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Prosecutor general: MP Savchenko plotted terrorist attack on parliament Ukraine’s Prosecutor General Yurii Lutsenko said the Prosecutor General’s Office filed a motion to receive the parliament’s consent on Nadia Savchenko’s detention to bringing her to criminal responsibility. 15.03.18 13:25 277 895 1 227 Incidents

Lutsenko says fugitive Ukrainian oligarch Kurchenko funded Saakashvili-led rallies Prosecutor General of Ukraine Yurii Lutsenko says runaway zits-oligarch Serhii Kurchenko financed the activities of leader of Rukh Novykh Syl party Mikheil Saakashvili in Ukraine. 05.12.17 16:05 41 390 919 Kyiv News

"Terrorists won’t get any food from our side until they release prisoners and stop shelling," - Lutsenko Poroshenko Bloc faction leader Yurii Lutsenko says economic blockade of the gangs in the occupied territories of the Donbas is necessary. 04.06.15 11:16 132 900 827 Previously in trend: Russian aggression against Ukraine

"Armed citizen is the best deterrent to armed criminal," - Lutsenko Prosecutor General Yurii Lutsenko believes that legally armed citizens would be the best deterrent against armed criminals. 08.12.16 00:13 51 494 711 Ukrainian Politics

MP Lutsenko: Ukraine lost half of economy, hryvnia to keep falling Chairman of Poroshenko Bloc parliamentary faction Yurii Lutsenko believes the hryvnia will continue to depreciate, and it is not to be blamed on the National Bank. 02.02.16 10:35 111 112 703 Previously in trend: Hryvnia Decline Russian aggression against Ukraine War

"Who authorized foreign security agency operation in Ukraine anyway?" – prosecutor general slams Sytnyk’s statement on NABU-FBI cooperation Prosecutor General Yurii Lutsenko accused Director of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) Artem Sytnyk of authorizing illegal operations carried out by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation in the territory of Ukraine. 04.12.17 11:51 44 222 701 Previously in trend: Fighting corruption in Ukraine Apprehension of NABU detective

Donbas cannot receive special autonomous status - Lutsenko The Donbas can get more powers only on par with other regions of Ukraine within the process of power decentralization. 13.05.15 11:29 69 682 619 Previously in trend: Occupied territories - Crimea and Donbas

Lviv Mayor Sadovyi faces dismissal and criminal prosecution, - Lutsenko Lviv Mayor Andrii Sadovyi faces dismissal from his post and criminal liability on suspicion of negligence that led to death of several people. 15.03.17 11:33 127 980 604 Society

During Sloviansk Liberation 470 Terrorists Were Killed, the Rest of Them Managed to Escape - Lutsenko During the liberation of the city ATO forces eliminated 470 militants based in Sloviansk. 12.07.14 11:29 262 101 597 Ukrainian Politics

Parliament supported Lutsenko’s appointment as prosecutor general. VIDEO The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine has approved the appointment of Yurii Lutsenko to the post of Prosecutor General of Ukraine. 12.05.16 19:18 109 859 593 Previously in trend: Prosecutor General Lutsenko

New Law on Special Status for Donbas Does Not Provide for State Budget Financing of Occupied Territories - Lutsenko Leader of Poroshenko Bloc Yurii Lutsenko calls on Ukrainians not to panic and analyze the laws adopted today "special status" of the Donbas. 16.09.14 23:37 103 482 591 Ukrainian Politics

Law enforcers summon MPs Novinskyi, Vilkul, and Korolevska, - MP Lutsenko Opposition Bloc MPs Vadym Novinskyi, Oleksandr Vilkul, and Nataliia Korolevska were summoned by law enforcers for investigation at a session of the coordination board of the Parliament of Ukraine today. 02.11.15 14:04 138 143 568 Ukrainian Politics

Prosecutor General Lutsenko says US ambassador Yovanovitch gave him 'do not prosecute list' Lutsenko told in an interview that US Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch gave him a do not prosecute list during their first meeting. 21.03.19 11:11 56 092 556 Ukrainian Politics

Person who led 'black hundred' out of Kyiv and drowned their weapons was among Maidan protesters, - Lutsenko Prosecutor General of Ukraine Yurii Lutsenko said that the person who led the 'black hundred' out of Kyiv and drowned their weapons in a lake was a protester on Maidan. 24.07.16 16:57 250 180 554 Previously in trend: Investigation of crimes against Maidan

Lutsenko on debt payments moratorium: We will either reach agreement with creditors or announce technical default The law on the right of the Cabinet to impose moratorium on payment of foreign debt will allow to declare a technical default, unless an agreement with creditors on restructuring is reached. 19.05.15 18:48 67 447 544 Ukrainian Politics

Lutsenko: People behind rally in Kyiv receive money from abroad Prosecutor General of Ukraine Yurii Lutsenko believes the participants of the rally near the Verkhovna Rada are preparing a coup while the event is being financed from abroad. 24.10.17 13:45 71 858 521 Previously in trend: Protests at Rada building

