[email protected] the Brovary District Prosecutor's Office issued a suspicion notice to a lawyer for attacking the cameraman of the journalist investigation program "Skhemy" (Radio Liberty) Borys Trotsenko in Chabany (Kyiv region) in March of 2019 This was announced by the Kyiv Regional Prosecutor's Office and the Department for the Protection of Society and State Interests of the National Police of Ukraine The lawyer is suspected of deliberately beating a journalist because of their professional activities (Part 2 of Article 345-1 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine) the "Skhemy" cameraman had been filming the premises of the village council in Chabany The lawyer attacked the cameraman and hit the video camera doctors diagnosed him with a possible concussion The issue of choosing a measure of restraint is currently being resolved As IMI reported, on March 6, 2019, while filming in Chabany village, Kyiv region, the filming crew of the "Skhemy: Corruption in Detail" program, consisting of journalist Kateryna Kaplyuk and cameraman Borys Trotsenko, was attacked The incident took place at the Chabany village council The man injured the cameraman and broke the video camera doctors diagnosed Borys Trotsenko with a concussion In July 2020, the police dropped the case for the obstruction of the work of "Skhemy" journalists They were attacked in the spring of 2019 in the village of Chabany in the Kyiv region during the filming of a story about the allocation of state land managed by the National Academy of Agrarian Sciences of Ukraine to private owners The police stated that reason for dropping the case was "the expiration of the pre-trial investigation period." "Skhemy's" lawyers were going to contest the decision proceedings were opened on the grounds of a criminal offense under Part 2 of Art [email protected] (050) 447-70-63 Ідентифікатор медіа: R40-01250 Reprinting and disseminating our information is allowed but under strictly condition of reference to the source Services for Raising Capital & Sell a Business Get a monthly investment magazine in private equity and venture capital Epicenter plans to open the Bucha Gallery shopping center with a total area of 97,000 sq. m in Bucha on Novoe Shosse Street, 1. Its rental area will be 66,000 sq. m. m, and parking – 1052 sq. m. It is also planned to open 10 restaurants there. The company also announced the name of another shopping center with a rental gallery, which will open near Kiev - the Green Gallery shopping center. It will be located in the village of Chabany and will become the first shopping center for the company. The name has not yet been approved and may change, the Epicenter press service noted. The main “anchors” of the shopping center on Odesskoe Highway will be the food supermarket Food Market (2860 sq. m), children's entertainment center (3100 sq. m), Intersport (1400 sq. m), electronics and household appliances store “TseTe” (1470 sq. m.) m), home goods and decor store "Deco Galleries" (1840 sq. m), children's store E.PIC (500 sq. m), as well as household services "Multiservice" and "House of Water", "Pharmacy 100+" and etc. The goal of the project is to combine as much as possible the space of the rental gallery and the area where the conceptual departments of the Epicenter network are located. The total area of ​​two shopping centers Bucha Gallery and Green Gallery with rental galleries, which should open in the Kyiv region in 2024, will be 193,000 sq. m. m. In 2023, Epicenter managed to open two large shopping centers: in Lviv (90,000 sq. m) and Kyiv (30,000 sq. m). Investments in them amounted to UAH 2.9 billion and UAH 1.8 billion, respectively. As of October 2023, the retailer operates 74 shopping centers, including New Line hypermarkets. As of mid-November 2023, Epicenter has 73 shopping centers and 51 Intersport sports stores. The total retail area of all shopping centers is more than 1.7 million square meters. m, and the total area of logistics facilities is 172,000 sq. m. m. 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