KIEV, September 16 (RIA Novosti) - Ukraine's President Viktor Yushchenko said Saturday he would do everything possible to solve the murder of investigative journalist Heorhiy Gongadze.
Gongadze was kidnapped and murdered on September 16, 2000. The circumstances of his death became a national scandal and sparked protests against the government of the then President, Leonid Kuchma. Gongadze's killers have yet to be publicly identified and put on trial, although three men allegedly involved in the murder are now under trial.
"The president said he would do everything within his power to solve the case," the presidential press service said.
Yushchenko said it was extremely important to bring to account not only the perpetrators of the murder but also the organizers and those who ordered it.
"Gongadze's name became for Ukraine the symbol of political changes in the freedom of speech," Yushchenko said.
