Zelenskyy suspends prosecutor general who charged the bureau probing his own office
The agencies he accused are the ones whose independence Brussels treats as a condition of Ukraine's EU accession.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy suspended Ruslan Kravchenko from his position as prosecutor general on September 14th. This came shortly after Kravchenko announced criminal charges against Semen Kryvonos, the director of Ukraine's National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU), which is probing Kravchenko's own office. Zelenskyy's suspension occurred amid tensions between the Prosecutor General's Office and Ukraine's anti-corruption bodies - NABU, which investigates high-level corruption, and SAPO, which prosecutes NABU's cases.
Zelenskyy's decree granting the suspension did not specify a reason, citing martial-law powers that allow him to suspend officials appointed under his authority. Kravchenko had already submitted his resignation on September 7th, but was abroad at the time, claiming it was for an official trip to a conference in Paris. However, a spokesperson for the conference's organizers said Kravchenko would not be participating.
Critics allege Kravchenko's trip was in exchange for being allowed to leave the country, but there is no evidence to support this claim.
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