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Battle of Soledar Battle of Bakhmut{{tree list/end}}}}Yuriy Vitaliyovych Lutsenko (; born 14 December 1964) is a Ukrainian politician (whose most recent post was Prosecutor General of Ukraine from 12 May 2016Lutsenko appointed prosecutor general in Ukraine {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160513115721www.unian.info/politics/1343771-lutsenko-appointed-prosecutor-general-in-ukraine.html |date=13 May 2016 }}, UNIAN (12 May 2016) until 29 August 2019The new Attorney General was a former NAPC member {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201107232450www.pravda.com.ua/news/2019/08/29/7224824/ |date=7 November 2020 }}, Ukrayinska Pravda (29 August 2019)), Ukrainian Interior Minister and member in the Armed Forces of Ukraine during the Russian invasion of Ukraine.Lutsenko has been a long serving people’s deputy in the Verkhovna Rada (the Ukrainian parliament); first elected in 2002 and reelected in 2007 and 2014.Lutsenko was Minister of Internal Affairs in the two cabinets of Yulia Tymoshenko and in the cabinets of Yuriy Yekhanurov and Viktor Yanukovych. The Ministry of Internal Affairs is the Ukrainian police authority, and Lutsenko became the first civilian minister in February 2005.WEB,zakon1.rada.gov.ua/cgi-bin/laws/main.cgi?nreg=150%2F2005, On appointment of Yuriy Lutsenko as Minister of Internal Affairs, Order of President N 150/2005, 4 February 2005, uk, 26 May 2007, 31 October 2018,zakon1.rada.gov.ua/cgi-bin/laws/main.cgi?nreg=150%2F2005," title="web.archive.org/web/20181031133232zakon1.rada.gov.ua/cgi-bin/laws/main.cgi?nreg=150%2F2005,">web.archive.org/web/20181031133232zakon1.rada.gov.ua/cgi-bin/laws/main.cgi?nreg=150%2F2005, live, Lutsenko is also a former leader of the Petro Poroshenko Bloc, and a former leader of its faction in the Verkhovna Rada (Ukrainian parliament).Poroshenko wants coalition to be formed before parliamentary elections {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140703140826en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/220240.html |date=3 July 2014 }}, Interfax-Ukraine (27 August 2014) Solidarity Party to be renamed Bloc of Petro Poroshenko – congress {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140831002633en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/220216.html |date=31 August 2014 }}, Interfax-Ukraine (27 August 2014)In 2010, Lutsenko was charged with abuse of office and forgery by Prosecutor General of Ukraine Viktor Pshonka,Ukraine prosecutors charge ally of opposition leader Tymoshenko {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101215182456www.kyivpost.com/news/politics/detail/92737/ |date=15 December 2010 }}, Kyiv Post (13 December 2010) in what was widely viewed as political retaliation for having investigated one of Yanukovych’s cabinet members four years earlier. In 2012, he was sentenced to four years in prison, but was pardoned by Yanukovych in 2013.Ukraine President Viktor Yanukovych pardons Yulia Tymoshenko allies {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160120015412www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-22061269 |date=20 January 2016 }}, BBC News (8 April 2013) Ukrainian leader Yanukovych pardons Tymoshenko ally {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181122160854www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-22057073 |date=22 November 2018 }}, BBC News (7 April 2013) Ukrainian president pardons Lutsenko and Filipchuk – decree {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112200536interfax.com/ |date=12 November 2020 }}, Interfax-Ukraine (7 April 2013) In 2016, he became Ukraine’s chief prosecutor under President Petro Poroshenko, during which time he was criticized for undermining Ukraine’s newly established National Anti-Corruption Bureau. While in office, Lutsenko became a central figure in the Trump–Ukraine scandal, in which he worked with U.S. President Donald Trump to try to find incriminating information on Trump’s then-presumed opponent in the 2020 United States presidential election, Joe Biden. He was dismissed by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in 2019; Trump later tried unsuccessfully to pressure Zelenskyy to reinstate him.NEWS, 12 October 2019, From Paul Manafort to Donald Trump’s fateful phonecall, The Economist,www.economist.com/briefing/2019/10/12/from-paul-manafort-to-donald-trumps-fateful-phonecall, 2 March 2022, 0013-0613, 1 March 2022,web.archive.org/web/20220301180705/https://www.economist.com/briefing/2019/10/12/from-paul-manafort-to-donald-trumps-fateful-phonecall, live, Following the February 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine Lutsenko joined the Armed Forces of Ukraine and has taken part in several battles since. On 5 July 2023 Lutsenko announced that he would no longer serve in the Ukrainian Armed Forces due to an established disability. According to him, he would “work towards victory as a volunteer”.