Intelligence reports Russian-terrorist troops are at maximum combat readiness - Poroshenko bloc head Russian-terrorist forces in the Donbas are at the highest level of engagement readiness since the beginning of the conflict. 27.04.15 09:04 120 492 507 Previously in trend: Russian aggression against Ukraine

Former head of Party of Regions faction Yefremov arrested, - Lutsenko The Prosecutor General's Office (PGO) arrested former leader of the parliamentary faction of the Party of Regions Oleksandr Yefremov. 30.07.16 12:16 139 154 501 Previously in trend: Arrest of Yefremov

Shufrych accuses Poroshenko, Turchynov of high treason MP Nestor Shufrych has filed a statement to the Prosecutor General's Office on high treason committed by former Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and former Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council Oleksandr Turchynov. 28.05.19 10:48 31 210 492 Ukrainian Politics

Poroshenko will make submission to dismiss Head of SBU Nalyvaichenko by the end of the day, - Lutsenko President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko will make a submission to the Parliament to dismiss Valentyn Nalyvaichenko from the post of the Head of the Security Service of Ukraine until the end of the day tomorrow. 17.06.15 23:58 49 044 484 Previously in trend: Nalyvaichenko - Prosecutor's Office conflict over oil depot

Lutsenko: It’s not Saakashvili whom PGO suspects of attempted coup but his right-hand man Dangadze Ukraine’s Prosecutor General's Office denies that it suspects Rukh Novykh Syl party leader Mikheil Saakashvili of plotting a takeover funded by runaway oligarch Serhii Kurchenko. 14.12.17 12:58 22 073 468 Previously in trend: Detention of Saakashvili

Poroshenko Bloc set to retain Yatseniuk in office, - MP Lutsenko Yurii Lutsenko, Poroshenko Bloc parliamentary faction chairman, says early parliamentary elections are inevitable, should prime minister Arsenii Yatseniuk and the entire Cabinet of Ministers be dismissed. 01.02.16 09:40 42 765 463 Ukrainian Politics

Two arrested for trying to bribe presidential candiadte Tymoshenko to quit election. PHOTOS Ukraine's prosecutor-general Yurii Lutsenko says two people have been arrested for trying to bribe Yurii Tymoshenko into dropping him run for president. 07.03.19 12:12 24 411 435 Previously in trend: Presidential election 2019

Lutsenko: 18 policemen killed on Maidan also victims and part of Heavenly Hundred 18 policemen killed on Maidan in 2014 are also victims and part of Heavenly Hundred. 07.02.19 12:16 21 627 433 Previously in trend: Investigation of crimes against Maidan

Poroshenko Bloc MPs gather signatures to appoint Lutsenko Prosecutor General. DOCUMENT (in Ukrainian) The Petro Poroshenko Bloc faction MPs are collecting signatures for Yurii Lutsenko’s appointment to the post of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine. 72 signatures are managed to be gathered so far. 17.03.16 23:42 48 308 426 Ukrainian Politics

Prosecutor General Lutsenko: “If people in charge of Kniazhychi operation face prison terms, why Sadovyi thinks four rescuers’ death means nothing?” Those responsible for the death of rescuers at fire on Hrybovychi landfill near Lviv will be determined by the investigation. 20.03.17 13:12 65 794 421 Incidents

Rada to recognize Russia as aggressor and ask the world for weapons On Jan. 27 the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine plans to make a statement coordinated with the Ukrainian President, Prime Minister, and the leadership of the Parliament on the fact of Russian aggression in the territory of Ukraine. 27.01.15 10:39 68 241 421 World

Law on foreign currency loans restructuring is catastrophe for Ukraine, - Lutsenko The law on foreign currency loans restructuring voted for by the Verkhovna Rada is catastrophe for Ukraine. 03.07.15 09:16 59 572 404 Ukrainian Politics

Occupied territories of Donbas should be isolated, - Lutsenko All terrorist-occupied territories of the Donbas should be isolated. 02.06.15 11:33 82 008 401 Previously in trend: Occupied territories - Crimea and Donbas

MP Onyshchenko says he passed incriminating evidence against Poroshenko to US secret services. DOCUMENT Ukrainian member of parliament Oleksandr Onyshchenko announced he had passed incriminating evidence against Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko to the United States. 01.12.16 15:46 135 164 401 Previously in trend: Onyshchenko case

Ukraine’s top prosecutor Lutsenko: I accidentally met Kolomoiskyi in Amsterdam Prosecutor General of Ukraine Yurii Lutsenko says he accidentally met Ukrainian businessman Ihor Kolomoiskyi in Amsterdam in late November. 18.12.17 14:31 50 951 396 Ukrainian Politics

Investigation obtains irrefutable evidence of Yanukovych’s request to bring Russian troops in Ukraine, prosecutor general says. DOCUMENT The investigators of the military prosecutor's office collected irrefutable documentary evidence of act of treason committed by fugitive ex-President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych. 17.01.17 23:23 134 841 396 Incidents

Prosecutor general says MP Savchenko tried to recruit Ukrainian servicemen for terrorist attacks. PHOTOS Prosecutor General Yurii Lutsenko says non-affiliated Member of the Ukrainian Parliament Nadia Savchenko tried to recruit Ukrainian officers for commission of terrorist attacks. 22.03.18 10:37 97 464 395 Previously in trend: Apprehension of Volodymyr Ruban

