Lutsenko Yurii

Law enforcers apprehend prosecutor and lawyer extorting $200,000 for criminal case dismissal, - prosecutor general This is the 18th prosecutor accused of bribe extortion during Yurii Lutsenko’s tenure on the post of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine, he says. 28.09.16 17:02 37 327 51 Previously in trend: Prosecutor General Lutsenko Grafters

Lutsenko dismisses Rivne region’s Deputy Prosecutor Borovyk suspected of involvement in illegal amber extraction Prosecutor General Yurii Lutsenko dismissed Deputy Prosecutor of Rivne region Andrii Borovyk suspected of membership in a local crime ring illegally extracting amber. 26.09.16 18:21 11 234 21 Previously in trend: Amber mafia

Investigators to scrutiny MP Skoryk’s involvement in acts of separatism, Lutsenko says The case against former Governor of the Odesa region, Opposition bloc faction MP Mykola Skoryk will not be limited by charges of involvement in the beating of protesters in Odesa on Feb. 19, 2014. 22.09.16 23:35 14 236 71 Incidents

Ukraine’s budget to obtain funds from sold “Kurchenko’s oil" before end of the year, prosecutor general says Prosecutor General of Ukraine Yurii Lutsenko expects income from the sale of the so-called “Kurchenko’s oil” to be returned to the state budget by the end of 2016. The petroleum products were seized from fugitive Ukrainian businessman Serhii Kurchenko, a henchman to ex-President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych. 22.09.16 19:57 4 655 7 Previously in trend: Kurchenko’s shadow empire

PGO to announce suspicion to 'Yura Yenakiyevskyi' and other underbosses of Odesa’s 7th kilometer market tomorrow, Prosecutor General Lutsenko says Tomorrow, the Prosecutor General’s Office of Ukraine is going to serve Yurii Ivaniushchenko (a.k.a. Yura Yenakiyevskyi) and several other individuals a notice of suspicion of a fraud with shares of the largest Ukrainian 7th kilometer market. 22.09.16 16:48 13 960 28 Incidents

Lutsenko to demand stripping immunity of MP Skoryk The member of parliament is suspected of involvement in Odesa riots of Feb.19, 2014. 22.09.16 15:05 34 483 65 Previously in trend: Prosecutor General Lutsenko

"Another big fish," - PGO nabs High Council of Justice member extorting $500,000 in bribe Members of the Major Fraud Investigation Department of the Prosecutor General's Office (PGO) in conjunction with the officers of the Main Directorate for Combating Corruption and Organized Crime of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) apprehended one of the members of the High Council of Justice of Ukraine extorting $500,000 in bribe. 21.09.16 19:16 153 004 250 Previously in trend: Grafters

Lutsenko suspends three PGO members pending investigation of conflict with NABU Prosecutor General Yuri Lutsenko dismissed three employees of the Prosecutor General’s Office (PGO) for the time of the official investigation into the conflict with the detectives of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU). 20.09.16 21:23 6 926 5 Previously in trend: Prosecutor General Lutsenko

US to assist PGO to secretly screen agency members, prosecutor general says A new department secretly screening members of the Prosecutor General's Office (PGO) for involvement in corrupt practices will be established within the agency with the assistance of the United States. 19.09.16 17:48 21 520 95 Previously in trend: Fighting corruption in Ukraine Prosecutor General Lutsenko

Lutsenko cancels closure of criminal case against rich kid Tolstosheiev Prosecutor General Yurii Lutsenko has ordered to revoke the resolution to close the criminal proceedings against 21-year-old Stanislav Tolstosheiev charged with a deadly car accident outside Livoberezhna metro station in Kyiv and make him undergo additional psychiatric examination in a specialized medical institution in another region of Ukraine. 16.09.16 18:15 27 793 61 Previously in trend: Rich kids on roads

Over 120 searches conducted in Kharkiv in relation to state land misappropriation, - Lutsenko Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) and Prosecutor General's Office of Ukraine (PGO) conducted over 120 searches in Kharkiv within investigation into misappropriation of 650 hectares of state land. The operation was being prepared over two months. 16.09.16 11:04 64 636 74 Previously in trend: Kharkiv mayor Kernes

