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Police officer shot and injured in clash outside Solomianskyi court choosing preventive measure for Trukhanov. PHOTOS+VIDEO A policeman received a gunshot wound during a clash outside the Solomianskyi district court of Kyiv as its judges were imposing a pre-trial restriction against Odesa Mayor Hennadii Trukhanov. 15.02.18 16:28 24 818 72 Incidents

Former Russian MP Ponomarev: If resistance was offered in Crimea, it wouldn’t be annexed, no war would be waged in Donbas Former State Duma Deputy Ilya Ponomarev says that it would be possible to prevent occupation of Crimea and the Donbas if Ukraine resisted Russia's aggressive actions in 2014. 14.02.18 16:24 45 793 291 Previously in trend: Occupation of Crimea Trial against Yanukovych

“LPR” militant gets almost 4.5 years in prison for fighting against Ukrainian troops, - SBU. PHOTOS A member of the terrorist organization “Luhansk People’s Republic” also known as “LPR” was sentenced to four years and five months in prison under criminal case investigated by the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU). 13.02.18 13:26 24 828 91 Incidents

Court cancels pre-trial electronic monitoring of MP Poliakov, - lawyer Solomianskyi district court of Kyiv ruled to cease electronic tracking of Ukrainian MP, a member of the People’s Front faction Maksym Poliakov. 09.02.18 12:30 18 343 66 Previously in trend: Case of Rozenblat and Poliakov

Lawmakers stand surety for activists charged with arson attack on chapel illegally built in downtown Kyiv The Kyiv-based appeals court has overturned the decision of the Shevchenkivskyi district court of Kyiv to place in pre-trial detention Oleksandr Horban, an architect who allegedly attempted to set on fire a metal door of the chapel illegally constructed by the Ukrainian Orthodox Church under the Moscow Patriarchate over the ruins of the Church of the Tithes in the heart of the Ukrainian capital city. 05.02.18 16:49 28 578 84 Kyiv News

Pro-Russian activist Kromskoi gets eight years in prison with confiscation of property The court interpreted plea of not guilty entered by Anti-Maidan activist Ihnat Kromskoi better known as Topaz as an attempt to avoid responsibility. 30.01.18 15:58 24 818 111 Incidents

Anti-Maidan activist Topaz facing 15 years in jail with confiscation of property expects his verdict today The Kharkiv-based court is to pass a verdict on anti-Maidan activist Ihnat Kromskoi also known as Topaz. 30.01.18 12:35 19 629 72 Incidents

Prosecutors failed to remove State Audit Service Chief Havrylova from office Lidia Havrylova, the head of the State Audit Service of Ukraine charged with illicit enrichment, will continue occupying her post during the pre-trial investigation. 30.01.18 11:52 16 027 53 Incidents

Kyiv appeals court places Saakashvili under night-time house arrest Georgia’s former president, Leader of Rukh Novykh Syl party Mikheil Saakashvili was placed under house arrest by Kyiv’s court of appeal. 26.01.18 17:20 36 671 204 Previously in trend: Detention of Saakashvili

Russian mercenary Ageev captured in Donbas gets 10-year sentence, - lawyer The court in the government-controlled part of the Luhansk region passed a guilty verdict against Russian serviceman Viktor Ageev sentencing him to 10 years in prison. 26.01.18 10:37 28 458 133 Previously in trend: Russian aggression against Ukraine

State Audit Service chief charged with profiteering released on personal recognizance Solomianskyi district court of Kyiv released Lidia Havrylova, chief of the State Audit Service recently indicted on charges of illicit enrichment, on personal recognizance until March 25. 25.01.18 17:51 26 344 80 Previously in trend: Fighting corruption in Ukraine

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 32 845 152 Previously in trend: Fighting corruption in Ukraine

Court passes no verdict to General Nazarov, orders complementary expert examination in case of downed Il-76 air carrier. PHOTOS Lawyer of the air crash victims’ relatives Vitalii Pohosian says the examination may last up to six months. 24.01.18 11:41 13 247 37 Previously in trend: Sentence on Nazarov

