8176 visitors online
The legal landscape is heating up worldwide with several high-profile arrests causing widespread attention. In Ukraine, a Kyiv court has imposed a pre-trial detention on Serhii Stetsiuk, a lawyer linked to oligarch Ihor Kolomoiskyi, setting bail at UAH 4.239 million. Meanwhile, in London, Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg was detained during a pro-Palestinian protest, showcasing the growing involvement of social causes in legal arenas. These cases represent the increasing complexity of legal proceedings as they affect significant political and social figures, stirring public discourse. Stay informed on the latest international arrest news as legal tensions continue to build globally, influencing both the War in Ukraine and international society.

What are the recent high-profile arrests in Ukraine?

Recent notable arrests in Ukraine include the detention of Serhii Stetsiuk, linked to oligarch Ihor Kolomoiskyi, with bail set at UAH 4.239 million. Additionally, Ihor Fursenko, involved in a corruption case in the energy sector, had his arrest upheld by the High Anti-Corruption Court with bail set at UAH 95 million, reflecting ongoing legal scrutiny in Ukraine.

Why was Greta Thunberg recently detained by British police?

Greta Thunberg was detained by British police in London during a pro-Palestinian protest. Her arrest illustrates the intersection of climate activism with broader social and political movements, highlighting the activist's continued involvement in global justice causes.

What legal challenges are faced by Ihor Kolomoiskyi’s associates?

Associates of Ihor Kolomoiskyi, including his lawyer Serhii Stetsiuk, are currently facing legal challenges with pre-trial detentions imposed by Kyiv's court. These cases illustrate the Ukrainian government's crackdown on corruption, particularly among those linked to powerful political figures.

How are international legal actions impacting global politics?

International legal actions, such as the arrest of Greta Thunberg and legal proceedings in Ukraine, impact global politics by highlighting issues of climate activism, corruption, and governance. These actions bring attention to the rule of law and governance, contributing to shifts in societal and political landscapes.

What implications does the arrest of Ihor Fursenko have for Ukraine's energy sector?

The arrest of Ihor Fursenko, upheld by the High Anti-Corruption Court, signals increased scrutiny within Ukraine's energy sector. It underscores the government's commitment to addressing corruption, potentially instigating reforms and accountability in the sector, which is crucial for national security and economic stability.

show details

TOP news Arrest

Court arrested "Lutsk terrorist" Krivosh for 60 days without bail Court arrested "Lutsk terrorist" Krivosh for 60 days without bail The Lutsk City District Court on Wednesday chose a measure of restraint in the form of uncontested detention for Maksym Krivosh, who is suspected of holding 13 hostages on a bus in Lutsk. 5 072 23 Previously in trend: Bus hostages in Lutsk

Savchenko Has Filed Petition Demanding Personal Participation in Her Trial Savchenko's lawyer met with her in jail. 16 901 23 Previously in trend: Russian aggression against Ukraine

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. 10 129 23 Previously in trend: Arrest of State Emergency Service leadership

суд постный Court increased bail against subject in "gas case" Postnyi up to 250 million hryvnia. PHOTOS The Appeals Court of Kyiv has ruled to remand one of the subjects in the "gas case" Valerii Postnyi in custody with an alternative to post a bail of 250 million hryvnia (approx. $10.01 million). 8 665 23 Previously in trend: Onyshchenko case

літак,путін Brazil is unlikely to arrest Putin, who will be invited there for G20 summit - Minister of Foreign Affairs Vieira The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Brazil, Mauro Vieira, said that his country, which is a signatory of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, has not given up its intention to invite Vladimir Putin to the summit of the "Group of Twenty" in 2024. 2 238 22 World

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. 3 046 22 Previously in trend: Martynenko case trial

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. 12 291 22 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. 8 286 22 Incidents

путін South African Prosecutor’s Office receives warrant for Putin’s arrest in case of his visit South African Prosecutors have obtained an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin in case he enters country. 5 345 22 World

янукович Court grants arrest to fugitive ex-president Yanukovych in case of illegal crossing of state border With the participation of prosecutors from the Prosecutor General's Office, the Pechersk District Court in Kyiv has remanded in custody former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych, who is suspected of smuggling people across Ukraine's state border. 2 478 22 Ukrainian Politics

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

дзюба,олег,мотор,січ Court arrested Dzyuba, head of foreign economic activity department of Motor Sich, for two months The Shevchenkivsky Court of Kyiv sent Oleh Dzuba, the head of the department of foreign economic activity of the Motor Sich company, under arrest for two months, who is suspected, together with the company’s president Viacheslav Bohuslaev, of collaborationism and aiding Russia. 6 543 21 Ukrainian Politics

укргазбанк Justice Ministry freezes accounts of Ukrhazbank On July 29, 2016, Ukrhazbank JSB reported in an e-mail about the freezing of its accounts by the Executive Service Department of Ukraine's Justice Ministry, based on the ruling by the Economic Court of Kyiv to recover the funds of the bank in favor of Ukrkontsept LLC. 44 166 20 Economics

