Lutsenko Yurii

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 83 766 149 Previously in trend: Kniazhychi shooting

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 37 099 149 Previously in trend: Prosecutor General Lutsenko

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 40 449 148 Previously in trend: Fighting corruption in Ukraine

Outcomes of meeting with prosecutor general on Kolmohorov case: matter to be remitted to appeals court for fresh trial MPs, activists and servicemen unveiled agreements reached at the meeting with Prosecutor General Yurii Lutsenko. 02.11.17 18:32 39 335 148 Incidents

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 9 001 148 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 32 249 148 Previously in trend: Apprehension of Bubenchyk

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 22 152 148 Previously in trend: Prosecutor General Lutsenko Onyshchenko case

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

"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 19 391 146 Previously in trend: Hroisman's Cabinet

Voronenkov’s assassin near death, Prosecutor General Lutsenko says The person who shot Voronenkov dead is about to die. 23.03.17 16:17 62 990 146 Incidents

Funds seized from Yanukovych and his cronies transferred to State Treasury, - Prosecutor General Lutsenko $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 24 382 145 Incidents

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 15:40 222 145 Previously in trend: Lutsenko Cases

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 27 370 145 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 24 670 145 Previously in trend: Fighting corruption in Ukraine Prosecutor General Lutsenko Onyshchenko case

“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 11 691 143 Incidents

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 21 226 143 Previously in trend: Lutsenko Cases

Individual gunned down in Kharkiv Nov. 4 was involved in plotting Voronenkov’s murder, - prosecutor general 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 15:08 144 068 143 Previously in trend: Voronenkov assassinated

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 68 417 143 Ukrainian Politics

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 89 440 142 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 15 170 141 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 14 492 140 Ukrainian Politics

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 15 429 139 Previously in trend: Hroisman's Cabinet

"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

Poroshenko submits Lutsenko to parliament as candidate for prosecutor general’s post 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 27 566 138 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 30 993 138 Previously in trend: Onyshchenko case

MP Lutsenko urges Prosecutor General to vary pre-trial restriction for Odesa activists 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 31 355 138 Previously in trend: Arrest of Odesa activists

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 17 926 138 Previously in trend: Prosecutor General Lutsenko

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 35 067 137 Ukrainian Politics

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

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 8 796 136 Previously in trend: Attack on Handziuk

"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 34 715 136 Ukrainian Politics

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 8 603 135 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 86 396 134 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 35 185 134 Previously in trend: Prosecutor General Lutsenko

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 75 324 133 Previously in trend: Fighting corruption in Ukraine Grafters

"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

“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 52 798 131 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 21 424 130 Previously in trend: Hroisman's Cabinet

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 74 203 129 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 27 809 128 Incidents

Prosecutor General Lutsenko meets with MPs, persons involved in Kolmohorov's trial, - PGO A meeting on the case of convicted border guard Kolmohorov is underway in the Prosecutor General’s Office of Ukraine. 02.11.17 17:22 36 776 127 Ukrainian Politics

“Much has been done: 35 persons convicted, 152 tried, 190 under pretrial investigation,” - Lutsenko on Maidan-related cases 35 persons have been convicted for crimes against the Maidan activists, another 152 individuals are being tried, and about 190 suspects are under the pretrial investigation. 22.11.16 10:38 20 093 127 Previously in trend: Investigation of crimes against Maidan

Poroshenko considers at least four candidates for prosecutor general’s post, - MP Lutsenko President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko considers at least four candidates for the post of head of the Prosecutor General’s Office of Ukraine. 21.04.16 21:38 35 554 127 Previously in trend: Prosecutor General Lutsenko

Judicial system is last obstacle to fight against corruption and crime, prosecutor general says Prosecutor General of Ukraine Yurii Lutsenko is outraged by the decision of the Mezhove District Court of the Dnipropetrovsk region, which has again returned to the prosecutor's office the indictment against deputy of the Luhansk Regional Council Arsen Klinchaiev suspected of separatism. 27.05.16 23:58 16 357 127 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 47 283 126 Previously in trend: Kharkiv mayor Kernes

PGO confirms cancellation of Ivaniushchenko's arrest warrant by Interpol. Asset seizure still effective, - Butusov Prosecutor General of Ukraine Yurii Lutsenko confirmed that Interpol's order for arrest of former Party of Regions member Yurii Ivaniushchenko, better known as Yura Yenakiyevskiy, has been canceled, but his assets remain under arrest. 25.05.16 10:26 55 695 126 Ukrainian Politics

Yushchenko’s Participation in Elections is a Party of Regions’ Scenario, says Lutsenko Ex-Minister of Internal Affairs Yuriy Lutsenko thinks that participation of the former president Viktor Yushchenko in parliamentary elections is a part of scenario of the ruling party aimed at dispersing the votes for democratic and patriotic political powers. 15.08.12 10:35 24 485 126 Ukrainian Politics

Lutsenko: Criminal case on Boiko, Medvedchuk's illegal border crossing to be opened today March 27, a criminal case will be opened on illegal border crossing in connection with the trip of MP, presidential candidate Yurii Boiko and leader of the Ukrainian Choice – The Right of the People movement, representative of the Opposition Platform - For Life Viktor Medvedchuk to Russia. 27.03.19 16:12 11 771 123 Ukrainian Politics