Biography
Born October 14, 1963 in the Kyiv region. In 1971, he graduated from high school in the Pereyaslav-Khmelnitsky district of the Kyiv region. After graduating from school, he worked in Pereyaslav-Khmelnitsky on a fur farm. From 1981 to 1983, he served in the Soviet Army. In December 1983, he joined the internal affairs agencies as a police officer in the police division of the non-departmental security department at the Dniprovsky District Department of Internal Affairs of Kyiv. From 1985 to 1987, he studied at the Kaliningrad Special Secondary Police School of the USSR Ministry of Internal Affairs. In 1987, he was sent for further service as a district police inspector of the Dniprovsky District Department of Internal Affairs of the Kyiv Directorate of Internal Affairs, reports Politrada.
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Political ambitions
Since 1990, he served as an operative and deputy head of the criminal investigation department of the Dniprovsky District Department of Internal Affairs of the Kyiv City Police Department. In June 1993, he was appointed deputy head of the department and head of the division of the department for combating group and organized crime of the Kyiv City Police Department. From December 1994, he worked as deputy head of the criminal investigation department and head of the department for combating group and organized crime, and from 1997, head of the criminal investigation department. In December 1999, he was appointed 1st deputy head of the Main Criminal Investigation Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, and in March 2001, head of the Lviv Railway Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine.
In February 2003, he was appointed First Deputy Head of the Main Directorate – Head of the Department for Combating Organized Crime of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine in Kyiv. From August to November 2003, he served as Deputy Head of the Criminal Investigation Department – Head of the Department for Combating Organized Crime, and from 2003 to 2005, he served as First Deputy Head of the Criminal Investigation Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine. In February 2005, he was appointed Head of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine in Kyiv. On March 12, 2010, he resigned, the day after Mykola Azarov was appointed Prime Minister of Ukraine. He is non-partisan.
Promises and Quotes
August 27 2014
The Prosecutor General's Office of Ukraine is initiating a ban on the use of balaclavas by special forces personnel during searches. The Prosecutor General is confident that there is no pressing need for special forces personnel to conceal their faces during searches of public institutions.
This was reported by Ukrainian News, citing a statement from Prosecutor General Vitaliy Yarema.
"We are currently preparing... a regulatory act... banning the use of special forces with covered faces during searches in offices and public institutions where there is no threat to investigative team members," he said.
The Prosecutor General is confident that there is no pressing need for special forces officers to conceal their identities when conducting searches in public institutions.
Yarema also cited the example of the robbery of the Graf jewelry store in Kyiv, where masked officers from the Sokol special unit of the UBOP burst into the store, ostensibly to conduct a search, and assisted the prosecutor, investigators, and witnesses in the theft of jewelry.
On August 26, the prosecutor and investigator who conducted the search of the store were detained, and another suspect, investigator Vasilenko, was placed on the wanted list.
The store owners claim that jewelry worth almost two million dollars was stolen.
However, the Sokol special forces officers who took part in the search were not detained because, according to Yarema, they refused to participate in the robbery.
August 06 2014
Ukraine's Prosecutor General, Vitaliy Yarema, has stated that charges will soon be brought against officials of the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense who committed the crime of downing the Il-76 aircraft, which resulted in the death of 49 paratroopers, Interfax-Ukraine reports.
"Regarding the Il-76 aircraft, as far as I know, charges will soon be brought against the Defense Ministry officials who allowed this crime to be committed," he said at a press conference in Kyiv on Saturday.
He also reported that, to date, the prosecutor's office and the SBU have opened more than 1,5 cases related to various offenses committed during the ATO, and approximately 150 people have already been held accountable for criminal offenses.
July 09 2014
Ukraine's Prosecutor General, Vitaliy Yarema, is threatening "harsh action" against "civic activists" who have begun pressuring businesses and government agencies, using the Maidan as a cover for their own interests. The Prosecutor General made this statement during a meeting with representatives of civil society organizations in Odesa.
As reported by the Prosecutor General's Office press service, Vitaliy Yarema, during a conversation with representatives of public organizations, stated that recently, under the guise of the Maidan, pressure has been exerted on entrepreneurs, law enforcement, and government agencies.
"He emphasized that such actions will be met with a strong response," the press service of the Prosecutor General's Office of Ukraine said in a statement.
All the promises
April 04 2014
According to our information, Viktor Yanukovych and his supporters have exported a very large sum of money from Ukraine. We can't say for sure, but it amounts to billions of dollars. And these funds, according to our information and that of the intelligence service, are currently being used to stir up separatist sentiment among the Ukrainian population. Since the end of February, approximately 320 separatist protests have been held in Ukraine, involving approximately 242,000 citizens. Fifteen separatist leaders have already been arrested.
Ukrainian News, April 4, 2014
April 04 2014
Producing products for Russia that will later be used against us is utter madness, and the Prime Minister has already made the decision to cease military cooperation with Russia. Ukraine has traditionally enjoyed very active cooperation with Russia in the military-industrial complex, and many enterprises operate in Ukraine that manufacture military products exported to Russia. An abrupt end to this cooperation with Russia would result in serious losses for the Ukrainian economy. Serious efforts are currently underway to find other markets for Ukrainian military-industrial products. Specifically, the government intends to redirect exports to eastern markets.
Telegraph, April 4, 2014
March 16 2014
Today, intelligence is coming in that on February 21st and even 22nd, some banks held billions of dollars belonging to Yanukovych and his entourage. Today, these funds are gone. We made many mistakes or acted inefficiently, giving these scoundrels the opportunity to flee Ukraine. Some say by ship, others by plane.
Commander-in-Chief, July 23, 2014
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