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Law enforcers requested 45 times more search warrants in 2017 compared to 2012 118,884 requests to carry out searches at homes and other premises associated with suspects were filed to courts in 2017 (compared to 2,645 in 2012), and 257,744 motions to get temporary access to property and documents (with 10,152 in 2012). About 85 percent of such petitions were granted by the courts. 19.03.18 13:41 16 812 53

Krysin fails to come to his trial, court rules to forcibly bring him to next hearing March 26. PHOTOS Yurii Krysin charged with abducting and torturing activists in Kyiv in January-February 2014 did not show up at the hearing of his case by the Darnytskyi district court of Kyiv. 15.03.18 16:30 20 761 48 Previously in trend: Murderer Yurii Krysin

One of suspects in attack on Hungarian Cultural Association office remanded for two months. PHOTOS Oleksandr Biloborodko, a resident of Kropyvnytskyi charged with bomb attack on Hungarian Cultural Association office in Uzhhorod on Feb. 27 was placed in pretrial custody without right to be bailed out. The bail hearing of another suspect in the crime, Volodymyr Kondratenko, is underway in the Uzhhorod regional court. 06.03.18 16:40 7 238 14

Court reissues arrest warrant for businessman Dyminskyi charged with causing deadly car crash, - PGO At the request of the Prosecutor General's Office (PGO), the Pechersk district court of Kyiv imposed pre-trial custody in absentia on Petro Dyminskyi suspected of causing fatal road traffic accident. 01.03.18 17:31 19 614 66 Previously in trend: Dyminskyi car accident

Krysin skips out hearing on appeal against his verdict in Veremii’s murder case. PHOTOS On March 1, Kyiv appeals court was to consider prosecutor and complainants’ appeal against the verdict for Yurii Krysin in the case of murder of journalist Viacheslav Veremii. 01.03.18 14:18 15 693 33 Previously in trend: Murderer Yurii Krysin

Russia's Gazprom to pay Ukraine's Naftohaz $2.56B under Stockholm court ruling Naftohaz Ukrainy NJSC Wednesday won dispute with Russia's gas monopoly Gazprom at the Stockholm arbitration court. 01.03.18 09:52 92 129 466

“50 prisoners have missing teeth, five have hepatitis, six made suicidal attempts,” – MP Iryna Herashchenko on prisoners released in latest swap Many of those liberated from captivity of the Russian mercenaries in the Donbas have various diseases, injuries, and psychological traumas. 20.02.18 15:04 28 509 85 Previously in trend: Lutsenko Cases Prisoner swap

High Council of Justice convenes emergency meeting amidst interior minister’s intent to remove police protection from courts The meeting held on Feb. 19 was aimed at considering the court ruling to cut loose the person who shot and injured the police officer outside the Solomianskyi district court of Kyiv on Feb. 15. 20.02.18 10:39 27 869 140

Interior Minister Avakov set to remove police protection from courts Ukraine’s Interior Minister Arsen Avakov is outraged by the court's ruling to cut loose the individual who shot and injured the police officer outside the Solomianskyi district court of Kyiv on Feb. 15. 19.02.18 13:06 65 605 389

Unidentified person armed with ax crashed dozen cars near Solomianskyi court, - Judge Kytsiuk. PHOTOS An unidentified person armed with an ax rushed into the courtyard of the Solomianskyi district court of Kyiv and damaged a dozen cars. 16.02.18 17:29 55 395 274

Turmoil outside Kyiv-based court: 36 persons detained, three brought charges against, weapons seized. VIDEO+PHOTOS Three people were arrested following clashes outside the Solomianskyi district court of Kyiv selecting pre-trial restriction for Odesa Mayor Hennadii Trukhanov. 16.02.18 15:56 23 608 61

Anyone assaulting police officers to be detained, - top patrol policeman on clashes outside Solomianskyi court. VIDEO+PHOTOS Chief of the Patrol Police Directorate of the National Police of Ukraine Yevhen Zhukov responded harshly to the attack on the law enforcement officers outside the building of the Solomianskyi district court of Kyiv selecting pre-trial restriction for Odesa Mayor Hennadii Trukhanov on Thursday, Feb. 15. 16.02.18 11:43 77 695 405

Odesa Mayor Trukhanov bailed out pending trial Solomianskyi district court of Kyiv cut Odesa Mayor Hennadii Trukhanov loose as Petro Poroshenko Bloc faction MP Dmytro Holubov stood surety for him. 15.02.18 17:01 75 825 374

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 24 932 72

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 45 893 291 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 24 901 91

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 18 426 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 28 636 84

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 24 914 111

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 19 705 72

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 16 104 53

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 36 816 204 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 28 597 133 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 26 422 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 32 945 152 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 13 322 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 5 455 55

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 16 971 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 20 258 47

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 20 280 239

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 17 707 144

"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 23 706 236

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 34 279 310

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 1 433 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 5 527 24

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 9 988 64

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 58 521 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 15 458 106 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 10 296 178 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 3 319 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 1 698 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 18 677 50 Previously in trend: Trial against Yanukovych

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 37 965 227

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 29 496 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 5 227 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 15 400 61

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 19 852 82

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 9 628 4 Previously in trend: Investigation of crimes against Maidan