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Yezhel, who had also been commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian naval forces, approved in 2010 the necessary documents for the implementation of the so-called “Kharkov Agreements”
The State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) of Ukraine announced on Monday that it has presented high treason charges against the former Ukrainian Minister of Defense Mikhailo Yezhel for his role in an agreement to lengthen the russian navy parking lot in Crimea.
Yezhel, who had also been commander-in-chief of the ukrainian Naval Forces, In 2010, it approved the necessary documents for the implementation of the so-called “Kharkov Agreements”, signed by the then Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych and its Russian counterpart, Dmitry Medvedev.
With this, “the conditions were created for the extension of the permanence of the Russian Black Sea fleet on Ukrainian territory for another 25 years,” the SBI said in a statement.
This, in turn, contributed to the increase in Russian equipment and personnel in Crimea, instead of their reduction and withdrawal, as contemplated in a bilateral agreement signed in 1997, the organization added.
In exchange for gas for Ukraine
In exchange, the Russian gas consortium Gazprom he promised to supply Ukraine with gas at subsidized prices, although the opposition then accused Yanukovych of “betraying national interests”.
The Ukrainian Justice already ordered in October last year the Arrest in absence of former Prime Minister Nikolai Azarov for the same issue, for which the former Foreign Ministers and Justice also face charges of treason.
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Yezhel, wanted by the Ukrainian authorities since 2016 for the sale of two fighter-bombers to Russia during his period at the Defense Front, obtained refugee status in Belarus in 2018.
In early 2019, the Ukrainian Justice sentenced Yanukovych to 13 years in prison for high treason and complicity in Russian military aggression.
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Eddie is an Australian news reporter with over 9 years in the industry and has published on Forbes and tech crunch.