Former prosecutor general has not returned to work after foreign trip
Former Ukrainian Prosecutor General Ruslan Kravchenko had not returned to work at the Prosecutor General’s Office as of 2 p.m. on Sept. 21, although his official trip abroad ended on Sept. 18, office spokesperson Mariana Haiovska told Ukrainska Pravda on Sept. 21.
Former Prosecutor General Ruslan Kravchenko resigned from Ukraine's prosecution service on September 21, following opposition to his return after a business trip. President Volodymyr Zelensky had dismissed him on September 15, but Kravchenko remained a prosecutor under Ukrainian law. Kravchenko submitted his resignation on September 21, stating he had not returned to work after his foreign trip ended on September 18.
Acting Prosecutor General Mariana Haiovska confirmed his dismissal, but noted she had no information about his current whereabouts or whether he had returned to Ukraine. Sources reported Kravchenko did not cross the Ukrainian border upon his return, arriving in a government vehicle on September 14. He claimed he was traveling for official business, citing a five-day trip to Paris for a Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe event.
The trip's purpose and Kravchenko's actual attendance are unclear. Kravchenko's resignation came amid a dispute with Ukraine's anti-corruption agencies, following an investigation by the National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office (SAPO) into allegations of protecting fraudulent call centers within the Prosecutor General's Office.
Kravchenko denied any wrongdoing and accused NABU Director Semen Kryvonos of improperly handling his case.
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