Ruslan Kravchenko
The parliament’s decision was preceded by a high-profile scandal: Kravchenko released a video statement in which he announced that he had signed a notice of suspicion against NABU Director Semen Kryvonos and had left the country. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy responded to this. On the evening of 14 September, he suspended Kravchenko from office and asked MPs to support the motion for his dismissal without delay. This was reported by RBC-Ukraine, citing the broadcast of the parliamentary session.
The Office of the Prosecutor General, in turn, stated that Kravchenko’s allegations of alleged suspicion (of “falsifying official documents to obtain unlawful benefits” and “fictitious adoption”) against NABU Director Semen Kryvonos “were devoid of legal merit” and had been withdrawn.
According to sources at RBC-Ukraine, Kravchenko left Ukraine on the night of 14 September via a border crossing with Poland. The Prosecutor General himself confirmed his departure, describing it as “a foreign mission to inform international partners about the risks to the anti-corruption system”. Whilst already abroad, Kravchenko released documents concerning Kryvonos relating to events that took place almost 20 years ago.
The events of 14 September were preceded by Kravchenko’s announcement of his resignation on 7 September. This followed the publication by NABU and the SAPO of materials from the ‘Carthage’ special operation into the ‘protection’ of fraudulent call centres, as part of which possible offences involving officials from the Prosecutor General’s Office are being investigated.
Following Kravchenko’s dismissal, the question of his successor remains unresolved. Earlier, reports circulated online about the possible appointment of Danylo Getmantsev to this post; however, sources at RBC-Ukraine and the MP himself have denied this.
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