Lutsenko Yurii

Prosecutor general: 1,692 out of 9,425 officials charged with corruption convicted last year, only 107 got prison terms In 2017, Ukrainian courts convicted less than 1,700 out of 9,425 officials caught while receiving bribes whereas the overwhelming majority received suspended sentences. 25.01.18 15:14 32 839 152 Previously in trend: Fighting corruption in Ukraine

Vetted Prosecutor Holomsha’s children received cushy jobs, - Anti-Corruption Action Center. PHOTO Nepotism and cronyism continue flourishing in the Prosecutor General's Office of Ukraine when it comes to lucrative appointments within the agency. 21.11.16 20:19 118 623 151 Oddities

PPB chairman Lutsenko to announce PM candidate on Wensday noon Poroshenko Bloc faction leader Yurii Lutsenko says a candidate for the post of prime minister will be announced at a Coalition Council meeting on Wednesday, March 23. 21.03.16 23:56 22 701 150 Previously in trend: Hroisman's Cabinet

Voronenkov’s assassin Parshov visited occupied Donetsk March 6, Ukraine’s prosecutor general says Pavlo Parshov visited occupied Donetsk shortly before he murdered former State Duma deputy Denys Voronenkov in downtown Kyiv. 03.04.17 11:10 115 146 150 Previously in trend: Voronenkov assassinated

Extended task force of law enforcers left for Odesa, meeting to tackle situation in region to be convened in October, - Lutsenko, Avakov discussed attempts on activists Prosecutor General Yurii Lutsenko and Interior Minister Arsen Avakov held a meeting in connection with another attack on activists in Odesa. 25.09.18 10:53 13 363 150 Previously in trend: Attack on activist Mykhailyk

Lutsenko spills details of Kaskiv's apprehension in Panama The ex-official hit the wanted list over a theft indictment. 18.08.16 15:04 123 689 149 Ukrainian Politics

Raids in Odesa held legally and without political connotation, prosecutor general says The investigative activities in the Odesa Regional State Administration were held lawfully and without political overtone. 26.05.16 23:13 37 008 149 Previously in trend: Prosecutor General Lutsenko

Law on Prosecutor's Office already published in parliamentary newspaper’s special issue, - MP Ariev. PHOTO Petro Poroshenko Bloc faction MP Volodymyr Ariev has posted a picture of the special issue of the official parliamentary paper Holos Ukrainy with the published law that allows appointing Yurii Lutsenko prosecutor general. 12.05.16 16:43 24 055 149 Previously in trend: Prosecutor General Lutsenko

State Guard Service officer shot first in Kniazhychi incident, - Lutsenko A State Guard Service officer was the first to fire into the air during the incident that occurred in Kniazhychi village and led to the death of five law enforcers in early December 2016. 30.01.17 11:02 83 701 149 Previously in trend: Kniazhychi shooting

PGO to deal with shadow speculators in gas market: "We face heated battle," - Lutsenko Shadow businessmen in Ukraine's gas market do not allow setting fair gas tariffs for the population. 30.06.16 00:30 22 073 148 Previously in trend: Prosecutor General Lutsenko Onyshchenko case

Crime ring led by local Opposition Bloc member Kopiika apprehended in Mykolaiv, - prosecutor general Ukraine’s Prosecutor General Yurii Lutsenko says the crime ring recently detained in Mykolayiv was headed by Ihor Kopiika, the deputy chairman of the Opposition Bloc faction in the Mykolaiv City Council. 16.01.18 10:14 40 373 148 Previously in trend: Fighting corruption in Ukraine

Manher cannot be detained under law, he can only be invited to come to court voluntarily, - Lutsenko Head of the Kherson Regional Council Vladyslav Manher, who has been served charge papers as suspect in arranging the murder of Kateryna Handziuk, cannot be detained under the law. 11.02.19 18:07 8 885 148 Previously in trend: Attack on Handziuk

Prosecutor general replaces prosecutors in Bubenchyk’s case Prosecutor General of Ukraine Yurii Lutsenko made a decision to replace the team of prosecutors probing crimes committed on Kyiv’s Maidan Nezalezhnosti in 2014 which they suspect active participant in the Revolution of Dignity Ivan Bubenchyk has something to do with. 04.04.18 12:45 32 173 148 Previously in trend: Apprehension of Bubenchyk

Outcomes of meeting with prosecutor general on Kolmohorov case: matter to be remitted to appeals court for fresh trial. VIDEO MPs, activists and servicemen unveiled agreements reached at the meeting with Prosecutor General Yurii Lutsenko. 02.11.17 18:32 39 262 148 Incidents

Law enforcers detain prosecutor whose revenue source was questioned by Lutsenko. PHOTOS 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 22:38 105 199 147 Previously in trend: Fighting corruption in Ukraine Grafters

Voronenkov’s assassin near death, Prosecutor General Lutsenko says The person who shot Voronenkov dead is about to die. 23.03.17 16:17 62 820 146 Incidents

