Tag: Renat Kuzmin

A former prosecutor was sentenced in absentia to eight years in prison; he is wanted for possible fraud and corruption.

The Kyiv District Court of Odessa found former prosecutor Serhiy Kalinin of the Odessa Local Prosecutor's Office No. 1 guilty of fraud, influence peddling, and incitement to improper benefit. So, Serhiy Kalinin. This was reported by the "Court Reporter" with reference to the verdict of June 26. After completing his 2007…

How many collaborators does it take to ban a party?

The "Nash Krai" party is attempting to reenter political life. The Cassation Administrative Court is considering their appeal to overturn the 2024 ban on the political party, according to From-ua. The basis for this appeal is SBU materials containing evidence of subversive activities by party members: dozens of "Nash Krai" representatives, mostly from the temporarily occupied territories,…

The fight for Medvedchuk's billions

The court postponed the hearing of the appeal against Medvedchuk's house arrest.

BusinessCensor investigated how Viktor Medvedchuk has been battling Volodymyr Zelenskyy for two years, challenging sanctions against him and the loss of his Ukrainian citizenship, while none of the criminal cases against Medvedchuk himself have reached trial. And the Ministry of Justice still has to fight for…

Betrayed, fled, or went into hiding: the fate of the members of parliament from the banned Opposition Platform – For Life party. DOSSIER

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Before the full-scale war, the pro-Russian Opposition Platform – For Life faction was the second-largest in parliament, with 43 deputies. Last year, the party's activities were banned in Ukraine, and several deputies were stripped of their mandates and suspected of treason. However, most members of the former Opposition Platform – For Life faction still sit in parliament and even…

Truants and passive MPs: who works the least in parliament?

Ukraine to extend martial law for three months: What will change in the country?

Since the beginning of 2022, approximately 60 MPs have missed more than 30% of the votes. The top three absentees are Fedir Khrystenko (94%), a former member of the Opposition Platform – For Life party and independent, Anzhelika Labunska (84%) from Batkivshchyna, and the infamous "Monaco Battalion" member, former representative of the Party of Regions and the Opposition Platform – For Life party, and now one of the leaders of the "Restoration of Ukraine" group, Vadym Stolar (83%), writes LB. The largest…

The Verkhovna Rada has stripped the controversial members of parliament from the banned Opposition Platform - For Life (OPZZ) of their mandates.

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The Verkhovna Rada has stripped five pro-Russian MPs—Viktor Medvedchuk, Andriy Derkach, Taras Kozak, Renat Kuzmin, and Andriy Aksyonov—of their mandates, after Volodymyr Zelenskyy stripped them of their citizenship a few days earlier, Apostrophe reports. MP Oleksiy Honcharenko announced this on his Telegram channel. "This is very good! And I'm glad that finally..."

Zelensky deprived Medvedchuk, Kozak, Derkach and Kuzmin of citizenship

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President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced that he had revoked the Ukrainian citizenship of MPs Viktor Medvedchuk, Taras Kozak, Andriy Derkach, and Renat Kuzmin, according to delo. "Based on materials prepared by the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) and the State Migration Service, and in accordance with the Constitution, I have decided to revoke the citizenship of four individuals: Andriy Leonidovych Derkach,…

Will the new Ombudsman be able to effectively reboot the National Preventive Mechanism?

The new team at the Office of the Verkhovna Rada Commissioner for Human Rights is rebooting the work of the National Preventive Mechanism (NPM). This national body, established and operating in accordance with the Optional Protocol to the UN Convention against Torture, ensures the prevention of torture, cruel, and degrading treatment in places of detention, Zmina reports. Monitors…

MP Kuzmin is suspected of treason.

Renat Kuzmin, Rafael Kuzmin, dossier, biography, compromising information

The Acting Prosecutor General has signed a notice of suspicion against Ukrainian MP Renat Kuzmin for high treason (Part 1, Article 111 of the Criminal Code). According to investigators, the MP from the Opposition Platform – For Life political party, on the eve of and after Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, posted information on social media, the internet, and…