Russia breeds fear and repression in Crimea. International partners should sustain constant pressure on Kremlin, - Human Rights Watch Russian authorities have created a pervasive climate of fear and repression in Crimea in the two years since it has occupied the peninsula, Human Rights Watch said today. It is crucial for key international actors to keep Crimea’s drastically deteriorating human rights situation high on their agendas. 5 976 20 Previously in trend: Occupied territories - Crimea and Donbas Reprisals in Russian-occupied Crimea

Court in Russian-occupied Crimea took four Crimean Tatars into custody until April 8, - MP Chubarov The court in Crimea occupied by Russia ruled to take four Crimean Tatars, allegedly arrested on suspicion of terrorism yesterday, into custody until April 8 as a pre-trial restriction. 2 544 20 Previously in trend: Reprisals in Russian-occupied Crimea

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. 7 320 20 Incidents

“LPR” terrorist apprehended in Luhansk region The law enforcement officers detained the woman in the Luhansk region who was active member of the “Luhansk People’s Republic” gang. 18 402 20 Incidents

ян,славян,петровський Russian neo-Nazi militant Petrovsky arrested in Finland for war crimes in Ukraine On Monday, 18 December, the Helsinki District Court remanded one of the leaders of the Russian group Rusich, Vojislav Torden, better known as Jan Petrovsky, in custody for his war crimes in Ukraine. 6 786 20 Previously in trend: War

Court places in pre-trial detention Crimea’s Appeals Court ex-Head Chornobuk charged with high treason, - PGO Court places in pre-trial detention Crimea’s Appeals Court ex-Head Chornobuk charged with high treason, - PGO Ex-head of the Court of Appeal of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, Valerii Chornobuk, who was apprehended in Kyiv on Nov. 3 on treason charges, was placed in pre-trial custody. 4 578 19 Incidents

савченко savchenko Savchenko taken to court for hearing of her case The court in Donetsk in the Rostov region of Russia begins consideration of the case on the merits of Ukrainian pilot, MP from Batkivshchyna faction Nadiya Savchenko. 5 148 19 Incidents

Odesa Port Plant executive Shchurykov put on remand, bail making 40.5 million hryvnia Odesa Port Plant deputy CEO Shchurykov is charged with a large-scale embezzlement by prior conspiracy with a group of persons. 4 242 19 Previously in trend: Fighting corruption in Ukraine

Ill-famed ex-MP Shepelev got his pre-trial detention extended, spokesperson for PGO says Ill-famed ex-MP Shepelev got his pre-trial detention extended, spokesperson for PGO says A court extended for another 60 days the pre-trial custody of ex-member of the Ukrainian parliament Oleksandr Shepelev charged on multiple counts including high treason. 5 425 19 Incidents

Арешт судді Тандира продовжили на 2 місяці Arrest of ex-judge Tandyr, who knocked down and killed National Guard officer, extended for another two months The Sviatoshynskyi District Court of Kyiv has extended the arrest of Oleksii Tandyr, the former head of the Makarivskyi Court of Kyiv region, who last year knocked down and killed National Guard member Vadym Bondarenko at a checkpoint near Kyiv, for two months. 1 326 19

credit,suisse Credit Suisse froze over $19 billion of Russian assets The Swiss bank Credit Suisse has blocked Russian assets worth more than 19 billion dollars (17.6 billion Swiss francs), which is a third of all declared Russian assets in Switzerland. 3 035 19 Previously in trend: Sanctions against Russia

савченко сенцов кольченко "See you at home," - Sentsov and Kolchenko wrote letter to Nadiya Savchenko. DOCUMENT Ukrainian political prisoners illegally held in Russia Oleh Sentsov and Oleksandr Kolchenko received letters from another imprisoned Ukrainian Nadiya Savchenko and New Year greetings from President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko. 7 699 19 Previously in trend: Ukrainian hostages in Russia

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. 8 147 18 Previously in trend: Fighting corruption in Ukraine

гершкович,еван Charged with espionage: Moscow court arrested WSJ journalist Gershkovich A Moscow court arrested American WSJ journalist Evan Hershkovich, who was detained by the Russian FSB in Yekaterinburg on suspicion of espionage. 4 686 18 World

янукович Court allowed arrest of Yanukovych in case of shooting of demonstrators, - Prosecutor General’s Office With the participation of the prosecutors of the General Prosecutor’s Office, the Pechersk District Court of Kyiv chose a preventive measure in the form of detention of the former president of Ukraine. 1 855 18 Incidents

Bulgaria’s Court arrested suspect in involvement in attack on Handziuk. PHOTO Bulgaria’s Court arrested suspect in involvement in attack on Handziuk. PHOTO A court in the city of Burgas in Bulgaria arrested Oleksiy Moskalenko (Levin), who was wanted on suspicion of involvement in the attack on Kateryna Handziuk, for 40 days. 7 535 18 Previously in trend: Attack on Handziuk

