The Melnychenko tapes have stirred anxiety in many corners of Kyiv, where they have the potential to spawn a host of additional cases. Numerous officials, including current Prime Minister Mykola Azarov and parliament speaker Volodymyr Lytvyn, are allegedly implicated in the recordings, captured in conversations revealing a massive web of corruption and criminal activities.
Prosecutors have indicated they are not pursuing charges against Lytvyn, who as speaker holds immunity that Kuchma doesn't. But many observers -- including Melnychenko himself -- believe Lytvyn, who once served as Kuchma's chief of staff, played a critical role in the killing.
Emphasis mine, I suppose this is one way to keep someone in line, by showing him what happens when you
step out of line (and immunity).
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