Anastasia Radina
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Ukraine's EU integration deputy PM opposes competition for Prosecutor General
Ukraine's Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration Vsevolod Chentsov said in an interview with Yevropeiska Pravda that he sees neither the necessity nor the possibility of holding a competition for the position of Prosecutor General, arguing that EU requirements do not mandate such a competition and that no European practice of one exists. His position contrasts with a parliamentary draft law on competitive selection submitted earlier in the year and with a KMIS poll showing 69% of Ukrainians support an independent competition with foreign experts for the post.
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Ukraine's Prosecutor General Kravchenko resigns amid NABU 'Carthage' corruption probe
Prosecutor General Ruslan Kravchenko submitted his resignation on the evening of 7 September after NABU and SAPO exposed a criminal organization within the Office of the Prosecutor General accused of protecting fraudulent call centers. First Deputy Prosecutor General Maria Vdovychenko also resigned. The president has not yet formally submitted the dismissal to the Verkhovna Rada.