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Two charged Berkut fighters continue serving in National Police, - PGO Andrii Khandrykin and Volodymyr Riiako, former servicemen of Kharkiv Berkut riot police unit, still serve in the Kharkiv National Police department. 20.04.17 10:46 11 722 51 Previously in trend: Investigation of crimes against Maidan

ICJ orders Russia to refrain from attacks on Mejlis and restrictions on educational rights of ethnic Ukrainians The United Nations International Court of Justice (ICJ) has upheld the introduction of provisional measures against the Russian Federation to protect national minorities in Crimea. 19.04.17 20:15 68 081 264 Previously in trend: Ukraine v. Russia in The Hague

Data on $2M embezzlement case discovered at Nasirov's house An extract from the Unified Register of Pre-Trial Investigations of Ukraine containing information on a probe into appropriation of $2 million allocated by the U.S. government for the reform of the Prosecutor General's Office (PGO) was found at Roman Nasirov's house. 19.04.17 18:32 56 231 78 Ukrainian Politics

ICJ recognizes jurisdiction in Ukraine v. Russia case, passes interim ruling The International Court of Justice passed an interim decision in the case of Ukraine v. Russia recognizing its jurisdiction to hear this case. 19.04.17 17:29 31 036 106 Previously in trend: Russian aggression against Ukraine

Court lifts seizure of Nasirov's domestic passport However, Ukraine's suspended chief taxman Roman Nasirov will not get the document back since there is another court ruling ordering its surrender. 19.04.17 17:40 26 573 98 Previously in trend: Trial of Nasirov

Nasirov didn't show up for appeals hearing regarding impounded belongings Dismissed chief of the State Fiscal Service of Ukraine Roman Nasirov didn't show up in the court for the appeal hearing regarding his personal belongings impounding. 19.04.17 16:41 10 630 35 Previously in trend: Trial of Nasirov

I believe judges in UN court heard us. We must be optimistic, - Deputy FM Zerkal Ukraine's Foreign Ministry hopes the judges of the International Court of the United Nations have ruled to protect human rights. 19.04.17 14:52 8 630 14 Previously in trend: Russian aggression against Ukraine Reprisals in Russian-occupied Crimea

Loads of new evidence of Kremlin crimes filed with ICJ, - Minister Petrenko Kyiv has referred new facts of the Kremlin's crimes against Ukraine to the United Nations International Court of Justice in The Hague. 14.04.17 14:45 18 898 68 Previously in trend: Ukraine v. Russia in The Hague

Two more Crimean Tatars detained in Russia-occupied peninsula. VIDEO+PHOTO Russian security forces detained two more Muslims after the morning raids on Crimean Tatars' homes in occupied Bakhchysarai. 13.04.17 18:01 8 905 22 Previously in trend: Reprisals in Russian-occupied Crimea

Cabinet instructs law enforcers to provide security to courthouses Ukrainian government has instructed the National Police and the National Guard to provide security to all courthouses across the country. 12.04.17 19:44 33 360 222 Incidents

Tornado's commander Onyshchenko sentenced to 11 years in prison The Obolon district court has announced a verdict against former fighters of the disbanded Interior Ministry Tornado Company. 07.04.17 22:56 82 410 327 Ukrainian Politics

Charged fighters of Tornado Company do not admit guilt, prepare appeal. PHOTOS Former Commander of the Tornado Company Ruslan Onyshchenko says no one of the accused soldiers admits guilt. 07.04.17 11:54 36 409 146 Incidents

Tornado soldiers brought to Kyiv court. PHOTOS Fighters of the disbanded Interior Ministry’s Tornado Company have been brought to Obolonskyi district court of Kyiv. 07.04.17 11:26 10 904 8 Incidents

Court to announce verdict for Tornado Company fighters tomorrow April 7 at 10 a.m., Obolonskyi district court of Kyiv will start announcing its verdict in the case of former fighters of disbanded Tornado Special Purpose Company. 06.04.17 13:20 6 652 34 Incidents

UK court rejects full trial in case of Ukraine's $3B debt to Russia as Kyiv has no “justiciable defence” London's High Court has ruled March 29 that it would not be right for a $3bn bond case brought by Russia against Ukraine to proceed to full trial as Kyiv failed to present a court-ready defense. 30.03.17 00:02 75 054 217 Economics

No "justifiable defence" in Ukraine's $3 bln Russia loan case London's high court ruled on Wednesday that Ukraine did not provide "justifiable defence" in a $3 billion Eurobond case (the so-called "Yanukovych's loan" by Russia to Ukraine) brought by Russia against Kyiv and that it would not be right for the case to go to full trial. 29.03.17 14:06 50 413 101 Ukrainian Politics

Full text of verdict against General Nazarov in Il-76 case. DOCUMENT (in Ukrainian) On March 27, the Pavlohrad city court found Major General Viktor Nazarov guilty of the death of Ukrainian paratroopers killed after an Il-76 transport plane was shot out of sky over Luhansk in 2014 and sentenced to seven years in prison. 29.03.17 11:38 19 612 48 Previously in trend: Sentence on Nazarov

