KYIV. April 21 (Interfax) - The Ukrainian Prosecutor General's Office has filed more information on Viktor Yanukovych and other former top officials in the Unified Register of Pretrial Inquiries following a complaint by two individuals claiming that these officials abused their offices.
The proceedings have been opened under a Ukrainian Criminal Code article dealing with "abuse of office of authority," the Prosecutor General's Office said in a statement with reference to its main investigative department.
"Criminal proceedings have been registered in response to a request by two citizens of Ukraine, in which they state that the said persons committed numerous counts of abuse of office in 2010-2013. In particular, these are the failure to recognize the 1932-1933 Holodomor [famine] in Ukraine as genocide, persecutions of political opposition leaders and journalists by prosecutors, Interior Ministry bodies, Security Service units and courts, and also connivance with corrupt actions by former heads of top government bodies and law enforcement agencies," it said.
The pretrial investigation is continuing.
Ukraine adopted legislation on recognizing the 1932-1933 famine in Ukraine as genocide during Viktor Yushchenko's presidency. The document claims that the famine was deliberately provoked by the Stalin regime to exterminate Ukrainians.