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Recent global and Ukrainian developments involve high-profile arrests reflecting corruption and crime. The Ukrainian MP Oleksii Kuznietsov and former Deputy Head of the Presidential Office, Andrii Smyrnov, face detention related to corruption in military procurements. UK authorities continue their crackdown on arson that threatens prominent figures. Shevchenkivskyi and Pecherskyi courts grapple with cases like the faulty mortar shells incident and Dmytro Riumshyn's military-related offenses. Meanwhile, international incidents include the arrest of Russia's Pavel Durov in France and the potential for ICC warrants against leaders such as Netanyahu. These events highlight ongoing global legal challenges.

What are the recent high-profile arrest cases?

Recent high-profile arrests involve Ukrainian MP Oleksii Kuznietsov for corruption in drone procurements and Andrii Smyrnov, former Deputy Head of the Presidential Office, also for corruption. Global incidents include the arrest of Russian Pavel Durov in France charged with complicity in drug trafficking, and ICC-issued warrants against high-ranked political figures.

How are corruption cases being handled in Ukraine?

Corruption cases in Ukraine are being managed with pre-trial detentions and hefty bail amounts. For instance, MP Oleksii Kuznietsov and Andrii Smyrnov face significant charges related to corruption in military procurements, underscoring the legal system's commitment to tackling such issues.

What is the role of the judiciary in these arrest cases?

The judiciary plays a critical role in these cases by imposing pre-trial detentions and making key rulings. Courts like the Shevchenkivskyi and Pecherskyi in Kyiv are actively involved in determining custody and bail conditions to ensure justice is served in high-stakes corruption and crime issues.

How are international authorities responding to high-profile arrest warrants?

International authorities are actively executing arrest warrants across borders, as seen in France's detention of Pavel Durov and the ICC's pursuit of legal actions against various international leaders. These actions reflect concerted global efforts to address broad criminal activities.

What are the legal consequences for the accused individuals in these cases?

Accused individuals face serious legal consequences, including potential long-term detention, high bail requirements, and ongoing judicial proceedings. For instance, Dmytro Riumshyn's consideration for extended detention signifies the judiciary's commitment to thorough adjudication processes in military and corruption-related offenses.

What has been the impact of recent arrest cases on political figures?

Recent arrest cases have placed significant pressure on political and military figures, with implications for their public standing and accountability. Figures like MP Oleksii Kuznietsov and Andrii Smyrnov face legal trials that question integrity and responsibilities, impacting political landscapes both locally and internationally.

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манафорт US Trump’s campaign chairman Manafort surrenders to federal authorities following tax evasion charges, - The New York Times President Trump’s campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, surrendered to federal authorities after he was indicted Monday on charges that he funneled millions of dollars through overseas shell companies and used the money to buy luxury cars, real estate, antiques and expensive suits. 111 247 222 Previously in trend: President Trump

терновский Ukrainian citizen Ternovskyi arrested in Russia on suspicion of Right Sector involvement. PHOTOS+VIDEO Russian Investigation Committee has announced detention of Ukrainian citizen Roman Ternovskyi in the Rostov Oblast of Russia. 56 602 225 Previously in trend: Ukrainian hostages in Russia

гулевич Court sentenced MoD procurement department director Hulevych to home arrest. PHOTO The Solomianskyi district court of Kyiv has sentenced MoD procurement department director Volodymyr Hulevych, suspected of embezzlement of 149 million hryvnia of public funds, to 24h home arrest. 12 797 42 Previously in trend: Deputy defense minister Pavlovskyi detained

штепа и браслет Shtepa's electronic tracking device broken, former mayor taken under 24h security Former Sloviansk Mayor Nelia Shtepa has been put under 24h security. 29 226 100 Ukrainian Politics

долженков Court arrests two defendants in "May 2" case The court has granted the motion by the prosecutor's office to arrest two defendants in the case of May 2, 2014 events in Odesa who are charged with a crime against foundations the national security of Ukraine. 17 078 54 Ukrainian Politics

лавринович в суде Court arrests former Justice Minister Lavrynovych for two months. PHOTOS The court has granted the request of the prosecutor's office and chose a restraint measure of 60 days arrest without a bail option for former Justice Minister of Yanukovych period Oleksandr Lavrynovych. 57 304 137 Ukrainian Politics

