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Ukraine’s Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office initiates investigation into alleged tax evasion by the Prosecutor General
The head of the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office (SAP), Nazar Kholodnytskyi said that an investigation has begun following the statements of the leader of the Radical Party Oleh Lyashko about the house and tax declaration of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine, Yuriy Lutsenko, UNN news agency reports.
"The SAP responded to the statements made by the leader of the Radical Party, which he made during the consideration of the petition. We submitted his two applications to the Unified …
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Ukrainian Parliament strips three MPs of immunity
At the request of the Prosecutor’s General Office, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine by a majority vote stripped three MPs of immunity.
The members of the Verkhovna Rada supported revoking immunity of Oles Dovgiy, the Deputy of the People's Will parliamentary group, Maxym Polyakov from the People's Front group and Boryslav Rosenblat, the former member of the Petro Poroshenko Bloc.
At the same time, the MPs voted against the arrest of Polyakov and Rosenblat. The lawmakers were also against …
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Ukraine to build a new ammunition factory
President Petro Poroshenko has proposed the construction of an ammunition factory in Ukraine. To do so, there will need to be 1.4 billion hryvnia ($53.8 million) allocated for the project, as he explained during a meeting of the National Security and Defense Council, according to the Presidential website.
According to the President, a significant part of the funds from the budget surplus will be spent on strengthening the defense and security sector.
"I made a proposal to build an ammunition …
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Prosecutor General’s Office of Ukraine: 84 foreigners are investigated for participation in separatist groups
Since 2014, in the Luhansk and Donetsk regions, 84 foreigners have participated in illegally armed groups with 64 of them being citizens of the Russian Federation, as reported on the website of the Prosecutor General's Office.
It was established that the foreigners were registered as part of Prizrak (Ghost) battalion of the separatist LPR.
"These foreigners are mercenaries under the auspices of the organization, United Continentale, which professes, among other things, a pro-Russian policy. …
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The National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine proposes expanding sanctions on Russia
The National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) of Ukraine instructed the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), and the National Bank to make proposals on expanding the list of persons subject to sanctions in connection with aggression by the Russian Federation, as stated by NSDC Secretary, Oleksandr Turchynov, Interfax-Ukraine reports.
"The United States and the EU have decided to impose new sanctions against the Russian Federation, and we cannot ignore …