Ex-MP Farion's murder suspect pleads not guilty

Viacheslav Zinchenko, the suspect in the murder of nationalist former lawmaker Iryna Farion, told journalists after a measure of restraint for chosen for him that he did not kill the linguistics professor, the Suspilne.Lviv news outlet quoted Zinchenko as saying in the courtroom.

"I didn't do anything, and I didn't do anything to Farion. I'm asking for some other questions. I didn't do anything, it's not me. I say about such questions - it's not me," he said.

The suspect was also asked how he feels about neo-Nazis: "Well, there are a lot of different ones, I'm not ready to comment on how I feel about neo-Nazi groups," Zinchenko said.

In addition, the young man said that he had a negative attitude toward Putin and his regime and that he "did not have and did not want to have anything in common with him."

Zinchenko also said that he attended drone flight training courses and was a certified UAV operator.

On July 19, an assassination attempt was made on former Ukrainian lawmaker Iryna Farion in Lviv. She died in the hospital.

On July 25, it emerged that Farion's alleged killer had been detained in Dnipro. He turned out to be an 18-year-old man.

A court in Lviv ruled to keep the suspect in custody for two months, with no right to post bail.