Several MPs may face lifting of immunity following Kharkiv searches, - Lutsenko Prosecutor General Yurii Lutsenko is set to submit several motions to the Verkhovna Rada, asking to lift parliamentary immunity of several deputies involved in the case against Kharkiv Mayor Hennadii Kernes. 15.09.16 18:13 36 193 76 Ukrainian Politics

Premises of Kernes, Dobkin's mother searched in Kharkiv, - Lutsenko Searches of premises belonging to Kharkiv mayor Hennadii Kernes and the mother of Opposition Bloc MP Mykhailo Dobkin have been underway since early morning. 15.09.16 11:28 47 282 126 Previously in trend: Kharkiv mayor Kernes

Radical Party MPs show up as law enforcers search house of alleged fraud, - Lutsenko The Prosecutor General Office is searching the house of detained resident of Kyiv Petrovskyi suspected of fraud. He swindled large sums of money out of officials for alleged assistance in appointment to certain positions. However, according to Prosecutor General Yurii Lutsenko, a support group arrived at the suspect's house, including several Radical Party MPs. 14.09.16 14:02 83 712 67 Ukrainian Politics

Ukraine Prosecutor's Office might serve Russia's Putin and Medvedev with charges Prosecutor General of Ukraine Yurii Lutsenko has announced that PGO is working on possible announcement of suspicion of crimes against Ukraine to Russian President Vladimir Putin and Russian PM Dmitry Medvedev . 14.09.16 10:17 24 793 72 Previously in trend: Russian aggression against Ukraine

"Lutsenko will insist on resuming of Tolstosheiev case investigation”, - Sarhan The PGO is going to find out formal reasons for closing the case of Donetsk businessman Tolstosheiev. Prosecutor General Yurii Lutsenko demanded the Kyiv prosecutor's office to provide him with the criminal proceedings on the investigation of fatal car accident near Livoberezhna metro station on Jan. 9, 2016, involving a son of the businessman, 21-year-old Stanislav Tolstosheiev. 10.09.16 12:29 48 141 133 Incidents

Kaskiv detained in Panama, - Lutsenko Former head of the State Investments Agency Vladyslav Kaskiv has been apprehended in Panama. 08.09.16 10:58 31 939 86 Ukrainian Politics

Law enforcers detain drug dealers operating in four Ukrainian cities, - Prosecutor General Lutsenko Members of the Kyiv Prosecutor's Office and Interior Ministry’s Department of Internal Security carried out 57 raids at premises used by a ring of drug dealers in Kyiv, Kryvyi Rih, Kropyvnytskyi, and Dnipro. 06.09.16 17:20 44 100 81 Incidents

"Investigators figuring out whether mistakes made intentionally or by negligence," Lutsenko on probe into Ilovaisk carnage According to Prosecutor General Lutsenko, the experts believe the mismatch of peacetime legislation with the military realities to be the cause of the tragedy. 02.09.16 20:23 15 524 139 Previously in trend: Russian aggression against Ukraine

Investigators have Muzhenko’s and Khomchak’s testimonies on talks with Russian General Staff on safe escape route, - Lutsenko on Ilovaisk tragedy The proper procedure of combat operations planning was violated during prearrangement of the operation in Ilovaisk. 02.09.16 17:02 93 329 257 Previously in trend: Russian aggression against Ukraine

266 persons killed, 429 injured as a result of Russian troops’ act of perfidy near Ilovaisk, prosecutor general says Lutsenko has submitted a report on Ilovaisk related, in particular, to the balance of forces of the Russian occupation troops and the Ukrainian Army. 02.09.16 17:56 33 005 193 Incidents

Lutsenko, MPs set to discuss referral of Ilovaisk tragedy case to court, - Butusov At 3 p.m., Sept. 2, a meeting of the Parliamentary Committee on National Security and Defense on the probe into the death of Ukrainian soldiers near Ilovaisk and failures at the front in 2014-2015 will take place with the participation of Prosecutor General Yurii Lutsenko. 02.09.16 11:20 12 540 33 Ukrainian Politics

Law enforcers detain prosecutor whose revenue source was questioned by Lutsenko The members of the Prosecutor's Office of the Odesa region in conjunction with the SBU officers detained First Deputy Head of the Odesa Prosecutor's Office Valerii Bilyi. 01.09.16 22:38 105 257 147 Previously in trend: Fighting corruption in Ukraine Grafters

