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Probe opened into attack against Russian embassy in Ukraine’s Kiev

Investigation has been launched after the recent attack against Russian embassy in Ukraine.

13:50 18.03.2020

Two Ukrainians accused of attack on Russian cultural center in Kiev arrested in absentia

A court has issued an arrest warrant for two alleged members of Ukraine’s nationalist organization S14 charged with attacking the Russian center of science and culture in Kiev in absentia.

13:00 22.03.2019

Nadezhda Savchenko arrested in Kiev - report

Ukrainian lawmaker Nadezhda Savchenko was arrested in Kiev on Thursday.

15:47 22.03.2018

Ukrainian court upholds detention of suspect in murder of ex-Russian MP

The Kiev Court of Appeals has upheld the detention of Yaroslav Tarasyuk suspected of complicity in the murder of former Russian MP Denis Voronenkov.

19:56 25.07.2017

Trial of ex-Ukrainian president Yanukovych to begin in Kiev on May 4

The Obolonsky District Court in Kiev will begin hearing a case against former Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych, who stands charged with treason, on May 4.

16:58 11.04.2017

Ukrainian Interior Minister’s adviser declares identity of Russian ex-MP’s alleged killer

Adviser to the Interior Minister of Ukraine Anton Gerashchenko disclosed identity of an alleged killer of former Russian lawmaker Denis Voronenkov on his Facebook page on Friday.

17:33 24.03.2017

Russian ex-lawmaker Voronenkov shot dead in Kiev

Former lawmaker of the Russian State Duma Denis Voronenkov had been shot dead in the central part of Ukrainian capital Kiev, Dmitry Belotserkovets.

15:59 23.03.2017

Alleged Russian soldiers suspected of terrorism to stay in Ukrainian detention

The Goloseyevsky District Court of Kiev has extended until February 20, 2016, the detention of two Russian nationals, Alexander Aleksandrov and Yevgeny Yerofeyev suspected of terrorism.

16:59 23.12.2015

Kiev court reaffirms termination of Naftogaz monopoly on gas market

On February 5, the Kiev Administrative Court of Appeals ruled against a motion filed by the government and state-owned oil and gas company Naftogaz against the decision to invalidate government resolutions obliging the country’s largest corporate consumers to buy gas exclusively from Naftogaz.

16:22 06.02.2015

Ukrainian parliament votes for arrest of judge who sentenced ex-PM Tymoshenko

The Ukrainian parliament voted on Thursday to allow arrest of Rodion Kireyev, judge of Kiev's Pechyorsky District Court, who sentenced former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko to seven years in prison.

14:54 05.02.2015

Ukrainian parliament rules to strip Yanukovich of president's title

On Wednesday, the Verkhovna Rada adopted a law to strip Viktor Yanukovich of the title of president. As many as 281 MPs voted for the decision. (The required minimum is 226 votes.)

15:32 04.02.2015

Four Ukrainian riot police commanders placed under house arrest

The Ukrainian Prosecutor General’s Office accused four commanders of a special police department, Berkut, of involvement in a violent dispersion of a protest in central Kiev on November 30, 2013. All four are currently under house arrest.

13:29 28.01.2015

Ukraine issues arrest warrant for ousted president Yanukovich

A court in Kiev has issued an arrest warrant for former president of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovich, according to a statement of Prosecutor General’s Office released on Tuesday.

16:29 20.01.2015

Law under which Yanukovich can be tried in absentia becomes effective in Ukraine

A law on trial in absentia, under which a trial of the alleged crimes of former resident Viktor Yanukovich can be completed, became effective on Friday.

10:40 31.10.2014

Ukrainian Svoboda party to contest parliamentary election results

The leader of the Ukrainian nationalist party Svoboda (Freedom), Oleh Tyahnybok, said they would contest the results of the Verkhovna Rada elections in court, RIA Novosti reports on Thursday.

16:46 30.10.2014

Searches held at Ukrainian companies that broadcast Russian TV channels

Ukrainian police have searched the offices of companies that broadcast Russian TV channels, seized their accounts and confiscated their digital media, the Ukrainian Interior Ministry said in a statement.

15:33 24.10.2014

Naftogaz ordered to give up 5 billion cubic meters of gas

Kiev court on Friday ordered Ukraine’s largest state energy holding Naftogaz to reimburse the gas transit system operator Ukrtransgaz with 4,751 billion cubic meters of gas, UNIAN agency reports citing the court’s statement.

13:02 24.10.2014

Poroshenko signs bill on anti-corruption bureau into law

President Petro Poroshenko of Ukraine has signed a number of anti-corruption laws, including one for an anti-corruption bureau designed to root out high-ranking extortionists, says a statement posted on the president’s website on Thursday.

10:26 23.10.2014

Ukraine to create anti-corruption bureau

On Tuesday, the Ukrainian parliament adopted a bill that provides for creating an anti-corruption bureau. A total of 278 deputies voted for the document; the required minimum is 226, RIA Novosti reports.

13:35 14.10.2014

Ukrainian President signs lustration bill into law

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has signed the so-called lustration law, under which about one million Ukrainian officials would be screened, the president’s press office announced Thursday.

17:33 09.10.2014