Former Ukrainian prosecutor general to be appointed ambassador to Netherlands
Pravda Ukraine
Andrii Kostin, Ukraine’s former prosecutor general, will most likely be appointed ambassador to the Netherlands.
Source: Ukrainian news agency Suspilne with reference to a source in Zelenskyy’s team; Ukrainska Pravda’s source in law enforcement
Details: Suspilne does not supply any details. A source of Ukrainska Pravda revealed that a document appointing Kostin as ambassador is being prepared.
“As for the position of prosecutor general, the decision on Kostin’s successor has not yet been made, but is being prepared,” an additional source stated.
Background:
- At a meeting on 29 October, the Verkhovna Rada (Ukrainian parliament) supported the resignation of Prosecutor General Andrii Kostin.
- Kostin said he was resigning after a National Security and Defence Council meeting on 22 October. This was preceded by a series of exposés of prosecutors obtaining unjustified benefits and disability status.
- Ukrainska Pravda noted that the Office of the President had not yet decided on Kostin’s successor (they are looking for a “clean” candidate), so his first deputy, Oleksii Khomenko, will be the acting prosecutor general in the meantime.
- Kostin concluded that as prosecutor general, he had dedicated himself to the comprehensive transformation of the criminal justice system in the context of a full-scale war.
- Andrii Kostin was appointed to the post of prosecutor general by presidential decree on 28 July 2022.
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