MP Iryna Lutsenko believes her husband to be deserving candidate for prosecutor general’s post Verkhovna Rada Deputy Iryna Lutsenko considers her husband MP Yurii Lutsenko to be a suitable candidate for the post of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine. 19.04.16 17:23 110 497 390 Previously in trend: Prosecutor General Lutsenko

Situation aggravates in Donbas, Independence Day to be "hot", - Lutsenko For several weeks on, eastern Ukraine has seen escalation of not only shelling, but also of raids by pro-Russian militants. 18.08.15 11:29 56 418 389 Previously in trend: Russian aggression against Ukraine

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 60 487 381 Previously in trend: Russian aggression against Ukraine

Ukraine’s top prosecutor vows to punish those who helped Saakashvili enter country last September regardless of their status Ukraine’s Prosecutor General Yurii Lutsenko says that if evidence found that certain MPs assisted Rukh Novykh Syl party leader Mikheil Saakashvili to illegally enter the country by crossing the state border in September 2017, he will request the parliament to strip them of immunity. 23.02.18 12:28 72 598 381 Previously in trend: Saakashvili deprived of Ukrainian citizenship Saakashvili breached across border

Probe into Poroshenko's inner circle corruption with military buys from Russia in progress for long time, - Prosecutor General Lutsenko Prosecutor General of Ukraine Yurii Lutsenko said that the PGO "for a long time" has been investigating the embezzlement in the defense sphere unveiled in the journalistic investigation by Bihus.info. 27.02.19 12:28 27 090 374 Ukrainian Politics

MP Lutsenko offers establishing Kryvyi Rih region Poroshenko Bloc faction leader Yurii Lutsenko deems it necessary in the near future to consider the establishment of the Kryvyi Rih region under the administrative-territorial reform. 10.12.15 11:15 57 488 363 Ukrainian Politics

Chief Editor of Strana.ua Huzhva detained for bribe extortion, - Lutsenko. PHOTOS Prosecutor General of Ukraine Yurii Lutsenko announced that Chief Editor of Strana.ua online news outlet Ihor Huzhva was detained last night. 23.06.17 09:36 89 270 358 Incidents

Ukraine’s top prosecutor Lutsenko announces his resignation Prosecutor General of Ukraine, Yurii Lutsenko says he tenders his resignation on the backdrop of sluggish investigation into murder of Kherson activist Kateryna Handziuk. 06.11.18 13:59 57 738 358 Previously in trend: Lutsenko surrenders office

Regime of former President Yanukovych inflicted losses of up to $40 billion, - Prosecutor General Lutsenko $1.7 billion have been confiscated from accounts of former President Viktor Yanukovych and his circle since the bill on special confiscation came into force recently: $1.5 billion were confiscated earlier, and $200 million just a few days ago. 02.10.17 10:38 32 453 352 Ukrainian Politics

"Tents will not be demolished, but entry to protest area will be made through metal detection frames," - Prosecutor General Lutsenko Prosecutor General of Ukraine Yurii Lutsenko said the tents near the Verkhovna Rada will not be demolished. Law enforcers will check everyone who enters the protest area. 18.10.17 11:23 51 656 349 Previously in trend: Protests at Rada building

Lutsenko statements aim to damage Ambassador Yovanovitch reputation, - US Embassy in Ukraine The statements of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine Yuriy Lutsenko that US Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch gave him a do not prosecute list during their first meeting are false. 21.03.19 13:12 25 295 348 Ukrainian Politics

Prosecutor General Lutsenko: “We also wiretapped Russian FSB officer overseeing Kurchenko” Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) and Prosecutor General’s Office (PGO) jointly wiretapped not only runaway oligarch Serhii Kurchenko, Rukh Novykh Syl party leader Saakashvili, his associate Severion Dangadze, but also an officer of the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB). 12.12.17 16:18 23 107 344 Previously in trend: Detention of Saakashvili

Poroshenko signs bill allowing Lutsenko hold post of Prosecutor General, - official information President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko has signed the bill on making amendments to certain legal acts of Ukraine regarding activities of the Prosecutor General's Office (PGO). 12.05.16 14:22 39 568 338 Previously in trend: Prosecutor General Lutsenko

Rada supports bill allowing Lutsenko to be appointed prosecutor general The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine has adopted the bill No 4645 on amending certain legislative acts of Ukraine on Prosecutor General's Office (PGO) activities. The bill will allow Petro Poroshenko Bloc faction leader Yurii Lutsenko be appointed the Prosecutor General. 12.05.16 12:02 80 078 325 Previously in trend: Prosecutor General Lutsenko

Lutsenko reads out allegations against Yanukovvych. VIDEO (in Ukrainian) Ukraine's Prosecutor General Yurii Lutsenko has read out the allegations against fugitive Ukrainian ex-president Viktor Yanukovych from the Sviatoshynskyi district court. 28.11.16 13:38 100 392 323 Previously in trend: Questioning of Yanukovych