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Strauss-Kahn acquitted of pimping French court has acquitted former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn of procuring prostitutes for sex parties. 12.06.15 16:49 5 368 32

"DPR" militant sentenced to 12 years in prison for kidnapping of five Ukrainian soldiers The Khortytsia district court in Zaporizhia sentenced the militant of the "Donetsk People's Republic" terrorist organization to 12 years in prison for the kidnapping of five anti-terrorist operation soldiers. 12.06.15 17:14 29 553 70

Russian special forces operative Yerofeyev brought to the appeal court in Kyiv, - lawyer Detained servicemen of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation (GRU) Yevgeny Yerofeyev was brought to the session of the appeal court in Kyiv on Wednesday. 10.06.15 17:15 17 279 138 Previously in trend: Captured Russian special forces operatives

Firtash should be prosecuted in the United States, Yatseniuk says Prime Minister of Ukraine Arsenii Yatseniuk is convinced that Ukrainian oligarch Dmytro Firtash, whose case is investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, should be prosecuted in the United States. 09.06.15 20:00 17 515 139

Land of Yanukovych’s Syniohora residence returned to the state – Prosecutor General’s Office 0.5 hectares of land were privatized by ex-president Viktor Yanukovych and his cronies on the basis of false decisions of the village council. 05.06.15 17:16 3 974 56

Court orders Major General Nazarov to study materials of his criminal case by June 12 The Pechersk District Court of Kyiv ordered Major General Viktor Nazarov, suspected of negligence that resulted in the crash of the IL-76 aircraft over the Luhansk airport, to read the materials of the criminal proceedings until June 12. 03.06.15 18:01 13 013 50

Court postpones hearing of the Maidan shootings case until June 15 Sviatoshynskyi District Court of Kyiv announced recess in the case of the Maidan executions due to the inability to elect a jury. The next hearing will take place at 2 p.m. June 15. 03.06.15 19:58 2 913 24

Court sentenced Kramatorsk policeman to eight years in prison for collaboration with "DPR" terrorists The Kramatorsk city court sentenced local traitor policeman to eight years of imprisonment for collaboration with terrorists of the so-called "DPR". 02.06.15 15:39 13 139 89

Russian commando Aleksandrov will cooperate with investigation - Lawyer Russian commando Sergeant Alexander Aleksandrov will not appeal the decision of the Shevchenkivskyi Court of Kyiv regarding his arrest. 27.05.15 18:21 40 765 106 Previously in trend: Captured Russian special forces operatives

Court extended detention of former head of Emergency Service Bochkovskyi and his deputy Stoietskyi until July 22 The Pechersk District Court of Kyiv extended measure of restraint in the form of detention with bail of 1,182,000 hryvnia for former chairman of the State Service for Emergency Situations Serhii Bochkovskyi and former deputy chairman Vasyl Stoietskyi. 25.05.15 12:22 1 894 13 Previously in trend: Arrest of State Emergency Service leadership

Case of detained Russian commandos will got to court in two or three months - SBU SBU promises to complete the re-trial investigation into the case of detained Russian GRU soldiers Yevgeniy Yerofeyev and Alexander Aleksandrov within two to three months. 25.05.15 14:13 8 163 37 Previously in trend: Captured Russian special forces operatives

The court detained second Russian commando Yerofeyev Shevchenkivskyi District Court of Kyiv chose a measure of restraint in the form of detention until July 19 of this year for detained Russian special forces captain Evgeniy Yerofeyev. 22.05.15 20:32 45 330 164 Previously in trend: Captured Russian special forces operatives

Kernes evacuated from court room due to life threat; other convicted bombarded with eggs Operatives of the special Hryfon unit of the Interior Ministry of Ukraine evacuated Kharkiv mayor Hennadii Kernes from the court room of the Kyivsky district court in Poltava due to threat to his life. 18.05.15 12:30 78 972 213 Previously in trend: Kharkiv mayor Kernes

Russian authorities are going to continue the trial of Savchenko in Voronezh - lawyer The trial of the merits of Ukrainian citizen Nadiya Savchenko may be considered not by the Moscow court but the one in Voronezh. 07.05.15 16:36 11 119 90

Process on Savchenko's defense appeal will be held on May 6 in Moscow's Basmanny court - lawyer On May 6, Moscow's Basmanny court will hold a process on appeal from defense of Nadiia Savchenko, Ukrainian aviatrix, member of Ukrainian parliament, and PACE delegate, filed against the investigation's refuse to let her go to a PACE session. 04.05.15 12:25 3 316 33

Prosecutor General's Office filed the first case regarding Odesa tragedy of May 2 to court The PGO filed the first indictment against a suspect in murder during the riots in Odesa, May 2, 2014. 28.04.15 18:50 8 036 47 Previously in trend: Odesa tragedy

