Editor of the newspaper ”Pravda Ukrainy” in court

Alexander Horobets, the former editor of the "Pravda Ukrainy" newspaper on the dock at the time of one of the sessions of Kyiv-based Vatutinsky region Court (April of 1999). On Monday, the 24th of May the court passed a verdict of guilty by the accusation in 'solicitation of sexual intercourse' and sentenced him to 7 months of imprisonment. The court brought in a verdict of not guilty by the general accusation, namely, by the accusation in "trial of violation". After the verdict was passed Horobets was released from custody, as he had been imprisoned for 8 months of detention trial. Horobets was arrested on the March 30, after Lyudmila Kalinina had claimed him in the trial of violation. The "Pravda Ukrainy" newspaper was under the control of Pavel Lazarenko, when editing by Horobets. Photo by UNIAN