Contents tagged with Ukrainian Interior Ministry

  • Ukrainian Interior Minister: 131,000 police officers will ensure security during the presidential elections

    According to the press service of the Ukrainian Ministry of Internal Affairs, over a hundred thousand police officers will ensure security duting the Ukrainian presidential elections on March 31.

    “The Ministry of Internal Affairs will provide 131,000 policemen to ensure public safety during the election. I hope that the SBU [Ukrainian Security Service] will help us. Of course, the police had thirty thousand more officers in 2014, but despite this, we are ready to protect the electoral process,” …

  • Accomplice of fugitive oligarch Kurchenko arrested in Greece at Ukraine’s request

    Russian energy specialist Yevgeny Kalinin was arrested in Greece at Ukraine’s request on Saturday 2 March, RIA Novosti reports.

    According to his attorney, Yannis Rachiotis, the Russian was on a business trip in Greece, and was detained at the Athens airport on 28 February.

    At the end of hearings on Friday, the court ruled that Kalinin is to be detained until Greece receives an extradition request from Ukraine.

    The Russian is wanted by Ukraine for violating local tax laws during his work in …