Ukraine.

On July 30, ex-Head of the Party of Regions in the Rada Oleksandr Yefremov was detained in Boryspil as he was suspected of the violation of the territorial integrity of Ukraine. On August 1, the court put him in custody for 60 days.

Source: Ukrayinska Pravda