"President's right - country is in political turmoil due to PM’s reluctance to hear voice of Ukraine," - MP Lutsenko President calls on the Prime Minister of Ukraine Arsenii Yatseniuk to implement a deep, complete reformatting of the Cabinet, as the society does not trust the government. 16.02.16 19:15 19 350 146 Previously in trend: Hroisman's Cabinet

US Ambassador: Lutsenko Was Made Guilty Even Before the Trial The US ambassador to Ukraine John Tefft thinks that the court has allowed numerous violations in the case of ex-MVD Minister Yuriy Lutsenko and violated the assumption of innocence. 19.08.12 15:40 161 145 Previously in trend: Lutsenko Cases

Funds seized from Yanukovych and his cronies transferred to State Treasury, - Prosecutor General Lutsenko. PHOTO $1.5 billion kept on bank accounts of ex-President Viktor Yanukovych and his cronies that were later attached by the court decision have been transferred to the accounts of the State Treasury Service of Ukraine. 28.04.17 18:57 24 291 145 Incidents

PGO digs into Ruban and Savchenko’s possible contacts with Medvedchuk The Prosecutor General's Office (PGO) investigates alleged ties of Ukrainskyi Vybir movement leader, Viktor Medvedchuk, with Volodymyr Ruban, the head of the Officer Corps Center for Prisoner Release, and Nadia Savchenko, a non-affiliated member of Ukrainian parliament, who were both last week remanded in custody on multiple charges including terrorism. 27.03.18 11:12 27 289 145 Previously in trend: Savchenko under arrest

Lawmaker Onyshchenko departed to Nice to celebrate his birthday June 14, prosecutor general says The Special Prosecutor’s Office was aware that people’s deputy Oleksandr Onyshchenko jetted off to Nice to celebrate his birthday June 14. 16.06.16 16:29 24 575 145 Previously in trend: Fighting corruption in Ukraine Prosecutor General Lutsenko Onyshchenko case

Lutsenko’s Pardon Decree was Ready but then he Called Yanukovych Proctologist… Decree on release could be postponed because of the insult. 26.02.13 10:01 21 188 143 Previously in trend: Lutsenko Cases

Lutsenko appeals to Rozenblat to vacate MP seat: "I can hardly imagine bigger disgrace" Prosecutor General of Ukraine Yurii Lutsenko reminded MP Boryslav Rozenblat, Petro Poroshenko Bloc (PPB), the text of the oath of a people's deputy of Ukraine. 07.07.17 12:57 68 352 143 Ukrainian Politics

Individual gunned down in Kharkiv Nov. 4 was involved in plotting Voronenkov’s murder, - prosecutor general. VIDEO from crime scene Eduard Akselrod who died in attack on his car in Kharkiv late Nov. 4 was linked to those who masterminded and arranged the murder of former Russian State Duma deputy Denys Voronenkov. 06.11.17 15:08 143 944 143 Previously in trend: Voronenkov assassinated

“We’ll request to place Saakashvili under house arrest and impose pre-trial detention on Danhadze,” - prosecutor general Charges against leader of the Rukh Novykh Syl party Mikheil Saakashvili allow the prosecutor's office to lodge a motion to the court to place the politician under house arrest with a 24/7 watch. 05.12.17 17:19 11 549 143 Incidents

Kalynivka explosions caused by sabotage act at Grads BM-21 storage area, - Butusov Experts of the military prosecutor's office of the Defense Ministry led by chief inspector of the Ministry, Lieutenant General Ruslan Khomchak are finishing the work on finding the circumstances of the explosions at the 48th arsenal in Kalynivka. The primary lead has been established. 04.10.17 16:31 89 318 142 Previously in trend: Fire at ammunition depot in Kalynivka

"Yatseniuk might be discharged, but no one is there to take office," - MP Lutsenko The Verkhovna Rada is ready to dismiss the current Prime Minister of Ukraine Arsenii Yatseniuk, while it is hardly ready for the appointment of a new head of government. 11.12.15 13:08 15 143 141 Ukrainian Politics

Poroshenko Bloc leader Lutsenko concedes PM Yatseniuk's resignation: "Time to form coalition government" Petro Poroshenko Bloc parliamentary faction leader Yurii Lutsenko concedes Prime Minister Arsenii Yatseniuk's resignation. 04.02.16 16:04 14 440 140 Ukrainian Politics

"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 15 460 139 Previously in trend: Russian aggression against Ukraine

Yatseniuk should let Ukraine have new PM and government, - MP Lutsenko Petro Poroshenko Bloc faction is ready to support any prime minister candidate who will be able to break off all relations with oligarchs. 10.03.16 21:02 15 392 139 Previously in trend: Hroisman's Cabinet