London court to hear Ukraine-Russia $3B Eurobond dispute today - Finance Ministry On Jan. 22, a London-based appeals court is to consider Ukraine's appeal against the decision of the High Court of London, which obliges to pay Russia $3 billion of the so-called "Yanukovych debt" for the Eurobonds issued by Ukraine in 2013. 22.01.18 12:32 5 397 55 Economics

Hearing of Yanukovych treason case: Putin's aide Glazyev led separatist movements in Odesa in 2014 Putin's adviser gave orders to seize buildings of regional councils in Ukrainian cities. 18.01.18 18:28 16 874 26 Previously in trend: Trial against Yanukovych

New evidence comes to light in Colonel Beziazykov's treason case Shevchenkivskyi district court of Kyiv has tendered in evidence the wiretapped phone conversations of Ukrainian Armed Forces Colonel Ivan Beziazykov charged with high treason. 16.01.18 11:01 20 154 47 Incidents

Judge who released suspect in Veremii’s assassination from custody transfers more thugs charged with attempted murder from prison to house arrest, - prosecutor Donskoi The Shevchenkivskyi district court of Kyiv released from the pre-trial detention facility Oleh Heban and Serhii Kostenko charged with consummated attempt to murder six people near Kyiv’s Maidan Nezalezhnosti on Feb. 18, 2014. They were placed under a house arrest. 27.12.17 12:11 20 172 239 Oddities

Individual charged with murder of journalist Veremii gets two-year suspended sentence. PHOTOS+VIDEO The Shevchenkivskyi district court of Kyiv sentenced Yurii Krysin to a two-year suspended sentence. He faces a four-year prison term in case of breaching probation conditions. 22.12.17 15:14 17 587 144 Oddities

"This is a temporary freeze," - Kolomoiskyi on his assets worldwide seizure Ukrainian businessman Ihor Kolomoiskyi commented on the decision of the High Court of England to freeze his assets and the one’s of his companion Hennadii Boholiubov. 21.12.17 12:56 23 575 236 Incidents

London court freezes Kolomoiskyi's, Boholiubov's worldwide assets, - Privatbank The London-based U.K.'s High Court on Wednesday froze the worldwide assets of Privatbank former owners Ihor Kolomoiskyi and Hennadii Boholiubov. 21.12.17 11:02 34 191 310 Economics

Court sanctions pre-trial investigation in absentia against MP Onyshchenko, - SAP The court authorized Ukraine’s Special Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office (SAP) to carry out pre-trial investigation in absentia against MP Oleksandr Onyshchenko and five his accomplices. 19.12.17 20:10 1 357 7 Previously in trend: Onyshchenko case

Ukraine’s new Supreme Court becomes operational today The new Supreme Court starts operating in Ukraine on Dec. 15. A the same time Higher Administrative Court, the Higher Economic Court, and the Higher Specialized Court for Civil and Criminal Cases shut down. 15.12.17 15:04 5 421 24 Incidents

Businessman Alperin charged with attempt to bribe NABU detective bailed out, - lawyer Businessman Vadym Alperin indicted on charges of proposing $800,000 in bribe to a detective of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) was released from pre-trial custody after posting 21 million hryvnia in bail. 12.12.17 18:22 9 878 64 Incidents

Court imposes no pre-trial restriction on Saakashvili. VIDEO The Pechersk district court of Kyiv did not grant the petition of the prosecutor's office to impose house arrest with a 24/7 watch against leader of the Rukh Novykh Syl party, former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili. 12.12.17 08:58 57 703 1 858 Previously in trend: Detention of Saakashvili

Yatseniuk testifies in Yanukovych case: additional powers proposed to Crimea, lethal force authorized to stop peninsula occupation Ukraine’s former PM Arsenii Yatseniuk says he personally proposed to grant additional powers to the Autonomous Republic of Crimea (ARC) when Russia launched the occupation of the Ukrainian peninsula. 12.12.17 14:47 15 383 106 Previously in trend: Occupation of Crimea Trial against Yanukovych

