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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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мосийчук mosiichuk Parliament sanctions arrest of MP Mosiichuk The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine has granted the petition of Prosecutor General Viktor Shokin to arrest people's deputy from the Radical Party faction Ihor Mosiichuk. 166 875 644 Ukrainian Politics

арест //сбу detention sbu Security Agency Deputy Head arrested during meeting of SBU board. VIDEO The detention of the SBU officer, who was accused of taking bribes, was conducted directly in the hall where the working meeting of the security service officers was taking place. 162 632 395 Previously in trend: Fighting corruption in Ukraine

янголенко слобожанщина Slobozhanshchyna commander Yanholenko, who was preparing assasination attempt on Interior Minister Avakov, to remain in custody for 60 days Kramatorsk City Court Judge Andrii Lutai decided on Sunday, Sept. 13, to keep detained commander of Slobozhanshchyna Battalion of the Interior Ministry Andrii Yanholenko in custody for 60 days. 29 690 245 Incidents

Svoboda member Syrotiuk arrested The court has remanded Svoboda member Yurii Syrotiuk in 60-day custody. 41 045 236 Previously in trend: Explosion near Verkhovna Rada

антонюк Former head of State Aviation Service Antoniuk put under house arrest, - SBU The former official is charged with obstruction of certain air carriers and enterprises providing aviation services. 31 266 113 Ukrainian Politics

Court extended custody of Russian commando Aleksandrov until Oct. 17 Pechersk district court of Kyiv extended custody of a serviceman of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces Aleksandr Aleksandrov until Oct. 17. 2 958 25 Previously in trend: Captured Russian special forces operatives

луценко шокин резвушкин стерненко MP Lutsenko urges Prosecutor General to vary pre-trial restriction for Odesa activists. DOCUMENT Head of Poroshenko Bloc faction in the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Yurii Lutsenko filed a motion to Prosecutor General Viktor Shokin with a request to change the pre-trial restriction for recently remanded head of the Odesa office of the Right Sector Serhii Sternenko and Avtomaidan activist Yevhen Rezvushkin. 31 266 138 Previously in trend: Arrest of Odesa activists

стерненко sternenko Remand of Odesa activists Sternenko and Rezvushkin is misjudgment. Authorities create problems for themselves out of thin air, - Butusov The remand of Odesa activists Serhii Sternenko and Yevhen Rezvushkin in custody is a misjudgment. This case can cause enormous damage to the reputation of the authorities. 74 471 441 Previously in trend: Arrest of Odesa activists

Court remands five participants of turmoil outside Rada in custody, - Interior Minister’s Adviser Today, Sept. 2, the Court placed five members of attack near the building of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine that took place Aug. 31, in custody. 9 780 113 Previously in trend: Explosion near Verkhovna Rada

гпу шокин PGO prepares motions to arrest coalition and opposition MPs, Ukraine’s Prosecutor General says Prosecutor General's Office is preparing to submit motions to the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine to gain permission for criminal prosecution of MPs from both the coalition and the opposition. 32 855 77 Ukrainian Politics

Court attached property of 145 former prosecutors of Crimea and authorized their detention The Investigation department of the Directorate representing interests of the citizens or the State in court, fighting crime and corruption in the temporarily occupied territory of the Crimean peninsula of the Prosecutor General's Office of Ukraine conducted pre-trial investigation in criminal proceedings against the former prosecutors of Crimea for committing a crime under Part 1 of the Article 111 of the Criminal Code (high treason). 10 018 44 Previously in trend: Occupation of Crimea

Deputy Director of state owned mine arrested trying to flee to occupied territories, - Interior Ministry The Deputy Director of the State Enterprise Krasnoarmiiskvuhillia, who was arrested for misappropriation of public funds and subsequently freed on bail of 200,000 hryvnia, has been re-arrested for abuse of office. 23 139 59 Economics

Court of Genoa remanded Markov in custody, - Ukraine’s MP Lozovyi The court in Italy has remanded former Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Deputy Ihor Markov in custody. 7 285 20 Incidents

PGO confirms attachment of assets owned by son of fugitive former Ukraine’s PM in Italy Prosecutor General's Office confirmed the arrest of real estate and bank accounts of the son of ex-Prime Minister of Ukraine Mykola Azarov Oleksii in Italy. 8 074 45 Economics

Senior border guard officer arrested after receiving bribe A restraint measure of a 60-day custody has been chosen for the Head of the Domestic Security Division of the State Border Service of Ukraine Mukacheve Border Guard Detachment with amount of bail making 999,000 hryvnias. 8 108 18 Previously in trend: Fighting corruption in Ukraine

суд Son of former Ukrainian PM Azarov sees his Italian property arrested Pechersk District Court of Kyiv has arrested two houses in Olbia, Italy belonging to Oleksii Azarov, as well as a bank account of Agosto 2012 srl company. 14 339 55 Ukrainian Politics

