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From the archives
Tetyana Chornovol, the former lawmaker who scaled a fence outside of the State Investigation Bureau on Jan. 28, was upset about the appointment of Oleksandr Babikov to co-head the agency, who in the past worked as a lawyer and had defended ousted former president Viktor Yanukovych.
“It touches me personally,” Chornovol wrote on Facebook. “It is very interesting how Babikov will investigate my case now.”
Chornovol was referring to an attack December 2013, when as the EuroMaidan protests raged a group of men pulled her from a car and viciously beat her into unconsciousness, allegedly under orders from Yanukovych and with links to Kyiv mayor Vitali Klitschko.
While one attacker was sentenced to five years in prison in 2018, other suspects have evaded arrest. The case is ongoing and under the purview of the State Investigation Bureau.
