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The Office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine (OPG) has completed an internal investigation into the former head Ruslan Kravchenko. He was found guilty of an official misconduct.
This was announced by Acting Prosecutor General Anton Kovalskyi, as reported by Suspline correspondent.
Kravchenko was found guilty of abusing his official position for personal gain.
“The internal investigation is finished and it is established that Kravchenko improperly used an invitation from a foreign state to travel abroad,” said Kovalskyi.
According to Kovalskyi, Kravchenko used an invitation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) for his trip abroad, which was addressed to Deputy Prosecutor General Viktor Lohachov. Previously Lohachov refused this invitation, about which the International Department of the OPG informed PACE.
Kovalskyi also noted that Kravchenko himself wrote and signed the order of business trip, whereas he should have involved the Office of International Cooperation of the OPG.
“When 14 came to Kravchenko in his office in September, they found the heraldic seal (Office of the Prosecutor General) and an envelope there. In the envelope was the signed order of the business trip and its copy,” Kovalskyi explained.
The prosecutor added that the internal investigation established violations of many departmental regulatory acts by Kravchenko, therefore he deserves disciplinary action.
At the same time, Kravchenko did not cause material damage to the OPG. Specifically, the investigation found that Kravchenko did not use official OPC vehicles for travel abroad.
Anton Kovalskyi noted that the question of whether to bring Kravchenko to criminal liability falls within the competence of NABU and SAP, which are conducting a criminal investigation into corruption in the OPG, known as operation “Carthage.”
Dismissal of Ruslan Kravchenko and his flight abroad
14 in September the Prosecutor General Kravchenko said he signed a notice of suspicion to the director of NABU, Semen Kryvonos, who was accused of forging official documents to obtain improper benefits and fictitious guardianship.
A person closely associated with SAP head Oleksandr Klymenko, who is touched by another suspicion, is accused of “influencing judges of VAKS, offering them improper benefits, and aiding in evading mobilization.” Kravchenko believes that this is what caused searches at the Office of the Prosecutor General as part of the anti-corruption operation “Carthage.”
Zelensky reacted, calling on the Verkhovna Rada to support the decision to dismiss Kravchenko, which was filed later. He also removed him from his duties.
At a briefing, NABU head Semen Kryvonos stated that he did not receive a notice of suspicion signed by Kravchenko. Also, despite the statements of the suspended prosecutor general, relatives of SAP head Oleksandr Klymenko did not receive notices of suspicion.
Kravchenko stated that he went abroad “on a business trip,” during which he allegedly wanted to “inform international partners about the real state of affairs in the anti-corruption system.”
At the same time, the Office of the Prosecutor General refuted information about suspicions against anti-corruption officials. They noted that no one had been notified of suspicion in the prescribed manner within the scope of the respective criminal case.
During the day 15 September, Parliament supported a resolution on Kravchenko’s dismissal from the post of Prosecutor General, and later that day Zelensky signed the corresponding decree.
17 in September Zelensky appointed Anton Kovalskyi as Acting Prosecutor General. Prior to this, he headed the Khmelnytsky regional prosecutor’s office.
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