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SAPO head: Cooperation with Kravchenko strictly professional, technical; no communication over 'Carthage'

Ruslan Kravchenko, who was removed from his post as Prosecutor General and subsequently resigned amid an anti-corruption operation "Carthage," did not take the initiative to communicate with anti-corruption agencies, nor did those agencies offer to communicate, Head of the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office (SAPO) Oleksandr Klymenko.

SAPO head: Cooperation with Kravchenko strictly professional, technical; no communication over 'Carthage'

Ruslan Kravchenko, former Prosecutor General, was dismissed from his position and resigned amidst an anti-corruption operation in Carthage. According to Oleksandr Klymenko, head of the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office (SAPO), his cooperation with Kravchenko was strictly professional and technical in nature. No communication took place between the two parties, as neither offered to communicate nor did Kravchenko take the initiative to contact Klymenko regarding the Carthage case.

Klymenko clarified that the Prosecutor General's authority is limited to approving investigative and covert surveillance operations involving members of parliament, and initiating investigations against them. SAPO head Klymenko and Semen Kryvonos, Director of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine, emphasized that there was no guaranteeing or guaranteeing of any kind between Kravchenko and the SAPO.

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