Saakashvili trial: police strengthen security outside court. PHOTOS The Pechersk district court of Kyiv is to impose a pre-trial restriction on detained leader of Rukh Novykh Syl party, former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili today. 11.12.17 14:39 10 192 178 Previously in trend: Detention of Saakashvili

Saakashvili pre-trial restriction hearing to start at noon, - lawyer Chornolutskyi A session of the Pechersk district court of Kyiv to impose a measure of restraint against earlier detained Mikheil Saakashvili, the leader of Rukh Novykh Syl party, is scheduled for 12 p.m. 11.12.17 12:09 3 216 96 Previously in trend: Detention of Saakashvili

Yatseniuk, Avakov to testify at today’s hearing of Yanukovych case The Obolonskyi district court of Kyiv shall question the first witnesses in Yanukovych’s treason case today. 11.12.17 13:34 1 619 7 Previously in trend: Trial against Yanukovych

Trial of Yanukovych: judges examine intercepted conversations between Putin’s aide Zatulin and Russian MP Glazyev Today, Dec. 6, the Obolonskyi district court of Kyiv holds the 19th hearing of high treason case against Ukraine’s ex-President Viktor Yanukovych. 06.12.17 16:46 18 555 50 Previously in trend: Trial against Yanukovych

Courtroom carnage: two persons killed, nine injured in grenade explosion in Nikopol court. VIDEO+PHOTOS At least two people were killed and nine were injured after a person detonated one or two grenades at the hearing of the Nikopol regional court in the Dnipropetrovsk region. 30.11.17 17:43 200 161 519 Incidents

Mariupol court places Donbas Battalion former commander Vynohrodskyi in two-month pre-trial detention The Zhovtnevyi district court of Mariupol imposed a 60-day pre-trial detention on former commander of the Donbas Battalion Anatolii Vynohrodskyi (call sign Hal). 28.11.17 11:48 37 850 227 Ukrainian Politics

MP Rosenblat sought to remove attachment of $200,000 seized from his bodyguard The appeals court dismissed request of MP Boryslav Rosenblat to remove attachment of $200,000 seized from his bodyguard last June. 23.11.17 17:35 29 426 76 Previously in trend: Case of Rozenblat and Poliakov

General Nazarov case: appeals court adjourns hearing for Nov. 27, seeks expert’s testimony The next hearing of Major-General Viktor Nazarov’s case will be held at 11 a.m. on Nov. 27 as the court has summoned expert Savechko for testimony. 20.11.17 16:09 5 178 21 Previously in trend: Sentence on Nazarov

NABU’s Sytnyk to stand trial on disclosure charges Nov. 28 The court has set the date of hearing of administrative case against Director of the National Anti-Corruption Agency of Ukraine (NABU) Artem Sytnyk. 17.11.17 19:10 15 322 61 Ukrainian Politics

NACP sues its former employee over corruption allegations she brought against agency The National Agency for Corruption Prevention (NACP) has filed a lawsuit against its former member Hanna Solomatina, the whistleblower who revealed abuses allegedly committed by the Agency. 15.11.17 18:54 19 789 82 Ukrainian Politics

Court leaves Euromaidan activists’ kidnapper Volkov in pretrial custody for another two months. PHOTOS The Pechersk district court of Kyiv ruled to extend for two months the pretrial detention on Oleksandr Volkov who was indicted with charges of abduction of Ihor Lutsenko (the now Batkivshchyna Party faction MP) and activist Yurii Verbytskyi back in 2014. 14.11.17 17:18 9 544 4 Previously in trend: Investigation of crimes against Maidan

Court starts hearing case of person charged with abduction of Euromaidan activists. PHOTOS The Pechersk district court of Kyiv started hearing on pretrial restriction on Oleksandr Volkov, the person indicted with charges of abduction of Ihor Lutsenko (the now Batkivshchyna Party faction MP) and activist Yurii Verbytskyi. 14.11.17 14:34 7 620 15 Previously in trend: Investigation of crimes against Maidan

