Lutsenko Yurii

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 16 285 127 Ukrainian Politics

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 35 478 127 Previously in trend: Prosecutor General Lutsenko

Prosecutor General Lutsenko meets with MPs, persons involved in Kolmohorov's trial, - PGO. PHOTOS 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 36 689 127 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 20 042 127 Previously in trend: Investigation of crimes against Maidan

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 55 596 126 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 47 186 126 Previously in trend: Kharkiv mayor Kernes

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 24 449 126 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 11 702 123 Ukrainian Politics

General Inspectorate exposing traitors and corrupt officials in prosecutor's office to be created through competition, Lutsenko says Newly-appointed Prosecutor General of Ukraine Yurii Lutsenko intends to immediately announce a competition for posts in the General Inspectorate and implement the law on screening corrupt officials. 12.05.16 23:10 11 045 123 Previously in trend: Prosecutor General Lutsenko

"If government crisis not solved by next week, I'll withdraw from coalition," - MP Lutsenko Poroshenko Bloc faction leader Yurii Lutsenko said he would tender a statement of withdrawal from the coalition if the political crisis is not tackled by the end of the week. 24.03.16 17:46 22 146 123 Previously in trend: Hroisman's Cabinet

Yanukovych: I Would Remove the Cameras from Tymoshenko's Ward. If the Employees There Can Hear Me. VIDEO Viktor Yanukovych told about Tymoshenko and Lutsenko case. 22.02.13 12:31 21 063 122 Previously in trend: Tymoshenko Case Lutsenko Cases

Alex Yanukovych is Snatching Everything He Can – He is a Proctologist, Lutsenko in Court Yurii Lutsenko said in court that he does not consider himself guilty, and that there is a need to correct the regime and not him. 18.02.13 12:46 32 683 122 Previously in trend: Lutsenko Cases

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 20 434 122 Previously in trend: Hroisman's Cabinet

Blow dealt to amber mafia, dismantling operation underway, - Lutsenko Combating amber mafia remains one of the priorities for the Prosecutor General's Office. 18.04.17 17:42 61 075 121 Previously in trend: Amber mafia

We need to know locations where Sedletska made calls from, - prosecutor general on access to journalist’s cell-phone data Ukraine’s Prosecutor General Yurii Lutsenko said that the law enforcers had no other option than to get a court warrant to obtain information on the locations of the cell-phone used by journalist Natalia Sedletska. 05.09.18 18:38 9 357 121 Incidents

No amendments to Constitution to be made until Russia fulfils commitments made within Minsk process, - MP Lutsenko The Ukrainian parliament will not consider amendments to the Constitution concerning the Donbas as long as Russia does not make the appropriate steps envisaged by the Minsk agreements. 28.01.16 16:32 18 611 120 Previously in trend: Amendments to Constitution

Russian prosecutor's office provided irrefutable evidence of guilt of 229 former prosecutors of Crimea, - Lutsenko. DOCUMENT (in Russian) The prosecutor's office of the Russian Federation has announced that fugitive president of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych signed a decree on withdrawal from citizenship of 590 prosecutors of Russian-occupied Crimea in 2014. 30.09.16 13:50 92 815 120 Previously in trend: Prosecutor General Lutsenko

Legal proceedings initiated into suspicion of MP Artemenko's high treason, - Lutsenko Prosecutor's Office of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea based in Kyiv has initiated a criminal proceeding into suspicion of MP Andrii Artemenko of high treason. 21.02.17 16:33 28 897 119 Ukrainian Politics

Ukrainian MPs who declared over $100,000 in cash to be checked for tax evasion, prosecutor general says The Prosecutor General’s Office of Ukraine (PGO) intends to verify whether the lawmakers who have declared more than $100,000 in cash have paid all the taxes. 01.11.16 14:56 15 526 119 Previously in trend: E-declarations of senior officials

"Decrees on arrest and stripping Mosiichuk of immunity are signed. SBU officers are waiting to detain him," - MP Lutsenko Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada Volodymyr Hroisman has signed the Verkhovna Rada decree on arrest of people's deputy from the Radical Party Ihor Mosiichuk accused of corruption and approved stripping him of parliamentary immunity. 17.09.15 20:22 17 665 117 Previously in trend: Detention of Mosiichuk

