Ukraine’s Prosecutor General Submits Resignation Citing Political Conflict
Kravchenko denied involvement and said he does not want the prosecutor general post used as an instrument of political confrontation.
- On Monday, Prosecutor General Ruslan Kravchenko offered his resignation, citing political reasons to prevent his office from becoming an instrument of political confrontation within Ukraine's ruling elite.
- Ukraine's anti-graft agencies, the NABU and SAPO, reported last week they uncovered a criminal organization allegedly arranged by an official within the Prosecutor General's Office; Kravchenko denied involvement in the scheme.
- "My position regarding the accusations remains unchanged," Kravchenko said on Telegram, thanking President Volodymyr Zelensky and the Verkhovna Rada and formally requesting they accept his resignation.
- The resignation follows other leadership changes as Ukraine battles Russia; in July, President Volodymyr Zelensky replaced Defence Minister Mykhailo Fedorov and endorsed Naftogaz executive Sergii Koretskyi as prime minister.
- Yulia Svyrydenko's year in office coincided with a corruption scandal involving senior figures; although not implicated, critics argued she failed to take sufficient action to clean house.
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PublicoUkraine's Attorney General asked Zelensky to resign, days after his office had been searched for a corruption investigation. Ruslan Kravchenko assures that the charges are completely unfounded, but does not want the Attorney General to be used as an instrument of political confrontation.
Accused of corruption, Ukraine's Prosecutor General Ruslan Kravchenko resigned on Monday, September 7, after raids carried out this weekend in his administration as part of a case involving the lucrative sector of fraudulent call centers.
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The Attorney General's office accepted bribes to protect call centers carrying out phone fraud, the indictment states.
He is accused of having belonged to a network that was receiving money to protect fraudulent call centres organizing scams on the phone.
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