Former Tajik prime minister arrested at Kiev airportThe Court of Boryspil (Kiev Region) upheld a recommendation by the prosecutor's office to detain former prime minister of Tajikistan, Abdumalik Abdullodzhonov, for 40 days.17:10 07.02.2013
Ukrainian ex-police general gets life for beheading journalistThe Pechersky District Court in Kiev has sentenced the former Ukrainian Interior Ministry general Alexei Pukach to life imprisonment for strangling and decapitating opposition journalist Georgy Gongadze.17:51 29.01.2013
Tymoshenko knew the men behind MP's murder personally - prosecutionThe Ukrainian Prosecutor General's Office has evidence that ex-Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko was personally acquainted with the men who organized the murder of Ukrainian businessman and lawmaker Yevhen Shcherban, says First Deputy Prosecutor General Renat Kuzmin.13:10 24.01.2013
Ukrainian investigators accuse Tymoshenko of ordering murder over gas dealInvestigators for Ukraine's federal prosecutors have accused former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko ordered the killing of business rival Yevhen Shcherban in 1996 over control of the Donetsk natural gas market.14:07 22.01.2013
Investigation into case of Ukrainian ex-president's bodyguard finishedUkrainian authorities have completed an investigation into the criminal case against former Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma's bodyguard Mykola Melnichenko, charged with disclosing state secrets.12:46 27.12.2012
Probe launched over Russian opposition activist's kidnapping claimsUkrainian investigators will probe claims by opposition activist Leonid Razvozzhayev that he was kidnapped while seeking asylum in Kiev. While in Kiev, Razvozzhayev applied for political asylum with the UNHCR. He mysteriously disappeared after leaving the UNHCR office, and ended up in the custody of the Russian police.17:15 20.12.2012
Ukrainian Justice Ministry appeals Russian debt rulingThe Ukrainian Justice Ministry has appealed in the cassation instance a court ruling obligating Ukraine to pay the Russian Defense Ministry $390 million in debt.19:24 19.12.2012
Tymoshenko to be interrogated in murder caseThe Ukrainian Prosecutor General's Office plans to question former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko as part of the investigation into MP Yevgeny Shcherban's murder as soon as her health improves.17:42 19.12.2012
Appellate court confirms second sentence of former Ukrainian interior ministerThe Kiev Appellate Court has confirmed the sentence of former Ukrainian Interior Minister Yuri Lutsenko, his People's Self-Defense party has reported on Thursday.17:41 22.11.2012
Case of suspect in Putin's attempted assassination filed to Odessa courtThe criminal case against Adam Osmayev, suspected of plotting President Vladimir Putin's assassination, has been submitted to the Odessa Primorsky District Court.12:23 22.11.2012
Former Ukrainian Interior Minister motions dismissedThe Kiev Appeals Court has dismissed former Ukrainian Interior Minister Yuri Lutsenko's motions during the consideration of Lutsenko's appeal against the second sentence.17:59 20.11.2012
Ukrainian police not to initiate case on kidnapping of Russian activistThe Kiev district police department has refused to initiate a criminal case on the alleged kidnapping of Russian oppositionist Leonid Razvozzhayev in Kiev. He is charged with organizing public unrest in Russia.10:18 15.11.2012
Razvozzhayev did not ask Ukraine for asylum, officialsOpposition figure Leonid Razvozzhayev, who is suspected of organizing mass riots in Moscow, did not ask the Ukrainian authorities to grant him asylum, Mykola Kovalchuk, the chairman of the Ukrainian State Migration Service, told journalists on Wednesday.15:55 14.11.2012
Ukrainian court did not seize exiled oligarch Berezovsky's assetsThe Lviv District Court has not confirmed media reports that the court seized the assets of Russian businessman Boris Berezovsky in Ukraine.18:10 08.11.2012
Tymoshenko's health severely deteriorates, attorneyThe health of former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, who has been on a hunger strike for ten days already, has severely deteriorated. Tymoshenko, who is being treated at a Kharkiv hospital, went on a hunger strike on 29 October to protest against the Ukrainian parliament elections results, which she believes were falsified.10:40 08.11.2012
Former Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma's bodyguard released on bailThe Kiev Shevchenkovsky District Court has dismissed on Friday investigators' request to keep former President Leonid Kuchma's bodyguard in detention and released him on $9,562 bail.17:24 26.10.2012
Charges brought against former Ukrainian president's bodyguardThe Ukrainian Prosecutor's Office has brought charges against Mykola Melnichenko, who once served as the bodyguard of former President Leonid Kuchma.14:00 25.10.2012
Former Ukrainian president's bodyguard detained in Kiev airportThe Ukrainian Security Service and the Border Service have detained Nikolai Melnichenko at the Boryspil International Airport, the Security Service has reported on Wednesday.16:32 24.10.2012
UNHCR calls for investigation into Ukraines involvement in Razvozzhayev caseUkraine may be found guilty of violating international law if it is found that it transferred Russian oppositionist Leonid Razvozzhayev to Russia after he had requested political asylum in Ukraine; Razvozzhayev is involved in the case on organizing riots in Russia.12:48 23.10.2012
Hearing of Ukraine's appeal against debt payment to Russia suspendedA Kiev court has suspended the consideration of appeals against the ruling on the Ukrainian government's payment of debt owed by the United Energy Systems of Ukraine to the Russian Defense Ministry.13:13 22.10.2012