Prosecutor General’s Office denies charging NABU director

The Prosecutor General's Office in Ukraine has refuted allegations that Semen Kryvonos, the director of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU), has been charged with criminal offenses. A statement released on September 14 by the office denied that Kryvonos had been served with a notice of suspicion in a criminal proceeding.

The office also stated that there were no legal grounds to issue such a notice, and that the corresponding entries in the Unified Register of Pretrial Investigations had been canceled. This comes after Prosecutor General Ruslan Kravchenko had claimed to have signed a charge sheet accusing Kryvonos of allegedly forging official documents for personal gain.

However, Kryvonos stated that he had not been served with the notice and that it had not been delivered directly to NABU. The situation was further complicated by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy signing a decree on September 14 suspending Kravchenko from his duties as Prosecutor General.

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