Aleksandr and Yegor Peklushenko

People's deputy from the Party of Regions Aleksandr Peklushenko and his son Yegor Peklushenko during a press-conference in Zaporozhye, on Saturday, August 13, 2011. On this day, people’s deputy from the Party of Regions Alekandr Peklushenko denied information concerning a beating of a girl by his son Yegor in one of the cafes in Zaporozhye. Peklushenko says that information concerning a beating of a girl by his son is a provocation organized in order to discredit him before the elections to the Parliament of Ukraine. As a proof of innocence of his son he gave the journalists an answer to his request on the incident by the Main Directorate of Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine in Zaporozhye region. A girl, who presented herself a victim of an attack in a cafe, also confirmed this information. Photo by Aleksandr Prilepa / UNIAN