High Anti-Corruption Court’s Appeal Chamber Cancels In-Absentia Arrest Of PrivatBank Ex-Board Chairperson Dubilet High Anti-Corruption Court’s Appeal Chamber Cancels In-Absentia Arrest Of PrivatBank Ex-Board Chairperson Dubilet The Chamber of Appeal of the High Anti-Corruption Court has abolished an in-absentia arrest of PrivatBank former board chairperson Oleksandr Dubilet. 2 760 18 Ukrainian Politics

Russia still prevents Ukrainian consul from visiting journalist Sushchenko, - Foreign Ministry Ukrainian Consulate in Russia has not yet received permission to visit unlawfully detained Ukrainian journalist Roman Sushchenko. 3 034 18 Previously in trend: Ukrainian hostages in Russia

Liiev was arrested Supply of faulty machine guns: Former Defense Ministry official Liiev arrested without bail On January 22, the Oktiabrskyi District Court of Poltava imposed a pre-trial restraint on former official of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine Oleksandr Liiev. He was taken into custody for 52 days. 5 441 18

мошкін Death near shelter: Moshkin, guard of polyclinic of Desniansky district of Kyiv, was released under night house arrest The Kyiv Court of Appeal released under night house arrest the watchman of Polyclinic No. 3, Vadym Moshkin, who is suspected of "leaving people in danger, which caused the death of people." 3 031 17 Society

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. 8 803 17 Previously in trend: Trial of Nasirov

Депутат ОПЗЖ Нестор Шуфрич Court extends Shufrych’s arrest until November 4 The Pecherskyi District Court of Kyiv has extended the pre-trial restraint in the form of detention until November 4 this year for People's Deputy from the OPFL Nestor Shufrych. 1 556 17

Novoaidar district council ex-head arrested on suspicion of organizing fake separatist referendum On March 12, based on the materials of Ukraine's Security Service, the court arrested the former head of the Novoaidar district council, charged with organizing the fake separatist referendum in May 2014. 6 235 17 Ukrainian Politics

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). 3 250 17 Incidents

Russia denies Ukrainian consul’s access to arrested journalist Sushchenko The employees of the Ukrainian consulate in Russia have not yet managed to visit journalist Roman Sushchenko held hostage by the Kremlin. 2 663 17 Previously in trend: Ukrainian hostages in Russia

сбу Сorporate rights of TUI travel agency were arrested, its ultimate beneficiary Mordashov has connections with Russian elite, - SSU. PHOTOS The corporate rights of one of the largest travel agencies, the ultimate beneficiary of which is a Russian billionaire, have been seized. 6 427 16 Incidents

The director of the Pavlohrad Chemical Plant, Leonid Shyman, has been taken into custody. Case of 120,000 faulty mortar shells: Director of Pavlohrad Chemical Plant Shyman arrested for two months Shevchenkivskyi Court detains Director of Pavlohrad Chemical Plant (PChP) Leonid Shyman for two months. 4 678 16 Previously in trend: Case of supplying faulty mortar shell to the Armed Forces of Ukraine

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. 4 163 16 Previously in trend: Trial of Nasirov

вбивці Murder of police officer in Vinnytsia region: Pre-trial restraint in form of detention for second suspect was imposed The court arrested without bail the second soldier who shot at police officers in Vinnytsia region. 3 845 16 Incidents

медведчук European Court of Human Rights rejected Medvedchuk’s appeal The European Court of Human Rights rejected as "manifestly unfounded" the complaint of MP Viktor Medvedchuk, against whom a number of criminal proceedings are under investigation in Ukraine, in particular under the article on high treason. 3 686 15 Ukrainian Politics

Russian commandos Yerofeyev and Aleksandrov to stay in custody until May 19 The Holosiivskyi district court has extended the arrest of Russian military Yevgeny Yerofeyev and Alexander Aleksandrov until May 19 inclusive. 2 566 15 Previously in trend: Captured Russian special forces operatives

сбу,бойовики Three DPR fighters who fought on side of Russian Federation were sentenced to 15 years in prison, - SSU Based on the evidence collected by SSU investigators, the court found three more militants of the terrorist organization "DPR" guilty of treason and sentenced them to 15 years in prison with confiscation of property. 5 133 15 Previously in trend: War

Lefortovo Court of Moscow Extended Arrest of Film Director Sentsov for Another Three Months Moscow's Lefortovo district Court has decided to extend the detention period to January 11, 2015. 2 237 14 Incidents

All detained Crimean Tatars in occupied Crimea remanded in custody until May 15 Russia-controlled "court" in occupied Crimea rules to remand all detained Crimean Tatars in custody until May 15. 1 326 14 Previously in trend: Reprisals in Russian-occupied Crimea

53rd Brigade food service chief sentenced to military confinement. Other defendants delaying time, - Military Prosecutor's Office The Mykolaiv district court, having considered an administrative violation report filed by the Military Prosecutor's Office of the Southern region of Ukraine, ruled against another officer of the 53th Mechanized Brigade, who was directly responsible for organizing nutrition of the personnel stationed at the Shyrokyi Lan training ground. 6 983 14 Previously in trend: Shyrokyi Lan riot