Early life

Lutsenko was born in Rivne. His father was Vitaliy Ivanovych Lutsenko (15 March 1937 – 4 June 1999), who was elected people’s deputy of Ukraine in 1994 and 1998, and secretary of the Central Committee of Communist Party of Ukraine.WEB,src-h.slav.hokudai.ac.jp/ukrregions/data/99.html, Lutsenko Vitaliy Ivanovich biography, Hokkaido University, ru, 26 May 2007, 10 June 2008,src-h.slav.hokudai.ac.jp/ukrregions/data/99.html," title="web.archive.org/web/20080610155200src-h.slav.hokudai.ac.jp/ukrregions/data/99.html,">web.archive.org/web/20080610155200src-h.slav.hokudai.ac.jp/ukrregions/data/99.html, live, Lutsenko’s mother is Vira Mikhailivna (born 1936), a veterinarian.Lutsenko earned his degree in electronic engineering in 1989 from Lviv Polytechnical Institute.

Political career

Lutsenko first gained public fame as one of the leaders of the Ukraine without Kuchma campaign, which followed the Cassette Scandal of 2000.Ukrainians renew tent protest {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110628200456edition.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/europe/03/05/ukraine.tent/index.html?iref=allsearch |date=28 June 2011 }}, CNN (5 March 2001) He was also one of the “faces of the Orange Revolution”. From 1991{{citation needed|date=July 2023}}, Lutsenko was a long-term member of the Socialist Party of Ukraine (SPU).In the 1998, Lutsenko unsuccessfully ran for the Verkhovna Rada (the Ukrainian parliament) as number 58 on the list of the SPU and Peasant Party of Ukraine Bloc and in Ukraine’s 152th electoral district from the same block.Lutsenko became a people’s deputy in the Verkhovna Rada (the Ukrainian parliament) following the 2002 Ukrainian parliamentary election (as third on the election list of SPU).Small biography on Yuriy Lutsenko, Civil movement “Chesno” {{in lang|uk}} Lutsenko belonged to the pro-European faction akin to social democratic parties in the rest of Europe, rather than a post-Soviet oldfashioned socialism.Lutsenko became Minister of Internal Affairs in the first Tymoshenko Government of Yulia Tymoshenko appointed on 4 February 2005.As a minister, Lutsenko refused to run in the 2006 Ukrainian parliamentary election on his party list. However, he has run for both the Kyiv City Council and the Rivne Oblast Council simultaneously in the lists of the Socialist Party – “to make the point”, as he explained.{{citation needed|date=July 2023}} Having won these seats, Lutsenko resigned from both in favor of his Minister’s position as the Constitution of Ukraine prohibits occupying positions in the legislative and executive branches of the government at the same time.{{citation needed|date=July 2023}}Lutsenko suspended his membership of the SPU in the summer of 2006 as a result of the party leader Oleksandr Moroz’s entering into a coalition with the Communist Party of Ukraine and the Party of Regions of former Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych. When the coalition of the Party of Regions, Communists, and defected Socialists began to take shape, Lutsenko stated flatly that he would refuse to continue serving as the minister in a future government formed by these parties. However, after President Viktor Yushchenko agreed to allow the forming of the cabinet in exchange for several political concessions including the ability to pick the Minister of Interior, Lutsenko stated that the president asked him personally to remain as the minister, and he would do so.Lutsenko was formally dismissed by the Verkhovna Rada on 1 December 2006.WEB,zakon1.rada.gov.ua/cgi-bin/laws/main.cgi?nreg=411-16, On dismissal of Yuriy Lutsenko from position of Minister of Internal Affairs, 1 December 2006, uk, 26 May 2007, 23 January 2023,web.archive.org/web/20230123150044/https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/cgi-bin/laws/main.cgi?nreg=411-16, live, The same month, Lutsenko created the Civil Movement “People’s Self-Defense”.Yuriy Lutsenko’s initiative to create civil movement “People’s self-defense” supported by political party “Ukraine, onward!” {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120223135329www.nrcu.gov.ua/index.php/java/index.php?id=148&listid=38877 |date=23 February 2012 }}, Radio Ukraine (25 December 2006)In the September 2007 Ukrainian parliamentary election Lutsenko was reelected to the Verkhovna Rada as the number 1 on the list of the Our Ukraine–People’s Self-Defense Bloc as a non-party member.On 18 December 2007, Lutsenko again became minister of Internal Affairs, when Yulia Tymoshenko was again elected Prime Minister of Ukraine.