Ukrainian court authorizes detention of Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoygu The Pechersk district court of Kyiv granted the petition of the Main Military Prosecutor's Office of Ukraine to detain Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoygu in order to impose pretrial confinement against him. 01.09.16 19:20 60 604 381 Previously in trend: Russian aggression against Ukraine

State Fiscal Service official nabbed red-handed accepting bribe;100,000 euros, 1 million hryvnia, and $ 68,000 seized in raids, - Lutsenko The Economic Crime Department of the Prosecutor General’s Office in conjunction with the Anti-Corruption Department of the Security Service of Ukraine and the Internal Security Department of the State Fiscal Service exposed another corrupt practice in the State Fiscal Service of Ukraine. 30.08.16 16:27 75 319 133 Previously in trend: Fighting corruption in Ukraine Grafters

Probe into Russia's war against Ukraine almost finished, report scheduled for Sept. 7, - Lutsenko The military prosecutor's office is conducting a pre-trial investigation of Russia's aggression against Ukraine. The case covers the period from February 2014 until now with the number of files exceeding 800. 30.08.16 17:08 7 529 24 Ukrainian Politics

Policeman fired rubber bullets at handcuffed person, - Lutsenko on murder in Mykolaiv region Three police officers suspected of beating a detainee to death in Mykolaiv region have been put in custody. The court is to impose pretrial restriction against them today, Aug. 25. 25.08.16 11:42 157 536 246 Previously in trend: Murder in Kryve Ozero

State Land Cadastre official detained accepting $3,000 in bribe, - Lutsenko Prosecutor General of Ukraine Yurii Lutsenko announced that acting Head of the State Service of Ukraine for Geodesy, Cartography and Cadastre in the Ternopil region Pavlo Bodnar has been apprehended for bribery. 24.08.16 11:45 19 348 36 Previously in trend: Grafters

136 indictments on charges of crimes against Maidan filed with courts, - Lutsenko The Prosecutor General's Office (PGO) has issued 136 indictments against 190 people charged with the crackdown on Maidan in winter 2013-2014. 23.08.16 23:26 4 303 79 Previously in trend: Investigation of crimes against Maidan

Russia’s high-ranking officials must be put on international wanted list, Ukraine’s prosecutor general says The international law enforcement institutions (Interpol and Europol) must put Russian senior officials and generals of the Russian Armed Forces on the international wanted list for waging war against Ukraine. 22.08.16 17:55 14 191 74 Incidents

Ukraine's PGO indicts 18 Russian officials for territorial infringement The Prosecutor General's Office (PGO) has issued indictments against 18 persons from among representatives of Russia's authorities and armed forces on charges of their involvement in infringing Ukraine's territorial integrity. 22.08.16 16:50 25 421 63 Previously in trend: Russian aggression against Ukraine

Lutsenko: "Israeli colleagues confirm possibility of Stavytskyi’s extradition. We can propose him plea bargain" Prosecutor General of Ukraine Yurii Lutsenko discussed the possibility of extradition of Ukraine’s fugitive ex-ministers of Yanukovych tenure Eduard Stavytskyi and Dmytro Tabachnyk with the Israeli authorities. 18.08.16 20:11 10 401 51 Incidents

Lutsenko spills details of Kaskiv's apprehension in Panama The ex-official hit the wanted list over a theft indictment. 18.08.16 15:04 123 768 149 Ukrainian Politics

PGO serves notice of suspicion to former justice minister Lavrynovych Prosecutor General Lutsenko has voiced suspicions Lavrynovych is facing. 18.08.16 13:55 21 424 45 Ukrainian Politics

Both sides of conflict committed violations, - Lutsenko on confrontation between PGO, NABU Prosecutor General Yurii Lutsenko urges the society to avoid splitting into "those who support the NABU and those who stand by the PGO." 18.08.16 13:30 37 739 181 Previously in trend: Search in NABU

Prosecutor General Lutsenko discussed conflict between NABU and PGO with Sytnyk and Kholodnytskyi Prosecutor General of Ukraine Yurii Lutsenko held meeting with Director of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) Artem Sytnyk and Head of the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office (SAP) Nazar Kholodnytskyi regarding the conflict between the members of the Prosecutor General’s Office (PGO) and the NABU. 17.08.16 22:35 50 253 137 Incidents

