volodymyr lytvyn , the minister of internal affairs, yuriy kravchenko, and the head of the sbu, leonid derkachseem to be discussing gongadze's opposition activities and deciding what to do with him. in december, mass protests began in the capital, which turned into the action ukraine without kuchma . in the spring of 2001, it was suppressed by direct killers . only after the orange revolution in 2005 were detained three experts of the department of external surveillance of the ministry of internal affairs valery koste, mykola protasov and oleksandr popovych sentenced to terms from 12 to 13 years in 2009, their leader, the ex-head of the department, oleksiy pugach, who confessed to the murder, was also detained. he received a life sentence as the mastermind of the murder . suicide with two shots to the head of the gongadze family, on the other hand, believes that the real perpetrators of the murder have not yet been named. all this time, the body of the journalist was in the morgue, because george's mother refused to recognize her son in him only because he was 15 and a half years old, on march

volodymyr lytvyn, the minister of internal affairs yuriy kravchenko and the head of the sbu, leonid derkachdiscussing gongadze's opposition activities and deciding what to do with him in december in the capital mass protests began, which grew into the action ukraine without kuchma in the spring of 2001, it was suppressed by the force of direct killers, they were detained only after the orange revolution in 2005, three experts of the department of external surveillance of the ministry of internal affairs, valery kostenko, bulo protasov , and oleksandr popovych were sentenced to terms of 12 to 13 years in 2009 their leader, the ex-head of the department oleksiy pugach, who confessed to the murder, was also detained. he received a life sentence as the mastermind of the murder. the investigation considered the former minister internal affairs of yuriy kravchenko, but he was already dead at the time, with the official version that he committed suicide with two shots to the head of the gongadze family, on the other hand, he believes that the real perpetrators of the murder have not yet been named