Avakov urges to immediately change preventive measure for Kernes to pre-trial detention The prosecutor's office must immediately petition the court to vary the measure of restraint to the Mayor of Kharkiv Kernes and issue an order of the pre-trial detention of Hennadii Kernes after he has not appeared at today's trial in Poltava court, which is considering the case of the abduction and beating of Euromaidan activists in Kharkiv by Kernes and his bodyguards. 28.04.15 15:16 40 152 168

Savchenko did not admit guilt after the announcement of final charges - Lawyer Ukrainian aviatrix Nadiya Savchenko, who was today indicted in the final version by the Russian investigation, once again pleaded not guilty. 24.04.15 18:25 24 453 226

Final charges brought against Savchenko – Russian Federation Investigation Committee Illegally held in the Russian prison Ukrainian pilot Nadiya Savchenko has been brought final charges against. 24.04.15 18:21 122 962 240 Previously in trend: Russian aggression against Ukraine

Judge Farkosh, who issued order for Kozachenko search, previously released Kharkiv's mayor Kernes from arrest - Journalist. PHOTO Resolution on search at apartment of the Ministry of Justice purge department head Kozachenko was adopted by judge Farkosh, who previously ran scandalous cases of "beating" a "Berkut soldier" by teacher Moskalenko during her eviction from her home in Pechersk district of Kyiv, as well as released Kharkiv's notorious mayor Kernes from arrest. 22.04.15 12:01 48 853 170

Russian court sentences Crimean activist from Ukraine to seven years Ukrainian citizen Oleksii Chirnii, accused by Putin's regime of preparing a terrorist attack on May 9, 2014 in Simferopol, was found guilty and sentenced to seven years in a penal colony. 22.04.15 10:28 31 157 345

Show trial of Euromaidan activist who allegedly beaten up riot policemen was staged in Crimea. PHOTOS On April 20, the first hearing in the case of Euromaidan activist Oleksandr Kostenko commenced in Simferopol, Crimea. He is accused of causing bodily harm to Berkut policeman on the Maidan in Kyiv in February 2014. 20.04.15 13:59 110 858 663 Previously in trend: Occupation of Crimea

Top officials and judges will be priority for Anti-Corruption Bureau – Director Sytnyk The National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NACB) will focus on fight against corruption within "the highest echelons of government officials." 20.04.15 12:08 14 152 128

Pseudo volunteer from Kyiv who defrauded 100.000 UAH in donations sentenced to 18 months. VIDEO Fake volunteer Volodymyr Bezrukov, who pocketed about 100,000 hryvnia transferred for Ukrainian soldiers will spent one and a half years in prison. 10.04.15 17:53 20 766 75

Court dismisses appeal for arrest of former Emergency Service Deputy The Kyiv Court of Appeal upheld the measure in the form of arrest with 1,182,000 hryvnia bail for ex-deputy chairman of the State Emergency Service (SES) Vasyl Stoietskyi. 10.04.15 14:34 10 157 23 Previously in trend: Arrest of State Emergency Service leadership

Boryspil court released thugs who savagely beat journalist Tetiana Chornovol Representatives of the People’s Front faction say that today's decision of the Boryspil city district court of the Kyiv region, which released those guilty of beating well-known Ukrainian journalist, MP Tetiana Chornovol, does not hold water, and indicates degradation of the judicial system of Ukraine. 07.04.15 10:46 103 826 376

‘People's mayor’ of Berdiansk sentenced to 13 years for separatism. PHOTO The so-called people's mayor of Berdiansk city in that Zaporizhia region Viktor Kalaianov was sentenced to 13 years in prison by the Berdiansk City Court for treason against the state and creation of a terrorist group. 06.04.15 17:55 137 077 255

Liubotyn mayor arrested for bribery Chervonozavodskyi District Court in Kharkiv arrested Liubotyn mayor, suspected of bribery, for two months. 04.04.15 16:22 4 423 39

Nadiya Savchenko on upcoming court hearing: "I do not let myself die in order to see it". DOCUMENT Ukrainian aviatrix, Batkivshchyna MP Madiya Savchenko, who is illegally held in Russia, hopes that the upcoming court hearing will drop the charges against her and the case will be closed, or at least the measure of restraint will be changed. 03.04.15 21:21 8 125 105

ExxonMobil lodges a claim to Russia for $500 million with the Stockholm arbitration U.S. oil and gas major ExxonMobil is going to lodge a claim to Russia for $500 million to the Stockholm arbitration court this week. 30.03.15 12:29 111 472 399

Hordieiev, suspected for the SBU officer in Volnovakha murder, was arrested for two months by the court The court has arrested Denys Hordieiev, a suspect in the murder of the Security Service of Ukraine officer, for two months Saturday, March 28. 30.03.15 10:09 15 466 65

Pechersk court did not arrest former head of State Emergency Service Bochkovskyi Kyiv Pechersk District Court refused to arrest former chairman of the State Emergency Serhii Bochkovskyi and sent the relevant motion back to the Interior Ministry. Earlier, the prosecutors withdrew the move to detain the former head of the Emergency Service. 27.03.15 15:40 68 079 373 Previously in trend: Arrest of State Emergency Service leadership