гриб Russian court arrests kidnapped Ukrainian Hryb for two months 19-year-old Pavlo Hryb, a citizen of Ukraine earlier kidnapped in Belarus, was arrested in Krasnodar, Russia, until Oct. 17. He is convicted under article 205 of the Criminal Code of Russia (assistance to terrorist activities). 40 401 130 Ukrainian Politics

насалик Pecherskyi district court arrested apartment and house of Energy Minister Nasalyk Pecherskyi District Court of Kyiv has arrested an apartment and a house of Minister of Energy and Coal Industry Ihor Nasalyk, according to a court ruling published in the Unified State Register of Judicial Decisions. 19 470 43 Ukrainian Politics

сус Court sentences former PGO investigator Sus to 24h house arrest for two months. PHOTO Former investigator of the Prosecutor General's Office of Ukraine (PGO) Dmytro Sus, who is charged with embezzlement of property and false income statement, has been sentenced to 24-hour house arrest for two months. 13 794 13 Incidents

черновецкий PGO authorized by court to detain former Kyiv Mayor Chernovetskyi, - Sarhan Investigators of the Prosecutor General's Office of Ukraine (PGO) received a permission by court to detain Leonid Chernovetskyi with a purpose of bringing him to participate in consideration of the motion for preventive measure in the form of detention. 29 792 93 Ukrainian Politics

марроне Ukrainian fighter Markiv was reported to Italian authorities by Piedmont politician Maurizio Marrone, - source Detention in Italy of National Guard fighter Vitalii Markiv was committed with involvement of Italian politician Maurizio Marrone, who cooperated with terrorists from self-styled republics of Donetsk and Luhansk. 81 724 108 Ukrainian Politics

адвокат маркива "We must prove Vitalii Markiv's innocence," - Italian lawyer of Ukrainian National Guards serviceman, detained in Italy Italian lawyer of Vitalii Markiv calls upon everyone who was with him in the Donbas to testify in the case. He invites witnesses to come to Italy, but is as well ready to arrive and gather evidence in Ukraine. 11 485 50 Ukrainian Politics

добкин Lutsenko introduced motion on Mykhailo Dobkin's arrest into Rada. DOCUMENT (in Ukrainian) Prosecutor General of Ukraine Yurii Lutsenko introduced a motion to the Verkhovna Rada on providing their consent to indictment, detention, and arrest of Opposition Bloc MP Mykhailo Dobkin. 77 990 305 Ukrainian Politics

Moscow court extended Ukrainian journalist Sushchenko's arrest for three months, - Feygin Lefortovo court of Moscow has extended Ukrainian journalist Roman Sushchenko's arrest for three more months, until Sept. 30. 1 375 4 Previously in trend: Ukrainian hostages in Russia

гужва Prosecutor's Office will ask to arrest Huzhva with bail option, - Lutsenko Ihor Huzhva, Chief Editor of Strana.ua, was detained last night on taking bribe for not running a defamation article against a certain Ukrainian MP. 3 631 9 Previously in trend: Huzhva case

постный Court arrested defendant in "Onyshchenko case" Postnyi on 10 million hryvnia bail. PHOTO Solomianskyi district court has arrested Valerii Postnyi, who is charged under the "gas schemes case," and set the bail of 10 million hryvnia ($387,600). 22 224 66 Previously in trend: Onyshchenko case

антипов "Taxmen of Klymenko": Court arrests former head of Luhansk tax service Antipov with 100 million hryvnia bail, - Interior Minister Avakov The Pechersk district court of Kyiv has ruled to arrest former governor, former head of Luhansk regional tax service Oleksandr Antipov and set a bail of 100 million hryvnia ($3.83 million) for him. 17 873 129 Previously in trend: "Taxmen of Klymenko" detained

антипов Court imposed pre-trial restriction on former Luhansk region tax service Chief Antipov. PHOTOS Pechersk district court of Kyiv imposed pre-trial restriction on Oleksandr Antipov, the former chief of the Inland Revenue Ministry’s Main Directorate in the Luhansk region, who was detained on the morning of May 24. 37 159 61 Previously in trend: "Taxmen of Klymenko" detained

перелома SAP fails to secure pre-trial detention for Martynenko case suspect Pereloma. PHOTO The Court of Appeal left unchanged pre-trial restriction imposed on Serhii Pereloma, a person of interest in Martynenko case. 3 014 22 Previously in trend: Martynenko case trial

днепр титушки One of hired thugs apprehended after VDay turmoil in Dnipro City released on bail One of the individuals arrested in Dnipro City for involvement in riots on May 9 was released after posting 128,000 hryvnia (about $4,900) in bail. 63 036 224 Incidents