суд савченко savchenko court trial Nadiya Savchenko had been already apprehended when Russian journalists were killed, - PGO The Ukrainian Prosecutor General's Office said that Ukrainian citizen Nadia Savchenko, who has been charged in Russia of complicity in the killing of two Russian journalists in the Luhansk region in the summer of 2014, had been held on a territory controlled by Donbas militants before the journalists' death. 29 068 131 Incidents

дом корнийца прокурора house korniiets prosecutor "Its market value is over 10 million hryvnia," - activists filmed house of prosecutor-grafter Korniiets using drone. VIDEO Activists of Avtomaidan used drone to film the house of deputy prosecutor of Kyiv region Oleksandr Korniiets, who was accused of extorting grand bribe. 69 405 203 Previously in trend: Fighting corruption in Ukraine

порошенко Poroshenko announces detentions of illegal amber mining protectors Detentions of illegal amber mining operators will be conducted next week. 27 990 96 Ukrainian Politics

Russian court extends film director Sentsov’s imprisonment until Dec. 16 The North Caucasus district military Court (the Russian Federation) extended the imprisonment of the Ukrainian film-maker Oleh Sentsov until Dec. 16. 3 696 71 Incidents

взятка Corrupt prosecutor Shapakin released on bail, - Prosecutor's Office First Deputy Head of the Main Investigation Department of the Prosecutor General's Office Volodymyr Shapakin has been released from the temporary detention facility on bail of 3.2 million hryvnias ($139,000). 55 056 276 Previously in trend: 'Diamond prosecutors' case

кабмин взятка задержание pgo bribe detention Prosecutor-grafter Shapakin to be released tomorrow on bail First Deputy Head of the Main Investigation Department of the Prosecutor General’s Office Volodymyr Shapakin, who had been arrested for bribery, will be released from custody. 45 515 310 Previously in trend: 'Diamond prosecutors' case

прокуратура pgo prosecutor general's office Head of investigation into case of prosecutors-grafters threatened with dismissal thrice, - Butusov It is necessary to immediately consider suspension of the Deputy Prosecutor General Volodymyr Huzyr from duty. 54 290 95 Previously in trend: 'Diamond prosecutors' case

сакварелидзе 3 million hryvnias is nothing for corrupt prosecutors. PGO demanded 20-million bail, - Sakvarelidze The Prosecutor General's Office demanded to arrest the corrupt prosecutors setting a 20-million hryvnias bail for them. Instead, the court set a bail at 3 million hryvnias. 28 054 130 Previously in trend: 'Diamond prosecutors' case

суд Corrupt prosecutor Korniiets can be released on bail at 3.2 million hryvnias Pechersk district court of Kyiv arrested the Deputy Prosecutor of the Kyiv region Oleksandr Korniiets and set a bail at 3.2 million hryvnias for him. Korniiets is suspected of receiving a bribe together with the Deputy Head of the PGO Investigation Department Volodymyr Shapakin. 10 376 81 Previously in trend: 'Diamond prosecutors' case

Parliament authorized the arrest of judge of the Economic Court of Odesa region Medentsev The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine supported the draft resolution №2020a granting consent to the detention and arrest of judge of the Economic Court of Odesa region Pavlo Medentsev. 265 deputies voted for the decision while 226 votes were required for its adoption. 10 299 41 Incidents

суд взятка чернушенко trial bribe chernushenko Rada supports arrest of the head of the Court of Appeal Chernushenko. VIDEO The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine voted for the detention of the Kyiv’s Court of Appeal Head Anton Chernushenko. 27 237 110 Incidents

клюев розыск Prosecutor's Office brings more charges against escaped deputy Kliuiev Prosecutor's Office gathered more material to charge MP Kliuiev under five more articles, which gives grounds for his arrest. 14 984 51 Previously in trend: Revoking immunity

суд взятка чернушенко court bribe chernushenko PGO served notice of suspicion to Head of the Court of Appeal of Kyiv Chernushenko. Shokin appeals to Parliament to authorize his arrest Prosecutor General's Office has served notice of suspicion to Head of the Court of Appeal of Kyiv Anton Chernushenko of committing felony crime. 15 786 87 Incidents

франция Assests of VTB Bank and Putin's propagansits Russia Today and TASS arrested in France VTB Head Andrey Kostin announced the arrest of Russian accounts, including state ones, in a subsidiary of the state bank. 121 897 504 Previously in trend: Economic disaster

тимонькин Former Kurchenko's banker Timonkin detained in Germany Well-known Ukrainian banker, former deputy chairman of the VETEK supervisory board Boris Timonkin has been detaiend in Germany. 38 026 35 Previously in trend: Kurchenko’s shadow empire

"DPR" militant sentenced to 12 years in prison for kidnapping of five Ukrainian soldiers The Khortytsia district court in Zaporizhia sentenced the militant of the "Donetsk People's Republic" terrorist organization to 12 years in prison for the kidnapping of five anti-terrorist operation soldiers. 29 486 70 Incidents

