23 Jan 2013 14:25

Ex-Ukrainian PM Lazarenko denies role in murder of parliamentarian Shcherban

KYIV. Jan 23 (Interfax) - Former Ukrainian Prime Minister Pavlo Lazarenko has categorically denied his involvement in the murder of parliamentarian Yevhen Shcherban in 1996.

"I have to state once again today that I have no relation to the said crime [Shcherban's killing]. I know for sure that this case against me has been falsified in pursuing political ends," Lazarenko said in a statement circulated on Wednesday by his lawyer Maryna Dovhopola.