Absurd allegations that have nothing to do with reality or common sense, - Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry on Russian arrest warrant for Yatseniuk The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine expressed indignation over the decision made by the Russian court on Feb. 21, 2017 to try in absentia Ukrainian politician Arsenii Yatseniuk (Prime Minister of Ukraine in 2014-2016) and issue international arrest warrant for him. 28.03.17 20:26 23 408 206 Ukrainian Politics

Kyiv's Obolonskyi district court to try Yanukovych The Appeals Court of Kyiv has instructed the Obolonskyi district court of Kyiv to hear the treason case against former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych. 28.03.17 15:42 1 512 5 Ukrainian Politics

Sanctions against Rosneft valid, EU top court says Europe's top court in Luxembourg on Tuesday upheld European Union sanctions on Russia over the conflict in Ukraine, including on its largest oil group Rosneft, in a ruling that asserts the court's jurisdiction over the bloc's foreign policy. 28.03.17 14:56 5 608 14 Previously in trend: Sanctions against Russia

Gen. Nazarov not to reimburse 29M hryvnia for downed aircraft so far, victim party lawyer says It is the Defense Ministry who should file a lawsuit against General Viktor Nazarov to make him compensate 29 million hryvnia for the Il-76 aircraft downed by the terrorists over his negligence. 27.03.17 22:30 10 827 83 Previously in trend: Sentence on Nazarov

General Nazarov found guilty in Il-76 case, sentenced to seven years in prison General Viktor Nazarov has been found guilty of the death of the Ukrainian military killed after an Il-76 transport plane was shot out of sky over Luhansk in 2014. 27.03.17 17:20 132 927 465 Previously in trend: Sentence on Nazarov

Il-76 case: Trial of General Nazarov underway in Pavlohrad Victor Nazarov has arrived at the courthouse. 27.03.17 11:58 8 400 18 Previously in trend: Sentence on Nazarov

Ukraine needs rule of law, not mob rule, - Poroshenko The rule of law should prevail in Ukraine. Putting pressure on judges must come to an end. 22.03.17 23:56 49 384 529 Ukrainian Politics

Four individuals involved in attack on Kharkiv Regional State Administration building in April 2014 get suspended sentences Judge Viktoria Cherednyk considered the facts that the accused had minor children, and were positively assessed by their neighbors and relatives as sufficient to mitigate their punishment. 22.03.17 10:58 45 952 208 Oddities

Il-76 case: General Nazarov pleads not guilty, lawyers seek acquittal The defense of Major General Victor Nazarov, accused of the death of 49 Ukrainian servicemen in June 2014, asks the court to acquit him citing the absence of a crime in his actions. 15.03.17 10:10 14 777 52 Previously in trend: Russian aggression against Ukraine

Appeals court upholds Nasirov's arrest, 100M hryvnia bail unchanged The Kyiv Court of Appeal has ruled to leave suspended State Fiscal Service chief Roman Nasirov in custody. 13.03.17 17:42 20 864 82 Previously in trend: Trial of Nasirov

Nasirov reasserts his innocence, considers his detention illegal Suspended Chairman of the State Fiscal Service of Ukraine Roman Nasirov considers charges brought against him to be completely unfounded. 13.03.17 17:14 18 594 112 Previously in trend: Trial of Nasirov

Consideration of appeal against interim measure for Nasirov. LIVE The Kyiv Court of Appeal has started consideration of the appeal filed by lawyers of the dismissed head of the State Fiscal Service of Ukraine Roman Nasirov against the decision of the Solomianskyi District Court of Kyiv. 13.03.17 12:01 18 861 36 Previously in trend: Trial of Nasirov

IMF accepts delay in Ukraine's anti-corruption court launch, - Ukrainski Novyny The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has agreed to extend the procedure for launching an anti-corruption court in Ukraine. 10.03.17 23:20 16 793 71 Ukrainian Politics

Former Berkut fighter Honcharenko returned into custody: he is suspected of killing Euromaidan activists Former fighter of Berkut secret forces unit Vitalii Honcharenko is suspected of murdering three people on Feb. 18, 2014 at Kyiv's Maidan. The Pechersky District Court of Kyiv has changed the restraint measure from home arrest to jail for 60 days. 10.03.17 13:38 10 935 9 Previously in trend: Investigation of crimes against Maidan

Ukraine collected tons of evidence against Russia to be submitted to ICJ, - Justice Minister Petrenko Ukraine has got more than enough evidence against Russia in the case that is being heard by the International Court of Justice in The Hague these days. 10.03.17 12:08 10 757 53 Previously in trend: Ukraine v. Russia in The Hague

Ukraine to prove Russia’s grossest breach of international peace conventions in ICJ, - FM Klimkin Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Pavlo Klimkin believes Ukraine will prove in the U.N. International Court of Justice that Russia violates international conventions, namely the Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism and Convention on the Elimination of All Forms Racial Discrimination. 09.03.17 16:06 10 939 82 Previously in trend: Russian aggression against Ukraine Occupation of Crimea Ukraine v. Russia in The Hague

