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Ukraine's Zelenskyy appoints acting prosecutor general after Kravchenko's dismissal
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy appointed Anton Kovalskyi as acting prosecutor general after parliament approved Ruslan Kravchenko's dismissal. The appointment followed a corruption investigation involving Prosecutor General's Office officials and mutual accusations between the institutions.
The position of prosecutor general in Ukraine changed after the dismissal of Ruslan Kravchenko. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy appointed Anton Kovalskyi as acting prosecutor general.
The appointment was made by presidential decree, while Kovalskyi heads the Khmelnytskyi Regional Prosecutor's Office. Parliament approved Kravchenko's dismissal on September 15.
Resignation came amid an ongoing investigation
Kravchenko submitted his resignation on September 7 as the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) continued investigating corruption allegations involving officials at the Prosecutor General's Office.
NABU and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office (SAPO) announced on September 5 that they had uncovered an alleged criminal organization led by a department head at the Prosecutor General's Office. The organization's members were suspected of taking bribes and laundering money through fake call centers.
Kravchenko denied the allegations
Kravchenko rejected the allegations against him. He accused NABU Director Semen Kryvonos of fabricating documents and said he had signed a second notice of suspicion concerning a person close to SAPO head Oleksandr Klymenko.
He alleged that the person had influenced judges at Ukraine's High Anti-Corruption Court, offered the judges illegal benefits and helped some people evade military mobilization.
NABU and SAPO rejected Kravchenko's counteraccusations. The two institutions said no notice of suspicion had been issued against Kryvonos and described Kravchenko's statements as part of an attack on the independence of anti-corruption institutions.
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