Former Berkut officers, accused of execution of 39 Euromaidan activists, face life imprisonment The jury trial in Sviatoshyn district court of Kyiv will consider the case against former Berkut riot police officers Serhii Zinchenko and Pavlo Abroskin accused of killing of 39 Euromaidan activists. 19.03.15 17:31 12 026 100

Ukrainian oligarchs Kolomoiskyi and Pinchuk accuse each other of murders involvement - The Independent Some of the most extraordinary allegations of violence, murder and corruption ever seen in a London commercial legal dispute have emerged in High Court documents. 16.03.15 16:55 65 371 109

Trial of former Kyiv mayor Popov will start March 23 The case of the former chairman of the Kyiv State City Administration Oleksandr Popov, who is accused of dispersing Euromaidan activists, will begin at 1 p.m. March 23 in the Shevchenkivskyi district court of Kyiv. 13.03.15 18:25 5 640 44 Previously in trend: Maidan crackdown

Court quashed the arrest of SBU ex-officer who let the Russian Special Forces into the Donetsk Airport. VIDEO Court cancelled the decision on detention of the former SBU officer, who granted the militants access to the Donetsk airport in spring 2014. The case was sent back to the Prosecutor General’s Office. 11.03.15 19:15 145 172 188 Previously in trend: Fighting for the Donetsk airport

Notorious judges Vovk, Tsarevych, and Kitsiuk ousted from office High Qualification Commission of Judges of Ukraine removed judges of Pechersk district court of Kyiv Serhii Vovk, Oksana Tsarevych and Viktor Kitsiuk from the office for two months. 10.03.15 17:02 20 834 90

Savchenko says she will continue the hunger strike: "Not long left for these bastards to rejoice". PHOTOS Ukrainian aviatrix Nadiya Savchenko said she would continue the hunger strike. 04.03.15 21:16 130 368 427 Previously in trend: Russian aggression against Ukraine

Rada approved arrest of notorious judges Tsarevych, Kitsiuk, and Vovk The Verkhovna Rada approved the arrest and detention (taking into custody) of the Kyiv Pechersk district court judges Serhii Vovk, Viktor Kitsiuk, and Oksana Tsarevych. 04.03.15 13:37 84 059 204

U.S. State Department expressed concern regarding Russian court’s ruling on Nadiya Savchenko: Such detention and treatment are unacceptable Official Washington has expressed deep concern over the Russian court's decision on further detention of Ukrainian MP Nadiya Savchenko and called on the Russian authorities to immediately release her along with all the other Ukrainian hostages. 26.02.15 10:41 110 149 388

Pechersk district court rejected request to arrest Yefremov on suspicion of inciting ethnic hatred The court rejected the prosecutor's request to issue an arrest warrant for Yefremov, who had headed Yanukovych's Party of Regions' faction in the Verkhovna Rada, arguing that the prosecutors had failed to justify the charges. 25.02.15 22:58 53 243 429

Pechersk Court to announce the decision on Yefremov’s inquiry Feb. 25 Pechersk District Court in Kyiv will announce the decision on the measures of restraint for former Verkhovna Rada deputy, the former chairman of the Party of Regions faction in the parliament of the seventh convocation Oleksandr Yefremov, suspected of inciting ethnic hatred, Feb. 25 at 02:00 p.m. 24.02.15 21:41 11 002 71

The court arrested former Berkut officer suspected of Maidan execution without bail The Pechersk District Court in Kyiv has chosen a measure of restraint for former Berkut officer Oleksandr Marinchenko, who is suspected of Euromaidan activists’ execution. 24.02.15 18:19 13 157 47

Yefremov’s court hearing postponed again The court hearing electing restraint for former head of the Party of Regions faction Oleksandr Yefremov has been postponed. 23.02.15 15:44 24 125 124

Pechersk court needs to be disbanded and its building demolished like Bastille – Interior Minister Interior Minister Arsen Avakov harshly criticized the activities of the Pechersk district court of Kyiv and predicted it the fate of the Bastille. 20.02.15 00:47 60 026 366

Court arrests Yefremov, setting bail at 3.7 million hryvnia. PHOTOS Peschersk District Court in Kyiv chose to arrest former deputy of the Verkhovna Rada, former leader of the Party of Regions faction Oleksandr Yefremov until Apr. 14, with the possibility of paying bail in the amount of 3.7 million hryvnia (about $150,000 at the current rate – ed.). 16.02.15 23:22 150 090 805

Detained former MP Yefremov in court: "There is no such concept as "Ukrainian". PHOTOS At a hearing in Pechersk District Court of Kyiv, former Verkhovna Rada deputy, ex-leader of the Party of Regions faction Oleksandr Yefremov stated that Ukrainian nationality does not exist. 16.02.15 21:14 369 103 1 082

Ukrainian pilot Nadia Savchenko needs a global support action – Feigin The lawyer of Ukrainian Pilot Nadia Savchenko called for a global support action on Jan. 26. 11.01.15 15:30 13 556 144