Contents tagged with Prosecutor General
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Russian Prosecutor General calls prevention of protests during presidential elections a 'primary task'
Speaking at a celebration of the 296th anniversary of the founding of Russia’s Prosecutor General’s Office, Prosecutor General Yury Chaika said that one of primary tasks of the Prosecutor General’s Office this year will be to prevent unsanctioned protests during the presidential elections, RBC news agency reports.
“In the coming year, a new task stands before the departments of the Prosecutor General’s Office: ensuring lawfulness during the electoral campaign for the president of the Russian …
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Ukraine’s Minister of Finance demands resignation of Prosecutor General
During a press conference in Kyiv, the Minister of Finance of Ukraine, Oleksandr Danylyuk, demanded the resignation of the Prosecutor General Yuri Lutsenko, reports TCN.
“He discredits the Ukrainian people and international partners of the president and parliament, who entrusted him with such an important position, and the government as a whole, and therefore must resign,” Danylyuk said.
The Minister of Finance also noted that the Prosecutor General has not been able to bring important …
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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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Prosecutor General of Ukraine talks about 1.2 million unsolved cases
Yuriy Lutsenko, Prosecutor General of Ukraine, said that the General Prosecutor’s Office together with the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) is investigating 1,2 million cases, the German news outlet Bild reports.
“The problem is that my organization is much larger than the NABU. I have 10,000 employees, and 800 of them are investigators. The NABU has a total of 220 detectives. Together we are responsible for 150,000 state officials, and currently there are 1.2 million cases at …
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Lutsenko: The leaders of the Ukrainian military made mistakes in Ilovaisk
The facts provided during the criminal proceedings regarding the events near Ilovaisk in August 2014, do not exclude possible mistakes by Ukrainian military leadership, as was stated by the Prosecutor General, Yuriy Lutsenko, on the Channel 1+1 on Thursday, 1 December.
"The investigation regarding the events at the Battle of Ilovaisk has been conducted, and indicates that the main and only factor that led to the deaths of Ukrainian servicemen, were the attacks mostly carried out by Russian …
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Ukrainian Prosecutor General accuses Russia of plotting terrorist attacks on Ukrainian territory
According to Ukrainian Prosecutor General Yuri Lutsenko, Russia is planning to carry out terrorist attacks on Ukrainian territory, Ukrainskaya Pravda reported.
Lutsenko noted that on September 16th in Rivne, Major Ivan Mamchur, who worked in a detention facility in Rivne, was killed. His killers left DNA traces on the gun and cigarette butts, and the culprits were identified.
The Ukrainian Prosecutor General noted that one of the suspects, a resident of Mariupol named Smorodinov, was arrested …
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Ukraine's Prosecutor General tells of massive sell-off of military hardware between 2005 and 2014
During the period from 2005 to 2014, Ukraine sold more than 830 tanks, 710 combat vehicles and 200 aircraft, as stated by Ukrainian Prosecutor General Yuriy Lutsenko at a meeting of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on National Security and Defense on Friday. Lutsenko was presenting his report on the results of an investigation into Russia’s actions in eastern Ukraine.
According to him, such a large-scale sell-off served as one of the factors for Russia’s aggression.
"After the collapse of the …
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Ukrainian Prosecutor General: There are 800 volumes of investigations into Russia's actions in the Donbas
The Prosecutor General of Ukraine, Yuriy Lutsenko, published the statistics of the pre-trial investigation on Russia’s instigation and continuation of aggressive actions. He posted the data on Facebook on Tuesday, August, 30 2016.According to Lutsenko, the investigation covered the entire period of Russian aggression starting from February 2014 (the occupation of the Crimea, and the anti-terrorist operation in the east of the country).The volume of materials from the criminal proceedings is …
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Ukrainian Media: New Prosecutor General spotted wearing a $30,000 watch at a parliamentary hearing
While delivering a report on the investigation of corrupt schemes, the new Ukrainian Prosecutor General, Yuriy Lutsenko, allegedly wore a watch worth 30,000 US dollars, as reported by the Ukrainian Ukrainski Novyny (Ukrainian News) news portal.
“The Prosecutor General came to Verkhovna Rada to deliver a report requesting removal of parliamentary immunity from Oleksandr Onyshchenko, who is under investigation over corrupt schemes in the Ukrainian gas market. The Prosecutor General had a Ulysse …
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The FBI was invited to renew its mission in Ukrainian Prosecutor General’s Office
The newly appointed Prosecutor General of Ukraine, Yuriy Lutsenko, announced an agreement with the FBI’s representative’s office in Ukraine about renewing the FBI’s mission in the Prosecutor General's Office.As Interfax-Ukraine reported, Lutsenko said that he had come to an agreement regarding the resumption of work of the FBI in the Prosecutor General's Office.
"Also, I have an agreement with the representative office of the FBI in Ukraine about renewal of their mission in the Prosecutor …