Illegal amber dealers’ yearly earnings equal to Ukraine’s defense budget, prosecutor general says The revenues from the illegal extraction of amber in Ukraine equal to the country's defense expenditures. 11.07.16 10:12 46 220 117 Previously in trend: Amber mafia

Group of people who planned to kidnap and transfer former Russian citizen to Russia for $17 million was detained, - Prosecutor General Lutsenko. PHOTOS The suspects were detained while receiving $100,000 as an advance payment for the crime. 02.06.17 13:04 96 659 116 Incidents

Ukraine to see unprecedented trial on May 4, - Prosecutor General Lutsenko on Yanukovych case The trial of fugitive Ukraine president Viktor Yanukovych will start on May 4. 01.05.17 10:31 32 171 116 Ukrainian Politics

Lutsenko intends to submit presentation for parliament to deprive MP Melnychuk of immunity Prosecutor General of Ukraine Yurii Lutsenko intends to submit a presentation to the Verkhovna Rada in order to deprive MP Melnychuk of immunity. 03.07.16 10:29 77 797 116 Ukrainian Politics

Ukrainian lawmakers downvote prosecutor general's resignation Members of the Ukrainian parliament carried out a rating (preliminary) vote on the possibility of the resignation of Prosecutor General of Ukraine Yurii Lutsenko at the request of First Deputy Speaker of the Parliament Iryna Herashchenko. 07.11.18 13:02 11 228 115 Previously in trend: Lutsenko surrenders office

American citizen Vitvitsky to head contest committee on selection of PGO's General Inspectorate, - Lutsenko. PHOTO Prosecutor General of Ukraine Yurii Lutsenko intends to appoint American citizen of Ukrainian origin Vitvitsky head of the contest committee on creation of the General Inspectorate of PGO. 24.05.16 10:11 41 318 115 Previously in trend: Prosecutor General Lutsenko

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 38 963 115 Previously in trend: Arrest of Yefremov

Petro Poroshenko Bloc has candidate for PM, program, and votes, - faction leader Lutsenko PPB faction leader Yurii Lutsenko announced that the Bloc has a candidate for the prime minister office and votes to support it. 14.03.16 13:13 28 222 114 Previously in trend: Hroisman's Cabinet

Lutsenko to Tymoshenko: "We were jailed by professionals with legal education" Candidate for the post of prosecutor general Yurii Lutsenko reminded Yuliia Tymoshenko that they had been imprisoned by people with law degree. 12.05.16 18:05 45 485 113 Previously in trend: Prosecutor General Lutsenko

Pechersk Court Announces the Verdict – Lutsenko is Guilty Pechersk Court has resolved to incarcerate Lutsenko for 2 years for the unsanctioned surveillance of Valentin Davydenko, the driver of the former SBU head Vladimir Satsyuk. 17.08.12 10:07 8 995 113 Previously in trend: Elections 2012 Lutsenko Cases

Lutsenko personally served indictment against Supreme Economic Court judge Shvets. VIDEO Prosecutor General of Ukraine Yurii Lutsenko personally handed an indictment against judge of the Supreme Economic Court of Ukraine Viktor Shvets, charging him with criminal offenses. 27.07.16 19:20 56 950 112 Previously in trend: Fighting corruption in Ukraine Prosecutor General Lutsenko

Holosiivskyi court arrested Katsuba appointing 450 million hryvnia bail, - Lutsenko The Holosiivskyi district court has detained ex-Deputy Chairmen of the Naftogaz of Ukraine National Joint Stock Company Oleksandr Katsuba today in the morning appointing a 450 million hryvnia bail. 18.06.16 13:19 43 849 112 Ukrainian Politics

Yanukovych's cronies Azarov and Arbuzov put on wanted list, prosecutor general says Ukraine’s Former Prime Minister Mykola Azarov and former National Bank Chief Serhii Arbuzov were put on the national wanted list almost four years after they fled the country. 31.01.18 16:27 30 341 112 Incidents

EU Set Conditions for Yanukovych in Cases of Tymoshenko and Lutsenko: Progress Must be Tangible and Realistic Without progress in the cases of Yulia Tymoshenko and Yurii Lutsenko, the EU will not sign an Association Agreement with Ukraine. 25.02.13 16:57 11 071 111 Previously in trend: Tymoshenko Case Lutsenko Cases Ukraine - EU