янукович oleksandr yanukovych Criminal proceedings opened against judges who attempted to remove attachment from Yanukovych’s securities - PGO Prosecutor General's Office prevented removal of an attachment from shares of the All-Ukrainian Development Bank PJSC, owned by the son of former President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych, Oleksandr Yanukovych. 36 856 83 Economics

шокин Requests for arrest warrants of MPs Kliuiev and Melnychuk submitted to Rada - Shokin Prosecutor General of Ukraine Viktor Shokin filed an application to the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine for issuing arrest warrants for former member of the Party of Regions Serhii Kliuiev and faction independent MP Serhii Melnychuk. 35 362 114 Ukrainian Politics

янукович Cabinet arrested $1.4 billion in the accounts of Yanukovych's family, MP says The Ukrainian government arrested 1.4 billion US dollars in accounts that belong to the family of former President Viktor Yanukovych, in particular his son Oleksandr Yanukovych. The accounts are held in Ukrainian banks. 26 314 87 Ukrainian Politics

Savchenko to be transferred to Moscow city hospital tomorrow - lawyer Ukrainian pilot, MP of Batkivshchyna faction Nadiya Savchenko, who is illegally held in the Russian remand prison, will be transferred to the 20th city hospital of Moscow tomorrow, April 28. 12 018 58 Incidents

Debaltseve mayor to be tried for separatism and abetting terrorists – Prosecutor’s Office Kyiv Prosecutor's Office filed an indictment against mayor of Debaltseve Volodymyr Protsenko, who is suspected of violation of territorial integrity of Ukraine. 14 640 87 World

боевики антрацит Moscow mercenaries mop up city of Antratsyt from "guerrillas and former miners". VIDEO Mercenaries from Yenot Moscow military society mopped up the city of Antratsyt, the Luhansk region from "guerrillas." 116 516 236 Previously in trend: Occupied territories - Crimea and Donbas

Court dismisses appeal for arrest of former Emergency Service Deputy The Kyiv Court of Appeal upheld the measure in the form of arrest with 1,182,000 hryvnia bail for ex-deputy chairman of the State Emergency Service (SES) Vasyl Stoietskyi. 10 064 23 Previously in trend: Arrest of State Emergency Service leadership

Liubotyn mayor arrested for bribery Chervonozavodskyi District Court in Kharkiv arrested Liubotyn mayor, suspected of bribery, for two months. 4 375 39 Ukrainian Politics

савченко Nadiya Savchenko on upcoming court hearing: "I do not let myself die in order to see it". DOCUMENT Ukrainian aviatrix, Batkivshchyna MP Madiya Savchenko, who is illegally held in Russia, hopes that the upcoming court hearing will drop the charges against her and the case will be closed, or at least the measure of restraint will be changed. 8 068 105 Ukrainian Politics

арест detention Bochkovsky consistently paid to officials of the Prosecutor General's Office for ‘protection’ - Yehor Sobolev The former head of the State Emergency Service Serhii Bochkovskyi regularly paid to the officials of the Prosecutor General's Office for ‘protection’. 70 566 165 Previously in trend: Arrest of State Emergency Service leadership

State Financial Monitoring blocked Bochkovskyi's release on bail - Herashchenko The SFM blocked former head of the State Emergency Service (SES) Serhii Bochkovskyi's release on bail to check the legality of the collateral. 30 309 117 Previously in trend: Arrest of State Emergency Service leadership

баксы SBU arrested taxman bribetaker and seized $2,500. VIDEO SBU officers together with prosecution investigators and security service officers of the Dnipropetrovsk regional fiscal service detained senior lieutenant of tax police while he was accepting a bribe. 25 630 65 Ukrainian Politics

стоецкий stoietskyi State Emergency Service ex-deputy head bailed out for 1.2 million hryvnia - lawyer Former deputy chairman of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine Vasyl Stoietskyi was released on bail. 40 664 267 Previously in trend: Arrest of State Emergency Service leadership

оккупант наемник invader mercenary "Help! About 2,000 ‘militias’ serve time in jail on false charges" - Mercenary from Perm arrested in "DPR". PHOTOS 31-year-old resident of Perm (Russia) Maxim Kalugin is asking for urgent help on his page on Vkontakte. 203 538 524 Previously in trend: Russian aggression against Ukraine

задержание гордеев detention hordieiev Hordieiev, suspected for the SBU officer in Volnovakha murder, was arrested for two months by the court The court has arrested Denys Hordieiev, a suspect in the murder of the Security Service of Ukraine officer, for two months Saturday, March 28. 15 410 65 Incidents

Former head of Kherson Regional Council was placed under house arrest – PGO The court granted motion to the prosecutor's office of the Kherson region and placed the former head of the Kherson Regional Council under house arrest and ordered him to wear an electronic tracking device. 12 267 22 Incidents