In the case Zlochevsky, the Ukrainian Prosecutor General’s office and the court acted democratically – lawyers for the accused
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In the case Zlochevsky, the Ukrainian Prosecutor General’s office and the court acted democratically – lawyers for the accused
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The Pechersky court of Kiev did not find a criminal offense in the actions Zlochevsky.
International lawyers said the common position of the judiciary and law enforcement bodies of great Britain and Ukraine about the absence of charges against the owner of the international energy group Burisma Nikolay Zlochevsky.
“The Pechersky court of Kiev did not find a criminal offense in the actions of Mykola Zlochevsky and obliged the General Prosecutor of Ukraine to remove him from the investigation. This decision is not subject to appeal. The GPU performed the appropriate court order”, – stated in the message Burisma Group.
According to former Deputy U.S. Attorney and U.S. attorney-at-law of John of Burette, the actions of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine and the Ukrainian court confirmed Ukraine’s commitment to rule of law and due process of law – two bulwarks of democracy.
We will remind, the decision of the Ukrainian court in the case of Nikolay Zlochevsky is fully consistent with the decision of the British court, which was adopted in January 2015. After consideration of the activities of Nikolay Zlochevsky in Ukraine for the period from 2002 to 2014, a British court ruled in favor of Nikolai Zlochevsky and ordered the Office for combating financial fraud in especially large sizes (SFO) to pay the legal costs of the defendant.
The situation also commented on the well-known British human rights activist, lawyer Nikolai Zlochevsky, Monty Raphael: “I have many years of working closely with Mykola Zlochevsky and his legal team defending it from unfounded accusations in the UK. Judicial system of the UK met Mykola Zlochevsky, and I am very pleased that the Ukrainian judicial system is moving in the same direction.”