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He does not believe there are grounds now to write a resignation letter.
Ukraine's General Prosecutor Ruslan Krawchenko said he does not intend to resign, but will do so if colleagues, the Verkhovna Rada, or President Volodymyr Zelensky request a relevant decision, Liga.net quotes his words from an off-the-record meeting with journalists. He said that after the publication of the Carfagen investigation seven people were removed from work at the General Prosecutor's Office, but he did not specify who exactly.
Meanwhile, the deputy head of the Department of International Cooperation Serhiy Kropyva — in the anti-corruption tapes he appears as "Chancellor" — was referred to the prosecutors' Qualification and Disciplinary Commission. At the same time, a disciplinary investigation was initiated into the other six employees.
"There are lawful procedures. I am not clinging to my post and I will never cling to it. This is a decision of the team, the president, or the Verkhovna Rada. There is no such decision from me at this minute," he said, adding that Ukraine is a rule-of-law state in which the final word is spoken by the court, "not a detective or investigator."
As noted by Ukrinform, Krawchenko also stated that he has answers to all questions regarding his ties to Kropyva.
"Regarding all moments where there are questions for me, I have answers within the legal framework concerning my family, financial situation, my expenses," he noted, adding that he does not believe he should resign because of this.
Recall that in September, 4, the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office (SAPO) announced the operation "Carfagen," during which a criminal group was uncovered that covered up the work of a network of fraudulent call centers: it coordinated searches in offices that were not theirs, while collecting subscription fees from their own clients in the amount of 20-24 thousand dollars per month, according to ZN.UA sources. The suspects in the investigation are high-ranking prosecutors, in particular the deputy head of the Department of International Cooperation Serhiy Kropyva (in the tapes — "Chancellor"), whom VAKS has already detained with the possibility of posting 120 million hryvnias of bail.
Also in this story, General Prosecutor Ruslan Krawchenko came into the spotlight, unsurprisingly denying his involvement. However, the investigation established that Kropyva was close to the prosecutor general, he controlled and paid for repairs at his house in Kozyne, and it was he who, on one of the recordings, called the boss by his patronymic — Andriyovych.
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