ICJ hearings in the Case of Ukraine v. Russian Federation. LIVE Live hearings in the Case of Ukraine v. Russian Federation in the International Court of Justice in the Hague. 09.03.17 12:20 190 0 Previously in trend: Evidence of Russian aggression in Ukraine

Appeals court to hear motion against Nasirov's pretrial restriction on March 13 Kyiv's Court of Appeal plans to consider complaint against measure of restraint imposed on suspended Head of the State Fiscal Service of Ukraine Roman Nasirov at 11 a.m. March 13. 09.03.17 18:09 4 130 16 Previously in trend: Trial of Nasirov

Ukraine seeks to end Russian terrorist financing, wants protection from racial discrimination and cultural erasure, - Ukraine's repsentative in ICJ Koh Ukraine has requested provisional measures to protect its civilians. 09.03.17 13:27 8 951 32 Previously in trend: Evidence of Russian aggression in Ukraine

Russia does not deny it is supplying arms to attack civilians in Ukraine’s east, - Ukraine’s representative in ICJ The Russian side does not deny in the U.N. International Court of Justice that it is delivering lethal weapons to the eastern Ukraine as it obviously does not consider this to be a violation of the International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism. 08.03.17 16:12 111 800 148 Previously in trend: Evidence of Russian aggression in Ukraine

"This is our only hope right now," - MH17 victim's mother outside ICJ. PHOTO Relatives of the victims of Malaysia MH17 plane crash came to a hearing in the case between Ukraine and Russia at the International Court of Justice in The Hague. 07.03.17 19:13 46 856 25 Previously in trend: Russian terrorists downed MH17 Ukraine v. Russia in The Hague

Ukraine needs anticorruption courts, EU Ambassador to Ukraine Mingarelli says It's important that the upcoming audit of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) is conducted by independent experts. 07.03.17 15:06 5 779 82 Ukrainian Politics

"Russia feels hyper over lawsuit against it. All of this drives Kremlin mad," – Ukraine’s MP Iryna Herashchenko on ICJ hearing The Kremlin’s machine of propaganda, lies, and tampering will run on all cylinders at today’s hearing of claim against the Russian Federation filed by Ukraine in the UN’s International Court of Justice in The Hague. 07.03.17 14:10 71 826 123 Previously in trend: Ukraine v. Russia in The Hague

Poroshenko expects ICJ ruling to cut weapons supply to Donbas, help stop crackdown on Crimean Tatars The International Court of Justice in The Hague started hearing Ukraine's allegations against the Russian Federation on terrorism funding and discrimination of Ukrainians and Crimean Tatars in occupied Crimea. 07.03.17 11:21 23 651 245 Previously in trend: Russian aggression against Ukraine Occupied territories - Crimea and Donbas Ukraine v. Russia in The Hague

Court arrests Nasirov until April 30 Judge of Solomianskyi district court of Kyiv Oleksandr Bobrovnik has partially granted the motion of the prosecution and arrested head of the State Fiscal Service Roman Nasirov for 60 days, until April 30, 2017, with a 100 million hryvnia bail option ($3.7 million). 07.03.17 09:44 92 483 180 Previously in trend: Trial of Nasirov

Nasirov intends to appeal his pre-trial restriction in ECHR Suspended Head of the State Fiscal Service Roman Nasirov intends to appeal against restrictive measure imposed on him by Ukrainian court in the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR). 07.03.17 16:17 16 228 62 Previously in trend: Trial of Nasirov

Court dismisses motion to adjourn Nasirov case hearing for March 7 Solomianskyi district court of Kyiv has dismissed the motion filed by the lawyers of State Fiscal Service Chairman Roman Nasirov to adjourn hearing to impose pre-trial restriction on him. 06.03.17 23:54 24 025 68 Previously in trend: Trial of Nasirov

No explosives found in Solomianskyi court, Nasirov case hearing resumed, - NABU A bomb threat report in Solomianskyi district court of Kyiv, where a preventive measure for Roman Nasirov is being chosen, turned out to be a fake. The court resumed the hearing. 06.03.17 19:56 12 503 46 Previously in trend: Trial of Nasirov

Solomianskyi court trying Nasirov evacuated after bomb threat report Those present at the hearing of the Solomianskyi district court of Kyiv to impose pre-trial restriction against suspended Head of the State Fiscal Service Roman Nasirov were evacuated from the courtroom after unknown individual had told the police the building was allegedly rigged with explosives. 06.03.17 18:41 16 997 107 Previously in trend: Trial of Nasirov

Ukraine's Zerkal requests ICJ's immediate order to stop Russia's abuses Ukraine asked the International Court of Justice to order Russia to stop funding and equipping pro-Russian separatists in the occupied Donbas until the judges have heard the case in full. 06.03.17 18:17 59 136 134 Previously in trend: Russian aggression against Ukraine

Pretrial hearing in Nasirov case underway: report from Solomianskyi court. PHOTOS The Solomianskyi district court of Kyiv has been sitting for three days to choose a preventive measure against suspended tax and customs service chief Roman Nasirov. 06.03.17 16:28 41 475 105 Previously in trend: Trial of Nasirov