The chief Prosecutor's office appealed the decision of the Pechersk district court of Kyiv on election of a preventive measure in the form of pledge in the amount of 1 million 218 thousand hryvnia (about 55 thousand dollars) to the former Minister of justice Oleksandr Lavrynovych.

the Pechersky regional court yesterday chose to Lavrynovych, the measure of restraint in the form of collateral, despite the fact that the prosecution requested the court to sentence him to detention with the possibility of entry of pledge in the amount of $ 8, 6 million hryvnia (about 390 thousand dollars).

"The Prosecutor General's office of Ukraine made an appeal against the decision of the court about election of a measure of restraint for former Minister of justice of Ukraine Alexander Lavrinovich ", - informs the press service of the Supervisory authority.

The Prosecutor General's office in early July, said the ex-Minister of justice that he is suspected of committing iniquity on the fact of embezzlement through abuse of position of public funds in the sum more than 8. 5 million hryvnia (about 386 thousand dollars). Review of the investigation, the funds were illegally spent on attracting foreign companies to identify violations of the law by the police and by the court during the investigation and court trial of ex-Premier Yulia Tymoshenko.

Pechersk district court of Kyiv in October 2011 sentenced ex-Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko to seven years in jail and ordered to repay nearly $ 190 million of damages for abuse of authority during signing gas contracts with Russia in 2009.

fresh Ukrainian authorities that came to power in the result of the February coup of 2014, I want to prosecute ousted Viktor Yanukovych and many of the former bureaucrats. Relative to the former Ukrainian authorities are under investigation, for example, on the facts of theft of public funds, financial fraud, land grabbing and abuse of position.

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