Today the police detained Vladimir Karagyaur, operator of Spіlnobachennya TV, on suspicion of supplying petrol to Hrushevskoho Street for creation of hand-made explosives. He was accompanied by Alexei Markus’, executive director of the Kiev City Employers' Associations, and a lawyer Vladimir Markus’, who were also detained, informs Mikhail Zlyden, Attorney of Alexei Markus’.
The detainees are charged under Part 2 of Article 294 of the Criminal Code for participating in riots, and face 15 years' imprisonment.
Currently the three offenders are placed in detention center at 7 Kosogorny Avenue.
Clashes between protesters and police officers started on 19-20 January at the intersection of Hrushevskoho St. and Krepostny Lane. Protesters make and use the so-called "Molotov cocktails" (flammable liquid in glass bottles). The number of casualties on both sides reached dozens of injured.