Lutsenko gives Stoliarchuk, Matios 100 days to demonstrate objectivity and aggressiveness Prosecutor General Yurii Lutsenko gave 100 days to his deputies Anatolii Matios and Yurii Stoliarchuk so that they could demonstrate objectivity and aggressiveness. 17.06.16 00:05 17 850 138 Previously in trend: Prosecutor General Lutsenko

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. 10.09.15 16:35 31 267 138 Previously in trend: Arrest of Odesa activists

Poroshenko submits Lutsenko to parliament as candidate for prosecutor general’s post. VIDEO President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko has presented Yurii Lutsenko in the parliament as a candidate for the post of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine. 12.05.16 17:48 27 509 138 Incidents

"Onyshchenko's case is first and alarming one on gas mafia; other names to follow," - Prosecutor General Lutsenko Prosecutor General of Ukraine Yurii Lutsenko has announced that the case of the Member of Parliament Oleksandr Onyshchenko is an alarming one on the gas mafia and promised to give more names in the nearest future. 05.07.16 13:50 30 927 138 Previously in trend: Onyshchenko case

Prosecutor General Lutsenko discussed conflict between NABU and PGO with Sytnyk and Kholodnytskyi. PHOTO 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 50 138 137 Incidents

PGO set to refuse extradition of Georgian Legion's soldier Tsertsvadze to Russia, - Lutsenko The Prosecutor General's Office of Ukraine is likely to refuse to extradite soldier of the Georgian Legion Gia Tsertsvadze to the Russian Federation. 25.01.17 16:36 34 996 137 Ukrainian Politics

"This is not the end of operation. More helicopters to follow," - Prosecutor General Lutsenko on "taxmen of Klymenko" case Prosecutor General Yurii Lutsenko has expressed his anger regarding the courts' decisions that chose mild restrictive measures for former taxmen detained several days ago. 26.05.17 10:27 34 650 136 Ukrainian Politics

Suspect in masterminding attack on Handziuk transferred to SBU remand prison, prosecutor general says Prosecutor General Yurii Lutsenko held a meeting on the pace of the probe into murder of Kherson activist, adviser to the Mayor of Kherson and acting manager of affairs at Kherson City Council's executive committee Kateryna Handziuk. 05.11.18 13:02 8 725 136 Previously in trend: Attack on Handziuk

Lutsenko signs letter of resignation from post of prosecutor general Ukrainian Prosecutor General Yurii Lutsenko has signed a letter of resignation to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyi. 29.08.19 12:20 8 425 135 Ukrainian Politics

"What do you expect from a schlep? He heard everything. His defenders have papers," - Lutsenko on suspicion served to Yanukovych Prosecutor General of Ukraine Yurii Lutsenko says that fugitive ex-president of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych has definitely heard charges brought against him via video link despite statements of bad connection. 28.11.16 14:51 86 279 134 Incidents

Prosecutor general requests Rada’s consent to indict MP Novinsky Prosecutor General of Ukraine Yurii Lutsenko published the motion to the Verkhovna Rada to get its sanction to convict MP Novinsky of a criminal offense. 03.11.16 16:42 35 079 134 Previously in trend: Prosecutor General Lutsenko

"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 48 040 133 Incidents

State Fiscal Service official nabbed red-handed accepting bribe;100,000 euros, 1 million hryvnia, and $ 68,000 seized in raids, - Lutsenko. PHOTOS 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 75 208 133 Previously in trend: Fighting corruption in Ukraine Grafters

“I don’t want to be decorative prosecutor general. PGO to spin out of governments control next Tuesday,” – MP Lutsenko Petro Poroshenko Bloc faction leader Yurii Lutsenko refuses to become a decorative prosecutor general. 21.04.16 20:40 52 705 131 Previously in trend: Prosecutor General Lutsenko

Poroshenko Bloc believes new government needs new parliamentary coalition, - MP Lutsenko Next week, the leaders of the democratic parliamentary factions have to start negotiations about the creation of a new coalition which will work with a new government. 26.02.16 20:25 21 379 130 Previously in trend: Hroisman's Cabinet

Massive money laundering, terrorism financing scheme revealed: 1,000 law enforcers conducting searches, - Lutsenko 2.5 billion hryvnia ($92.2 million) has been withdrawn from Ukraine by one of the country's biggest distribution companies, circumventing a National Security Council and central bank's ban. 31.03.17 09:52 86 273 129 Ukrainian Politics

Crime boss Tytov and four cronies detained in Mykolaiv, - Lutsenko Prosecutor General of Ukraine Yurii Lutsenko has announced detention of a crime boss and his cronies in the southern city of Mykolaiv. 29.08.17 17:31 74 085 129 Previously in trend: Prosecutor General Lutsenko

Prosecutor General Lutsenko offers MPs to get security clearance to study Ilovaisk tragedy case files Yurii Lutsenko offers all lawmakers without exception to get admission to state secrets to be able to get acquainted with case files and expert findings on the Ilovaisk tragedy inquiry. 15.07.16 12:17 27 691 128 Incidents