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Russian investigators believe top Ukrainian officials to be guilty of war crimes

Russia’s Investigative Committee has compiled a list of high-ranking Ukrainian officials that are guilty of war crimes, Interfax reports on Friday, citing committee representative Alexander Drymanov.

13:44 30.10.2014

Avakov assassination suspect is police officer – Ukrainian Security Service

Ukraine’s security service, SBU, says the man who has been arrested on suspicion of planning to assassinate Interior Minister Arsen Avakov served in a special Kiev police unit, RIA Novosti has announced.

12:47 01.08.2014

Court rulings to arrest Ukrainian interior minister and mogul governor come into effect

The attorneys of Ukrainian Interior Minister Arsen Avakov and Dnipropetrovsk Governor Ihor Kolomoisky, who have been charged under a criminal case on developments in southeast Ukraine, have not appealed the decisions of the Basmanny District Court in Moscow on their arrest in absentia, the court’s press secretary, Anna Fadeyeva, told RIA Novosti.

12:54 18.07.2014

Russian investigators seek warrant to arrest Ukrainian officials

Russia’s Investigative Committee has requested a court warrant for the arrest of Dnipropetrovsk Governor Ihor Kolomoisky and plans to file for the arrest of Ukrainian Interior Minister Arsen Avakov, committee spokesman Vladimir Markin told journalists on Thursday.

15:23 26.06.2014

Russia urges international investigation into journalists’ death in Ukraine

Russia will request an international investigation into the death of the VGTRK journalists in Ukraine, said Konstantin Dolgov, the Russian Foreign Ministry’s Commissioner for Human Rights, Democracy and the Rule of Law.

11:43 19.06.2014

Russia opens criminal case against top Ukrainian officials Avakov and Kolomoisky

Russia’s Investigative Committee has opened a criminal case against Ukrainian Interior Minister Arsen Avakov and Dnipropetrovsk Governor Ihor Kolomoisky, committee spokesman Vladimir Markin told journalists on Wednesday.

12:49 18.06.2014

OSCE requests release of Russian journalists detained in Ukraine

In a letter to Arsen Avakov, appointed Interior Minister after the regime change in Ukraine, the OSCE requested the release of the LifeNews journalists that were detained by the National Guard of Ukraine and called for a thorough investigation of the incident, according to a statement by the OSCE Press Service obtained by RIA Novosti.

16:57 19.05.2014

Ousted president Yanukovich officialy wanted on suspicion of murder - report

Following earlier reports that ousted Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovich had been placed on a wanted list Monday, the UNN news agency confirmed the story Wednesday citing acting Prosecutor General Oleg Makhnitsky.

10:17 26.02.2014

Ousted Ukrainian president Yanukovich placed on wanted list

Special envoy for the Ukrainian Interior Ministry Arsen Avakov said on Facebook Monday that ousted president Viktor Yanukovish has been placed on a wanted list.

12:42 24.02.2014