аваков титушки днепр_город Three more "Vilkul’s eagles" aprehended and put in custody in Dnipro City, - Avakov. PHOTOS The court ruled to take into custody three individuals charged with beating anti-terrorist operation (ATO) veterans in Dnipro City on Victory Day. 188 300 286 Incidents

днепр титушки Dnipro court orders 60-day arrest of Victory Day attacker, - Minister Avakov. PHOTOS Interior Minister Arsen Avakov says one of the participants in the attack on anti-terrorist operation (ATO) veterans on Victory Day in Dnipro city has been sent into custody for two months. 144 253 334 Incidents

сорокин Court places Skhidnyi Plant CEO Sorokin under pre-trial night-time house arrest. PHOTO Solomianskyi district court of Kyiv placed Director of Skhidnyi (Eastern) Mineral Processing Plant Oleksandr Sorokin under night-time house arrest pending trial. 8 275 42 Previously in trend: Martynenko case trial

Court extends pre-trial detention for five ex-Berkut soldiers charged with murder of Maidan activists Sviatoshynskyi district court of Kyiv extended pre-trial detention for five former members of Berkut riot police who were charged with mass murder of Euromaidan activists. 2 977 6 Previously in trend: Investigation of crimes against Maidan

мартыненко NABU requests pre-trial detention or 300M hryvnia bail for Martynenko, - lawyer The National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) requests the court to place ex-MP Mykola Martynenko in pre-trial detention with the right to post 300 million hryvnia ($11,236,000) in bail. 17 351 101 Previously in trend: Martynenko case trial

роман насиров Data on $2M embezzlement case discovered at Nasirov's house An extract from the Unified Register of Pre-Trial Investigations of Ukraine containing information on a probe into appropriation of $2 million allocated by the U.S. government for the reform of the Prosecutor General's Office (PGO) was found at Roman Nasirov's house. 56 212 78 Ukrainian Politics

трансплантологи Turkish organ traffickers arrested by Kyiv court, - PGO. PHOTO The criminals have the right to post a bail. 25 785 22 Ukrainian Politics

укртелеком Court attaches shares of Ukrtelecom communications provider, prosecutor general says The Pechersk district court of Kyiv granted the request of Ukraine’s Prosecutor General Office (PGO) to place the shares of Ukrtelecom and Trimob communications providers in escrow pending compensation of losses incurred by the state. 91 605 107 Incidents

"Ukraine obtained justice through political and diplomatic efforts," - ambassador on Crimean wines seized from Russian exposition in Italy The Russian Federation was warned about the inadmissibility of displaying wines from occupied Crimea at Vinitaly international exhibition in Verona, Italy. 15 252 49 Incidents

Nasirov case: court puts tax service department head in pre-trial detention, sets 8M hryvnia in bail Solomianskyi district court of Kyiv has ruled to impose detention on remand against the State Fiscal Service repayment department head with the right to post 8 million hryvnia (over $296,000) in bail. 8 763 17 Previously in trend: Trial of Nasirov

укрспецэкспорт Ukrspetsexport ex-CEO Bondarchuk apprehended in London, - Lutsenko On March 15, former head of Ukrspetsexport (Ukrainian Special Export) state enterprise Serhii Bondarchuk was arrested in London. 19 868 43 Previously in trend: Fighting corruption in Ukraine

врп Supreme Council of Justice authorizes arrest of judge for first time The Supreme Council of Justice has granted a motion by the Prosecutor General's Office to detain Judge of the Suvorov district court of Odesa Kostiantyn Bobovskyi. 47 431 107 Ukrainian Politics

суд Former Berkut fighter Honcharenko returned into custody: he is suspected of killing Euromaidan activists Former fighter of Berkut secret forces unit Vitalii Honcharenko is suspected of murdering three people on Feb. 18, 2014 at Kyiv's Maidan. The Pechersky District Court of Kyiv has changed the restraint measure from home arrest to jail for 60 days. 10 921 9 Previously in trend: Investigation of crimes against Maidan

Appeals court to hear motion against Nasirov's pretrial restriction on March 13 Kyiv's Court of Appeal plans to consider complaint against measure of restraint imposed on suspended Head of the State Fiscal Service of Ukraine Roman Nasirov at 11 a.m. March 13. 4 124 16 Previously in trend: Trial of Nasirov

холодницкий SAP to appeal bail amount in Nasirov's arrest and demand 2 billion, - Kholodnytskyi The Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office (SAP) intends to file an appeal against the decision of the Solomanskyi District Court of Kyiv that arrested dismissed head of the State Fiscal Service Roman Nasirov under 100 million hryvnia bail. 27 636 113 Previously in trend: Trial of Nasirov

чаус Moldovan court sends Judge Chaus on 15-day remand On March 2, a Chisinau court ruled to arrest Ukrainian Judge Mykola Chaus for 15 days. 12 691 58 Previously in trend: Judge Chaus detained

балух Ukrainian activist Balukh to remain in custody in occupied Crimea until March 4 The Kremlin-controlled "Supreme Court" of Crimea has extended the arrest of Ukrainian activist and Crimean farmer Volodymyr Balukh until March 4. 5 955 11 Previously in trend: Ukrainian hostages in Russia Reprisals in Russian-occupied Crimea

суд ефремов Court extends arrest of Yefremov until April 28 The Starobilsk district court of the Luhansk region has extended the arrest of former Party of Regions parliamentary faction head Oleksandr Yefremov until April 28. 4 309 20 Previously in trend: Arrest of Yefremov

Uzhhorod Deputy Mayor Tsap remanded in custody with possibility to post 240,000 hryvnia in bail Today, Feb. 10, the Zakarpattia region appeals court ruled to remand into custody Uzhhorod Deputy Mayor Ishtvan Tsap charged with corruption. He was also granted the right to make a bail in the amount of 240,000 hryvnia (about $8,760). 3 194 17 Incidents

Prosecution requests to remand Uzhhorod Deputy Mayor Tsap without bail The Prosecutor's Office of the Zakarpattia region requested the court to remand without bail First Deputy Mayor of Uzhhorod Ishtvan Tsap, suspected of accepting a bribe. 4 262 9 Previously in trend: Grafters

журналист Lawyer Kurbedinov charged with extremist propaganda over Facebook video, - journalist Kurbedinov was arrested in Crimea this morning. 7 953 7 Previously in trend: Reprisals in Russian-occupied Crimea

сша протест Violent protests in Washington during Trump's inauguration: police arrest about 95 people. PHOTOS During U.S. President Donald Trump's inauguration on Friday, hundreds of people, some wearing masks, marched through downtown streets, using hammers to claw up chunks of pavement to smash the windows of a Bank of America branch and a McDonald's outlet, all symbols of American capitalism. 55 625 178 Incidents

Court imposes two-month pretrial detention on Zaporizhia prosecutor suspected of drug distribution The Pechersk district court of Kyiv ruled to place recently apprehended Zaporizhia prosecutor in detention for a 60-day term with the right to post 800,000 hryvnia (about $28,600) in bail. The mentioned member of Zaporizhia Prosecutor’s Office was nabbed on suspicion of drug distribution and consumption encouraging yesterday, Jan. 19. 8 238 22 Incidents

Yanukovych's house, flat, two garages and yacht frozen by court The Pechersk district court of Kyiv has arrested a house, a flat, two garages and yacht owned by fugitive Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych. 45 872 60 Previously in trend: Yanukovych Family

безъязыков Treason suspect Beziazykov remanded in custody The Shevchenkivskyi district court of Kyiv has remanded Ukrainian army Colonel Ivan Beziazykov suspected of collaboration with "DPR" militants in custody until Feb. 8, 2017. 33 715 130 Ukrainian Politics

суд Members of Kniazhychi crime gang arrested by court for 60 days The Shevchenko district court of Kyiv has arrested six members of the crime gang which planned a robbery in the village of Kniazhychi in the Kyiv region and whose apprehension left five police officers dead. 34 091 122 Previously in trend: Kniazhychi shooting

Lawyer appeals Ukrainian journalist Sushchenko’s arrest The defense of Ukrainian journalist Roman Sushchenko accused of espionage in Russia appealed against extension of his pre-trial custody until late January. The counsel also intends to challenge his arrest at the European Court of Human Rights. 2 446 2 Previously in trend: Ukrainian hostages in Russia

Russian military Odyntsov and Baranov detained at Crimean border arrested for 2 months Court imposed a two-month pretrial confinement against Ukrainian ex-servicemen Oleksandr Baranov and Maksym Odyntsov who deserted to Russian army and were recently detained at the border with occupied Crimea. 20 144 97 Incidents

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