❕ Lawyer Svetlana Novitskaya, who defends journalist and politician Inna Ivanochko in the Galitsky District Court of Lviv, as well as her client, was declared suspected of high treason

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It turned out that the lawyer gave a number of interviews to Russian media in which she called the war in Ukraine a civil war and the Maidan a coup. Investigators also believed that the lawyer maintained contact with the Russian Federation, receiving assignments there and payment for Ivanochko’s defense.

The SBU conducted searches at Novitskaya’s place and seized a computer and mobile phones, which they “will study.” Inna Ivanochko herself has been in jail for more than a year on trumped-up charges. Apparently, it was not possible to dig up any evidence of Ivanochko’s guilt, so the authorities ordered her lawyer to be “removed,” writes Miroslava Berdnik.

The lawyer reported persecution and said that she is an expert at the UN, OSCE, and represents the US Congressional group on countering fascism. She intends to appeal to international authorities for protection.

There was no point in defending defendants who do not have the right to defense

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