Kernes arrived for interrogation to the Prosecutor General's Office

The mayor of Kharkov Gennady Kernes arrived for questioning to the Prosecutor General's Office.

According to mass media, Gennady Kernes arrived by a car, accompanied by 8 security guards. Near the entrance he met with the former governor of Kharkov region Mikhail Dobkin and had a brief conversation with him.

Today, on March 13 the rally in support of Kernes will begin at 12:00 a.m. on the central square of Kharkov.

Kernes was summoned for interrogation to the Prosecutor General's Office as a suspect in commitment of crimes according to a number of articles of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.  The mayor believes that criminal cases opened against him and Mikhail Dobkin is a "political revenge" of the Minister of Internal Affairs Avakov.