Telepolis: What is the current status of the Maidan sniper investigation by the general prosecutor of Ukraine?The investigations of the Maidan massacre by the Prosecutor General Office of Ukraine (GPU) soon would reach already-extended time limit allotted for investigations. The GPU claims that they already have conclusive evidence concerning responsibility of the members of the Berkut special police company for shooting the Maidan protesters and for the Yanukovych government ordering this mass killing.
Specific results of this investigation continue to be gradually made public for the first time during an ongoing trial of two Berkut members, who are charged with killings of 39 out of 49 protesters on February 20, 2014. Results of forensic medical and ballistic reports, testimonies of eyewitnesses among protesters, and even some videos from the investigation files presented during the trial support major findings of my Maidan massacre study [latest updating Sept 2015, presented to American Political Science Association-APSA, weblink below], specifically that at the very least, the absolute majority of these 49 protesters were killed from the Hotel Ukraina and other Maidan-controlled buildings. But these major revelations have not been reported by the mainstream media in Ukraine and the West, even though all proceedings of the trial are open, streamed live, and their recordings are available on YouTube.
Comment: The Maidan sniper massacre initiated so many tragic events in Ukraine's history, including an ethnic cleansing, a rise in neo-Nazi gangs, the loss of Crimea, and an all-out economic collapse. Each of them seemed designed, in their own way, to draw Russia in and trap her in a Ukrainian quagmire. It didn't work, so those responsible quickly 'washed their hands' of the mess and walked away, leaving Ukraine to die: