Arrest

Court reissues arrest warrant for businessman Dyminskyi charged with causing deadly car crash, - PGO At the request of the Prosecutor General's Office (PGO), the Pechersk district court of Kyiv imposed pre-trial custody in absentia on Petro Dyminskyi suspected of causing fatal road traffic accident. 01.03.18 17:31 19 597 66 Previously in trend: Dyminskyi car accident

Belarus' KGB confirms arrest of Ukrainian businessman Skyba on corruption charges The State Security Committee (KGB) of Belarus confirmed the detention of Minsk Tractor Plant’s Chief Metallurgist Andrei Karas and Oleksandr Skyba, CEO of Weighing Material Plant PJSC based in government-held Kostiantynivka, the Donetsk region. 29.11.17 16:33 33 007 56 World

Mariupol court places Donbas Battalion former commander Vynohrodskyi in two-month pre-trial detention The Zhovtnevyi district court of Mariupol imposed a 60-day pre-trial detention on former commander of the Donbas Battalion Anatolii Vynohrodskyi (call sign Hal). 28.11.17 11:48 37 881 227 Ukrainian Politics

Crimean Tatars shouting ‘traitor!’ kick out collaborator Belialov from Vedzhie Kashka’s funeral. VIDEO Collaborator Eskender Belialov, a former member of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people who started cooperating with the occupation ‘authorities’ after Crimea annexation, was kicked out from the farewell ceremony of Vedzhie Kashka with the Crimean Tatars screaming ‘traitor!’ 24.11.17 18:45 78 433 65 Previously in trend: Occupied territories - Crimea and Donbas

Fugitive State Investment Agency ex-Head Kaskiv extradited to Ukraine, arrested for two months, - PGO The Pechersk District Court of Kyiv arrested ex-Head of the State Investment Agency Vladyslav Kaskiv for two months with a possibility to be bailed out following his extradition from Panama. 01.11.17 15:14 17 531 86 Ukrainian Politics

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. 30.10.17 17:27 111 318 222 Previously in trend: President Trump

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. 18.10.17 12:45 56 716 225 Previously in trend: Ukrainian hostages in Russia

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. 13.10.17 11:00 12 875 42 Previously in trend: Deputy defense minister Pavlovskyi detained

Shtepa's electronic tracking device broken, former mayor taken under 24h security Former Sloviansk Mayor Nelia Shtepa has been put under 24h security. 26.09.17 16:37 29 292 100 Ukrainian Politics

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. 19.09.17 10:46 17 138 54 Ukrainian Politics

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. 15.09.17 17:10 57 380 137 Ukrainian Politics

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). 13.09.17 13:28 40 466 130 Ukrainian Politics

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. 16.08.17 16:15 19 533 43 Ukrainian Politics

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. 28.07.17 10:59 13 880 13 Incidents

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. 26.07.17 13:08 29 868 93 Ukrainian Politics

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. 12.07.17 16:27 81 842 108 Ukrainian Politics

"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. 10.07.17 12:00 11 556 50 Ukrainian Politics

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. 30.06.17 09:58 78 065 305 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. 27.06.17 15:28 1 434 4 Previously in trend: Ukrainian hostages in Russia

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. 23.06.17 16:39 3 690 9 Previously in trend: Huzhva case

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). 16.06.17 16:05 22 304 66 Previously in trend: Onyshchenko case

"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. 02.06.17 13:36 17 944 129 Previously in trend: "Taxmen of Klymenko" detained

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. 25.05.17 16:20 37 261 61 Previously in trend: "Taxmen of Klymenko" detained

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. 17.05.17 20:29 3 046 22 Previously in trend: Martynenko case trial

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. 15.05.17 19:02 63 084 224 Incidents

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. 12.05.17 18:19 188 356 286 Incidents

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. 12.05.17 10:13 144 419 334 Incidents

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. 26.04.17 22:57 8 341 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. 25.04.17 17:18 3 039 6 Previously in trend: Investigation of crimes against Maidan

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. 21.04.17 10:23 17 422 101 Previously in trend: Martynenko case trial

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. 19.04.17 18:32 56 283 78 Ukrainian Politics

Turkish organ traffickers arrested by Kyiv court, - PGO. PHOTO The criminals have the right to post a bail. 14.04.17 13:02 25 863 22 Ukrainian Politics

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. 13.04.17 21:35 91 678 107 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. 12.04.17 18:45 15 321 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. 30.03.17 20:08 8 803 17 Previously in trend: Trial of Nasirov

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. 17.03.17 16:12 19 937 43 Previously in trend: Fighting corruption in Ukraine

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. 13.03.17 10:04 47 487 107 Ukrainian Politics

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. 10.03.17 13:38 10 975 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. 09.03.17 18:09 4 163 16 Previously in trend: Trial of Nasirov

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. 07.03.17 13:37 27 710 113 Previously in trend: Trial of Nasirov

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. 02.03.17 17:45 12 762 58 Previously in trend: Judge Chaus detained

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). 10.02.17 16:19 3 250 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. 30.01.17 19:28 4 310 9 Previously in trend: Grafters

Lawyer Kurbedinov charged with extremist propaganda over Facebook video, - journalist Kurbedinov was arrested in Crimea this morning. 26.01.17 16:42 8 030 7 Previously in trend: Reprisals in Russian-occupied Crimea

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. 21.01.17 00:02 55 727 178 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. 20.01.17 21:14 8 286 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. 06.01.17 17:32 45 943 60 Previously in trend: Yanukovych Family

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. 15.12.16 00:02 33 771 130 Ukrainian Politics