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Whether he returned to Ukraine at all, the OPG says it does not know.
Former Prosecutor General Ruslan Kravchenko, who left Ukraine on the night of 14 September supposedly on a business trip, has not returned to work, even though the same business trip, which he arranged for himself, ended on 18 September, writes Ukrainska Pravda citing a comment from Office of the Prosecutor General spokeswoman Maryana Haivska.
“The official end date of Ruslan Kravchenko’s official business trip is 18 September. As of 14:00 21 September he did not arrive for work at the Office of the Prosecutor General,” the OPG representative told journalists.
Haivska noted that Ruslan Kravchenko was dismissed only from the post of prosecutor general, but remains a prosecutor at the Office of the Prosecutor General.
When journalists asked where Kravchenko is now and whether he returned to Ukraine, she replied that she does not know.
On the morning of 14 September Prosecutor General Ruslan Kravchenko announced that he had signed a suspicion notice against NABU director Semen Kryvonos, whom he suspects “of forging official documents to obtain a bribe of an especially large size,” as well as “stealing documents” related to cases against leaders and employees of NABU and SAP from the Prosecutor General’s Office.
It later became known that Kravchenko left the country during the night. The Center for Civil Liberties (CPC) stated that such a departure could have been possible only with the consent and permission of President Volodymyr Zelensky. At the same time, before leaving the country supposedly on a business trip, Kravchenko apparently realized he might be leaving permanently — at one o’clock in the morning he refused state protection, and two hours later he crossed the border via the Shehyni checkpoint.
Zelensky immediately said that Kravchenko had only one path, which was dismissal from the post; he later suspended him from duties, and the next day the Verkhovna Rada promptly approved the resignation decision.
At the same time, the Office of the Prosecutor General itself officially stated on Monday evening that it had not notified the head of the anti-corruption agency of any suspicion because there were no legal grounds for doing so.
The events occurred after NABU and SAP conducted searches at the prosecutor general’s office on 4 September and announced the uncovering of the “Carthage” case — the activities of a criminal organization led by an official of the Prosecutor General’s Office that covered up fraudulent call centers and money laundering.
Ruslan Kravchenko is not directly implicated in the case so far, but the tapes mention “the Boss,” whose name neither the NABU detective nor the SAP prosecutor have disclosed. They note that “the Boss” was previously head of the Tax Service, and that “the Chancellor,” during a phone conversation with one of his accomplices, calls him “Andriyovych,” which matches the biographical data and patronymic of the current prosecutor general.
What did the former prosecutor general leave behind, and why can’t NABU director Semen Kryvonos simply shrug off questions about his past, even if the suspicion against him is part of a political attack? And will Volodymyr Zelensky take the chance not just to appoint another “his” prosecutor general, but to change the system itself — through a transparent competition and prosecution reform? Read more about this in Inna Vedernikova’s article “The Fugitive Syndrome. How Not to Turn the State into a Meme.”
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