KYIV. March 23 (Interfax) - Ukrainian Prosecutor General Yuriy Lutsenko believes Russia stands behind former State Duma deputy Denis Voronenkov's assassination in Kyiv.
"Former Russian State Duma deputy Denis Voronenkov, who had provided investigators from the military prosecutors' office with very important evidence in the case, has been shot and killed in central Kyiv in broad daylight. It was a demonstrative execution usual for the Kremlin," Lutsenko said on Facebook.
Voronenkov was one of the witnesses in the high treason case against former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych, Lutsenko said.
"However, Voronenkov is not the only witness among Russian high-ranking officials. The law also envisages the use of the testimony given by Denis Voronenkov and documented in a written protocol in the judicial proceedings," Lutsenko said.