"No war between PGO and NABU, as well as between me and Prosecutor General Yurii Lutsenko," – NABU Head Sytnyk There is no conflict between the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) and the Prosecutor General's Office (PGO). 15.08.16 17:10 16 309 43 Previously in trend: Fighting corruption in Ukraine

Former deputy chief of Tax Service Holovach detained as suspect in Yanukovych case, - Lutsenko The Military Prosecutor's Office (MPO) and the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) have detained former first deputy chief of Ukraine's State Tax Service Andrii Holovach on suspicion of illegal reimbursement of value added tax (VAT) at 3.166 billion hryvnia (approx. $126.690 million). 10.08.16 15:15 59 433 95 Ukrainian Politics

"Medianyk acted as liaison between Ukraine and separatists," - Prosecutor General Lutsenko on 2014 events in Luhansk region If former Party of Regions MP does not cooperate with the investigation, he would be charged with the 'gravest' crimes under the Criminal Code of Ukraine. 10.08.16 15:26 30 597 33 Previously in trend: Russian aggression against Ukraine

"Chances to extradite Onyshchenko good enough if he’s in UK now," - Lutsenko There is high probability of a positive decision on MP Oleksandr Onyshchenko’s extradition to Ukraine after he is put on the international wanted list and apprehended by the Interpol in the UK. 10.08.16 16:32 3 501 31 Previously in trend: Onyshchenko case

Turchynov, Yatseniuk, and Avakov testified in Maidan crackdown cases while Liashko gets rattled by summons, - Prosecutor General Lutsenko Both former and current high-ranking Ukrainian officials regularly come for questionings on cases initiated into the Maidan crackdown, while leader of the Radical Party Oleh Liashko is overanxious about them. 08.08.16 17:59 11 939 48 Previously in trend: Investigation of crimes against Maidan

"More arrests to follow, we have enough evidence against group of people," - Prosecutor General Lutsenko on Yefremov and Medianyk case Prosecutor General's Office of Ukraine continues investigation into the case of creation of the "Luhansk People's Republic" terrorist organization. 08.08.16 14:25 26 224 80 Previously in trend: Arrest of Yefremov

Former Party of Regions MP Medianyk apprehended in Yefremov case, - Lutsenko Former Party of Regions MP Volodymyr Medianyk was arrested under the case of the ex-head of Party of Regions faction Oleksandr Yefremov. 07.08.16 15:16 39 049 115 Previously in trend: Arrest of Yefremov

Prosecutor general voices his versions in case of warrantless eavesdropping and PGO’s searches in NABU Prosecutor General of Ukraine Yurii Lutsenko commented on today’s raid at National Anti-Corruption Bureau conducted by members of the PGO. 06.08.16 00:02 28 033 104 Previously in trend: Search in NABU

"NABU or SBU illegally wiretapped suspect in unlawful investigation," - Prosecutor General Lutsenko Prosecutor General of Ukraine Yurii Lutsenko does not rule out further searches in the premises of the Ukrainian Security Service under the case into warrantless eavesdropping of a person. 05.08.16 18:45 34 034 217 Previously in trend: Prosecutor General Lutsenko

Yefremov organized seizure of administration buildings in Luhansk in 2014, - MP Landik Former Party of Regions MP Volodymyr Landik informed media that former leader of Party of Regions parliamentary faction, former governor of the Luhansk region Oleksandr Yefremov was the one who organized seizure of administration buildings in Luhansk on April 29, 2014. 03.08.16 12:17 37 030 67 Previously in trend: Arrest of Yefremov

Oligarchs become less powerful in Ukraine, - Ambassador Pyatt U.S. Ambassador in Ukraine Geoffrey Pyatt sees progress in the fight against corruption in Ukraine, but there is still much to do, he says. The ambassador reminded they had similar problem in the United States in the early 20th century. 02.08.16 10:47 28 513 209 Ukrainian Politics

Pretrial confinement imposed on Yefremov indicates Ukraine’s recovery, Prosecutor General Lutsenko says Prosecutor General of Ukraine Yurii Lutsenko said that today’s arrest of ex-lawmaker and leader of the Party of Regions Oleksandr Yefremov proved "recovery of Ukraine." 01.08.16 20:41 21 318 183 Previously in trend: Prosecutor General Lutsenko Arrest of Yefremov