MP Lutsenko urges Yatseniuk’s government on conducting internal revolution Today's voting provides no official grounds for government resignation, but this technical victory of Yatseniuk is actually not what it seems, as the Cabinet is lacking the parliamentary majority. 16.02.16 21:56 26 926 110 Previously in trend: Hroisman's Cabinet

Lutsenko: Ukraine has no reason to probe Bidens Former Ukrainian Prosecutor General Yurii Lutsenko has said that there is no reason for Ukraine to investigate U.S. President Donald Trump's potential rival in the 2020 election Joe Biden and his son, Hunter. 30.09.19 11:52 7 642 110 Previously in trend: Elections in Ukraine and US

Lutsenko slams fake cases against foreign investors in Ukraine Prosecutor General Lutsenko has urged his subordinates to keep a close eye on the cases instituted against domestic medium-sized businesses and foreign investors. 15.02.17 14:26 26 590 109 Ukrainian Politics

Lutsenko appoints Hovda new Kyiv prosecutor amid high hopes for efficient work On Wednesday, July 6, 2016, Prosecutor General of Ukraine Yurii Lutsenko introduced a new Kyiv prosecutor to his subordinates. 06.07.16 16:46 62 072 109 Ukrainian Politics

Court attaches shares of Ukrtelecom communications provider, prosecutor general says The Pechersk district court of Kyiv granted the request of Ukraine’s Prosecutor General Office (PGO) to place the shares of Ukrtelecom and Trimob communications providers in escrow pending compensation of losses incurred by the state. 13.04.17 21:35 91 616 107 Incidents

Prosecutor general requests parliament’s consent to indict MPs Vilkul, Kolesnikov, Dunaiev. DOCUMENT (in Ukrainian) Ukraine’s Prosecutor General Yurii Lutsenko filed a motion to the Verkhovna Rada to prosecute three members of the Opposition Bloc parliamentary faction – Oleksandr Vilkul, Dmytro Kolesnikov, and Serhii Dunaiev. 18.09.18 12:47 9 786 107 Ukrainian Politics

Prosecutor General Lutsenko replied to MP Leshchenko: "I can provide you no competition in secret meetings with oligarchs" Prosecutor General Yurii Lutsenko claims he has not met with Ukrainian oligarch Ihor Kolomoiskyi this year. 26.07.16 11:19 52 391 106 Previously in trend: Prosecutor General Lutsenko

Prosecutor general says funds confiscated from Yanukovych are kept on hundred accounts, vows budget will get them today Ukraine’s top prosecutor delved into the Yanukovych regime slush fund generated from the money stolen from "each Ukrainian," as put by Lutsenko. 28.04.17 16:43 22 814 106 Previously in trend: Party of Regions' off-the-book payments

MP Nayyem’s attacker Saitov faces up to eight years in prison after extradition to Ukraine Ukraine’s Prosecutor General Yurii Lutsenko supports more strict measures against foreigners who violate Ukrainian laws and at the same time seek Ukrainian citizenship. 11.05.18 17:23 23 914 105 Previously in trend: Attack on MP Nayyem

Coalition council to officially nominate Hroisman as PM today, - PPB faction chair Lutsenko Yesterday, after six hours of talks involving two factions, the president, the incumbent prime minister, and a candidate for the premiership, the parties agreed on the composition of a new government - names and positions. 13.04.16 16:40 11 963 104 Previously in trend: Hroisman's Cabinet

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 27 979 104 Previously in trend: Search in NABU

Condoleezza Rice Wrote a Letter in Support of Tymoshenko: Dear Yulia, You are in my Thoughts and Prayers. DOCUMENT Former head of the US State Department Condoleezza Rice wrote a letter in support of opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko. 04.10.12 09:56 4 527 104 Previously in trend: Tymoshenko Case

Opposition Prepared 15 Priority Bills Including Cancellation of Language Law and Impeachment of President Batkivschyna United Opposition is going to present 15 priority bills necessary to improve the economy and the political situation in Ukraine. 17.12.12 08:49 4 021 104 Previously in trend: Tymoshenko Case Lutsenko Cases

Lutsenko to Prosecutors: I Ask Mental Cripples, Cross of Oak and Woodpecker, to Abide the Criminal Code Presiding at the trial proceedings on appeal against the sentence of the former Minister of Internal Affairs Yuriy Lutsenko judge Oleksiy Prysyazhnyuk asked the convicted to be polite in regard to the representatives of the state prosecution. 20.11.12 12:37 7 964 101 Previously in trend: Lutsenko Cases