Skopje, 13 July 2021 (MIA) – Defendants in the ‘International Association’ trial, Bojan Jovanovski and Frosina Remenski, requested on Tuesday prosecutor Vilma Ruskovska’s removal from the case. According to Jovanovski, the request comes following new developments resulting from the analysis of data found in the phone that the court had returned to him. He said that some 100,000 pieces of data have been analyzed out of a total of 1,240,000 found on the phone, i.e. 286 files. Moreover, Jovanovski told the court that some of the files have been deleted, adding that efforts will be made to restore them and deliver to the court a detailed report on the process. “I’ve had verbal and written communication with the prosecution’s representative on this phone. Evidence of our communication will be delivered to the court, proving that Vilma had informed me about the arrests of multiple people, revealing information regarding official activities, in order to use 1TV. Communication will also reveal how she acted in regard to certain people,” Jovanovski stressed. Judicial Council President Sofche Gavrilova Efremovska instructed Jovanovski to first collect evidence and then deliver them. Defendant Frosina Remenski endorsed Jovanovski’s request for prosecutor Ruskovska’s removal from the case. Jovanovski’s attorney Sashko Dukoski told media representatives that the request comes after suspicion for bias against his client discovered upon analysis of the data on his phone. “The request is a result of explicit bias against defendant Bojan Jovanovski both in the ‘Racket’ case and in this case,” Dukoski underlined. Bojan Jovanovski – Boki 13, Jasna Mandikj, Frosina Remenski, Mile Jovanovski and Hristina Blazheska are indicted in the ‘International Association’ case trial for committing fraud, money laundering, etc. According to the prosecution, the defendants deceived businessmen Siljan Miceski and Ardian Amzoski that they would participate in a project of ‘International Association’ NGO for which they paid a total of over EUR 1 million. In June 2020, Jovanovski and Katica Janeva were found guilty in the ‘Racket’ case. Jovanovski was sentenced to nine years in prison for acceptance of a reward for unlawful influence, as well as money laundering, while Janeva got seven years for abuse of power and authority.