Leshchenko Serhii

Judge Chaus removed Yura Yenakiyevskyi from wanted list, - MP Leshchenko On Friday morning, the Dniprovskyi district court of Kyiv ruled to remove Yanukovych's ally Yurii Ivaniushchenko from the police wanted list. 01.04.16 13:40 39 724 144 Ukrainian Politics

Shokin took sick leave day before vote on his resignation, - MP Leshchenko Prosecutor General of Ukraine Viktor Shokin took a sick leave the day before the vote in the Verkhovna Rada on his resignation. 28.03.16 19:01 21 421 110 Previously in trend: Prosecutor General Lutsenko

PPB congress unseated Tomenko and Firsov referring to non-existent law, - MP Leshchenko Poroshenko Bloc deputy Serhii Leshchenko deems the party congress' decision on unseating Mykola Tomenko and Yehor Firsov to be a derision. 25.03.16 23:58 55 495 107 Ukrainian Politics

PPB didn't nominate Hroisman as PM. Faction members learned about it from Lutsenko's Facebook, - MP Leshchenko Poroshenko Bloc faction MP Serhii Leshchenko says the faction did not agree on Speaker Volodymyr Hroisman as a candidate for the post of prime minister. 24.03.16 20:00 20 426 122 Previously in trend: Hroisman's Cabinet

79 Poroshenko Bloc deputies signed for government's resignation, - MP Leshchenko Poroshenko Bloc faction has collected 79 signatures to the draft resolution on the resignation of the government. 16.02.16 11:34 10 800 54 Ukrainian Politics

Abromavicius was forced to appoint Poroshenko Bloc proxy Pasishnyk his deputy New details have emerged in the scandal over the resignation of Ukraine's minister of economic development and trade Aivaras Abromavicus, provoked not least by desire of Poroshenko Bloc first deputy chairman Ihor Kononenko to appoint his proxy Andrii Pasishnyk deputy minister. 08.02.16 17:06 132 164 275 Previously in trend: Abromavicius-Kononenko scandal

General Prosecutor's Office established new department which ‘may help Kononenko achieve political goals,’ – Leshchenko A new department was created by the General Prosecutor's Office to the benefit of Poroshenko Bloc deputy Ihor Kononenko. 07.02.16 12:39 68 678 232 Ukrainian Politics

Poroshenko Block proposes eight candidates for Cabinet positions, - MP Leshchenko At the meeting on Monday, the Petro Poroshenko block parliamentary faction has approved the list of candidates for positions in the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine. 01.02.16 21:49 34 869 246 Ukrainian Politics

PGO handed over case of ex-minister Zlochevskyi to Anti-Corruption Bureau, - MP Leshchenko The Prosecutor General's Office has referred the case filed against former Minister of Environment Mykola Zlochevskyi to the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine. 15.01.16 17:33 3 654 7 Previously in trend: Fighting corruption in Ukraine

MP Martynenko's Swiss case materials handed to Yatseniuk in Verkhovna Rada. PHOTOS During today's session of the Verkhovna Rada, Poroshenko Bloc MP Serhii Leshchenko handed the materials of investigation against People's Front deputy Mykola Martynenko to Prime Minister Arsenii Yatseniuk. 26.11.15 22:26 47 557 151 Ukrainian Politics

117 MPs signed parliamentary draft decree on Prosecutor General Shokin's resignation. DOCUMENT People's deputies started signatures collection in support of Prosecutor General Viktor Shokin's resignation from his post. 02.11.15 11:08 50 702 157 Ukrainian Politics

SBU Head Hrytsak orders official investigation into Radio Svoboda journalists' detention SBU Head Vasyl Hrytsak has ordered an official investigation into the detention of two Radio Svoboda journalists outside the SBU building in Kyiv. 02.10.15 13:45 33 083 75 Incidents

Lozhkin knows nothing of criminal case in Austria and ready to testify Head of the Presidential Administration Borys Lozhkin has never been addressed any claims by law enforcement authorities of any world's country. 24.09.15 21:30 15 082 89 Ukrainian Politics

Lozhkin checked for large-scale money laundering in Austria, - Poroshenko Bloc MP Leshchenko Austria sent a request to Ukraine's Prosecutor General's Office seeking assistance in an investigation regarding transactions carried out by Head of the Presidential Administration Borys Lozhkin. 24.09.15 19:10 27 583 138 Ukrainian Politics

"Shokin must put Poroshenko and Yatseniuk’s friends Lozhkyn, Martynenko, Kononenko, Ivanchuk to prison. They are shadow government of Ukraine," – Poroshenko Bloc MP Leshchenko The decisions in the Ukrainian politics are actually taken by a narrow circle of people close to the president and the prime minister - the so-called "shadow government", whose reputation is far from impeccable and their decisions have clear signs of corruption. It is paramount to put "the big fish" from among the "shadow government" to prison to restore public confidence and show commitment to fight against corruption. 23.09.15 11:51 55 696 253 Ukrainian Politics

Poroshenko Bloc MPs ask the president to withdraw award to head of Central Election Commission 'so as not to repeat Viktor Yanukovych's mistakes' Deputies of the Poroshenko Bloc faction Serhii Leshchenko and Mustafa Naiem, and Svoboda deputy Yurii Levchenko prepared a request to cancel the awarding of the CEC Chairman Mykhailo Okhendovskyi by Order of Yaroslav the Wise. 02.07.15 21:56 52 401 241 Ukrainian Politics

Rada elected judges who persecuted Euromaidan protesters: some activists also voted for their appointment, - journalist. DOCUMENT On May 21, people’s deputies voted on appointment of judges. Among those elected there were judges who sentenced activists of Euromaidan and Demalians political party for having picketed Mezhyhiria [former president Yanukovych’s residence – Ed.]. These judges have also banned protest actions during Euromaidan events in different regions of Ukraine. Among the deputies who voted for their appointment, there were those who used to be the Euromaidan activists themselves. 02.06.15 14:28 40 598 189 Ukrainian Politics

Yanukovych’s crony, former environment minister unblocked half a billion hryvnia in U.K. accounts with help of Prosecutor General’s Office - MP Leshchenko. DOCUMENT Former head of the Ecology Ministry during Yanukovych’s rule Mykola Zlochevskyi managed to unblock his accounts in the U.K. with the help of reference letter from the PGO. 27.02.15 12:37 50 066 120 Previously in trend: Corruption in Prosecutor General's Office

EU lifts sanctions against Yakymenko, Azarov Jr., Viktor Yanukovych Jr., Tabachnyk, Lukash, and Serhii Kliuiev due to lack of action by Ukrainian authorities – Verkhovna Rada Deputy "We have received a signal from the European Union: the sanctions imposed against former SBU chairman Yakymenko, Oleksii Azarov, Viktor Yanukovych Jr., Dmytro Tabachnyk, Olena Lukash, and Serhii Kliuiev will be lifted." 02.02.15 21:54 241 926 1 513 Ukrainian Politics

Seven People Detained In Case of Assault on Journalists Seven arrests have been made in the case of the attack on journalists Serhii Leshchenko, Mustafa Nayem, and Svitlana Zalishchuk. 28.10.14 10:35 63 234 119 Previously in trend: Snap Parliamentary Elections