Kolmohorov to be retried in Berdiansk, border guard’s former commander says The case of border guard Serhii Kolmohorov's will be reviewed by the court of Berdiansk. 07.11.17 18:51 12 533 41 Previously in trend: Kolmohorov trial

Russian court denies house arrest for kidnapped Ukrainian citizen Hryb, leaves him in pre-trial custody. PHOTOS The Krasnodar regional court of the Russian Federation dismissed an appeal filed by the defense of Ukrainian national Pavlo Hryb indicted on trumped-up terrorism charges. 07.11.17 13:11 30 346 67 Previously in trend: Ukrainian hostages in Russia

Second participant of Kharkiv deadly car crash served with charges, - lawyer Law enforcers brought charges against driver of Volkswagen Touareg Hennadii Dronov, the second participant of the road traffic accident which claimed six lives in downtown Kharkiv late Oct. 18. 06.11.17 21:01 99 287 492 Previously in trend: Rich kids on roads

Kolmohorov released from custody after court overturned his sentence. VIDEO Ukraine’s High Specialized Court for Civil and Criminal Cases has heard the cassation appeal in the case against member of the State Border Guard Service Serhii Kolmohorov and made a decision to annul his conviction. 06.11.17 16:57 125 863 534 Previously in trend: Kolmohorov trial

Courtroom overcrowded as MPs, fellows-in-arms come to support border guard Kolmohorov. PHOTOS Superior Specialized Civil and Criminal Court of Ukraine is to hear appeal in cassation into the case against member of the State Border Guard Service Serhii Kolmohorov. The soldier was charged with inflicting fatal injuries to a female passenger of a car fired at by a border guard detachment as its driver tried to cross checkpoint near Mariupol without permit on Sept. 9, 2014. 06.11.17 14:01 34 404 242 Previously in trend: Kolmohorov trial

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 39 269 148 Incidents

Oleksandr Avakov released on personal recognizance Solomianskyi district court of Kyiv imposed no pre-trial detention on Interior Minister Arsen Avakov’s son Oleksandr after hearing of the case initiated into alleged embezzlement of public funds while procuring backpacks for the Interior Ministry. The suspect was released on his own recognizance. 01.11.17 21:02 59 447 204 Incidents

MP Friz demands all charges against border guard Kolmohorov be dropped, his judges be screened for ties with terrorists Petro Poroshenko Bloc (PPB) faction MP Iryna Friz urges the Security Service of Ukraine to screen certain judges of the Prymorskyi district court of Mariupol for possible ties to terrorist organizations and separatists after they have sentenced border guard Serhii Kolmogorov to 13 years in prison for fulfilling his duty. She also called to overturn Kolmohorov’s conviction. 01.11.17 19:21 76 967 272 Ukrainian Politics

Yanukovych trial: new attorney enters, hearing postponed until Dec. 4. VIDEO On Oct. 26, the 17th hearing in the case against former president Viktor Yanukovych took place in the Obolonsky district court of Kyiv. Yanukovych is charged with high treason. 26.10.17 13:22 8 186 35 Previously in trend: Trial against Yanukovych

30 people detained after riot in Sviatoshyn court, two criminal cases initiated, - Kyiv police chief Kryshchenko Following the events in Kyiv's Sviatoshyn court, two criminal cases have been instituted under art. 194 (property damage) and part 2 of art. 296 (mass hooliganism). 24.10.17 12:05 29 420 146 Ukrainian Politics

Police took control of Sviatoshyn district court, detained rioters. PHOTOS+VIDEOS The police have unblocked the hall of the Sviatoshyn district court of Kyiv, where supporters of leader of the Organisation of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN) Mykola Kokhanivskyi barricaded themselves earlier. 24.10.17 11:26 116 084 599 Ukrainian Politics