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Ukraine's former president Leonid Kuchma yesterday denied involvement in the decade-old murder of an investigative reporter. Mr Kuchma vowed to prove his innocence as he appeared at the prosecutor's office to be questioned over the killing of Heorhiy Gongadze, who was kidnapped, beaten, strangled and decapitated in 2000. Prosecutors say Mr Kuchma is suspected of giving illegal orders that led to the journalist's death. Opponents and rights groups have accused Mr Kuchma of involvement in the killing based on tape recordings in which a voice that sounded like his is heard complaining about the journalist and suggesting subordinates "deal" with the problem. Prosecutors have declared those tapes authentic. "I am calm, I say that honestly. I am calm because I don't feel my guilt," Mr Kuchma, 72, told reporters. "I am morally ready go through all the circles of hell in order to prove that I am innocent." The criminal proceedings against Mr Kuchma, who served as Ukraine's president from 1994 to 2005, represent an unexpected twist in a 10-year investigation that, Gongadze's family claim, was not being carried out thoroughly. Three former police officers were convicted of involvement in the murder and given lengthy jail terms in 2008. - More about: - Evelyn Waugh - Journalism - Punishment - Ukraine
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Bivši ukrajinski predsjednik Leonid Kučma opovrgnuo je u srijedu umiješanost u ubojstvo oporbenog novinara Georgija Gongadzea 2000. godine i rekao da je spreman proći kroz 'sve paklene muke' kako bi dokazao svoju nevinost 'Miran sam jer se ne osjećam krivim', rekao je Kučma u izjavi za novinare prije odlaska na ispitivanje u ured glavnog tužitelja zbog Gongadzeovog ubojstva. 'Živio sam 10 godina pod psihološkim pritiskom. Danas sam moralno spreman proći kroz sve paklene muke da pokažem da sam nevin', kazao je Kučma: 'Želim isprati tu sramotnu mrlju.' Ukrajinski tužitelj u utorak je službeno pokrenuo postupak protiv Kučme zbog sumnje da je umiješan u organiziranje ubojstva Georgija Gongadzea. Gongadze, čije su internetske novine Ukrajinska pravda žestoko kritizirale Kučmu, nestao je u rujnu 2000. u Kijevu. Njegovo obezglavljeno tijelo pronađeno je pola mjeseca kasnije u šumi izvan glavnog grada. Skandal je izbio u javnost kada je jedan oporbeni političar objavio audio snimke na kojima muški glas, pripisan Kučmi, naređuje dužnosnicima da se riješe Gongadzea. Kučma (72), koji je na dužnosti bio dva uzastopna mandata od 1994. do 2005, uporno niječe umiješanost u Gongadzeovo ubojstvo. - Sviđa vam se članak? Preporučite ga prijateljima putem ovih servisa: Pošaljite mailom