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| A former Ukrainian general suspected of carrying out the high-profile murder of journalist Georgiy Gongadze has reportedly confessed to the killing. | A former Ukrainian general suspected of carrying out the high-profile murder of journalist Georgiy Gongadze has reportedly confessed to the killing. |
| A senior police official said Oleksiy Pukach had also implicated senior political figures in the murder. | A senior police official said Oleksiy Pukach had also implicated senior political figures in the murder. |
| Mr Gongadze's decapitated body was found in a forest in September 2000. | Mr Gongadze's decapitated body was found in a forest in September 2000. |
| Three others - all former policemen - were jailed for the murder last year but Gen Pukach remained on the run until his capture on Tuesday. | Three others - all former policemen - were jailed for the murder last year but Gen Pukach remained on the run until his capture on Tuesday. |
| Mr Gongadze was an investigative journalist who had exposed high-level corruption. | Mr Gongadze was an investigative journalist who had exposed high-level corruption. |
| He knows the name of people who ordered the crime... but it's not that easy to collect all the evidence Myroslava GongadzeJournalist's widow | |
| He was abducted in 2000 and his body was found months later. He had been beaten and strangled, his body doused in petrol and burned. | He was abducted in 2000 and his body was found months later. He had been beaten and strangled, his body doused in petrol and burned. |
| Prosecutors allege that Gen Pukach - who was detained near the capital, Kiev - organised the abduction and personally strangled Mr Gongadze. | Prosecutors allege that Gen Pukach - who was detained near the capital, Kiev - organised the abduction and personally strangled Mr Gongadze. |
| Gen Pukach was the chief of the interior ministry's surveillance department at the time of the killing. | Gen Pukach was the chief of the interior ministry's surveillance department at the time of the killing. |
| Three others were jailed for the murder last year. | Three others were jailed for the murder last year. |
| Mykola Protasov was given a sentence of 13 years, while Valeriy Kostenko and Oleksandr Popovych were each handed 12-year terms. | Mykola Protasov was given a sentence of 13 years, while Valeriy Kostenko and Oleksandr Popovych were each handed 12-year terms. |
| Tape recordings | Tape recordings |
| But Mr Gongadze's family has always claimed someone more senior was behind the killing. | But Mr Gongadze's family has always claimed someone more senior was behind the killing. |
| His widow, Myroslava, told the BBC's Europe Today programme: "For me and Ukraine it's a very important step in bringing justice to my husband... and generally to society. It's a cleansing process. | His widow, Myroslava, told the BBC's Europe Today programme: "For me and Ukraine it's a very important step in bringing justice to my husband... and generally to society. It's a cleansing process. |
| "He knows the name of people who ordered the crime," she went on. | "He knows the name of people who ordered the crime," she went on. |
| "The thing is, it's easy to mention names, but it's not that easy to collect all the evidence to present in court against instigators and organisers." | "The thing is, it's easy to mention names, but it's not that easy to collect all the evidence to present in court against instigators and organisers." |
| Secret tape recordings released soon after the killing appeared to implicate the then-President, Leonid Kuchma. | Secret tape recordings released soon after the killing appeared to implicate the then-President, Leonid Kuchma. |
| In the recordings - made secretly by a member of his personal guard and then released by an opposition politician - Mr Kuchma allegedly discussed ways of removing the journalist, with a former interior minister, Yuri Kravchenko. | In the recordings - made secretly by a member of his personal guard and then released by an opposition politician - Mr Kuchma allegedly discussed ways of removing the journalist, with a former interior minister, Yuri Kravchenko. |
| The latter was later found dead and was said to have committed suicide. | The latter was later found dead and was said to have committed suicide. |
| Mr Kuchma did not deny the voice in the recordings was his, but insisted it was doctored to make him appear to say things he did not actually say. | Mr Kuchma did not deny the voice in the recordings was his, but insisted it was doctored to make him appear to say things he did not actually say. |
| The scandal prompted massive street protests against Mr Kuchma's government. He was later overturned in Ukraine's Orange Revolution. | The scandal prompted massive street protests against Mr Kuchma's government. He was later overturned in Ukraine's Orange Revolution. |