Incident at Frankfurt Airport

In early May 2009, Lutsenko became entangled in a scandal concerning his behaviour during a visit to Germany. According to the German newspaper Bild, Oleksandr Lutsenko, his son, was detained at Frankfurt Airport by the German police in a state of acute alcohol intoxication. The Ukrainian Interior Ministry dismissed these allegations.{{efn|According to the information of the Ministry, on 4 May 2009, the Interior Ministry’s delegation was detained at the Frankfurt airport during document checks, and missed the flight. The flight crew refused to take them on board. The delegation decided to catch the next flight. “There were no handcuffs, no drunken conflict,” the department stated.}} On 12 May 2009, Yuriy Lutsenko sent in his resignation from the post of interior minister. In his letter of resignation, the minister described the incident that happened in Frankfurt, and stressed that the German police had officially apologized to the Ukrainian delegation for this incident; but that despite this, German mass media disseminated false publications, which were later re-published by Ukrainian media.{{efn|Lutsenko said none of these publications mentioned the apologies of the German police.}} Lutsenko was confident that a dirty campaign had been waged against him in Ukraine. The aim of the campaign, according to him, was to destabilize the work of the Interior Ministry.Lutsenko sent in his resignation from post of Interior Minister {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230123150044www.unian.info/politics/219852-lutsenko-sent-in-his-resignation-from-post-of-interior-minister.html |date=23 January 2023 }}, UNIAN (12 May 2009) On 15 May 2009, the Verkhovna Rada{{efn|In Ukraine, parliament is responsible for accepting the resignations of ministers.}} passed a resolution, stipulating to address the government with a request to suspend Yuriy Lutsenko from the post of the Interior Minister of Ukraine until the “drunken incident” is investigated.Verkhovna Rada asks government to suspend Lutsenko from post {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090520023827www.unian.net/eng/news/news-315779.html |date=20 May 2009 }}, UNIAN (15 May 2009){{efn|From 12 May 2009 until 14 May 2009 and again on 15 May 2009, members of the Party of Regions, then part of the opposition, blocked the Verkhovna Rada’s rostrum and presidium, demanding the resignation of Lutsenko. They placed (in the session hall) posters with inscriptions: “A drunkard minister is a shame for Ukraine”, “A drunk policeman is a criminal” and “Drunk minister – a politician?”.Party of Regions MPs blocked parliament’s rostrum and presidium {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230123150044www.unian.info/politics/219859-party-of-regions-mps-blocked-parliaments-rostrum-and-presidium.html |date=23 January 2023 }}, UNIAN (12 May 2009)Regions Party unblocks parliament, break until Friday announced {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120229123417www.interfax.com.ua/eng/main/13810/ |date=29 February 2012 }}, Interfax-Ukraine (14 May 2009)Party of Regions again blocks parliament’s rostrum and presidium {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090520025812www.unian.net/eng/news/news-315745.html |date=20 May 2009 }}, UNIAN (15 May 2009)Lutsenko about Yanukovych: he was a convict, and he will die as convict {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090519214854www.unian.net/eng/news/news-315784.html |date=19 May 2009 }}, UNIAN (15 May 2009)}}Later, on 12 May 2009, Lutsenko claimed that he would sue Bild. According to Lutsenko, the publication does not contain “any true things, any references to documents or real officials”.Lutsenko to sue Bild, which published story about drunken incident {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230123150045www.unian.info/politics/219891-lutsenko-to-sue-bild-which-published-story-about-drunken-incident.html |date=23 January 2023 }}, UNIAN (12 May 2009)President Viktor Yushchenko considered his appeal for resignation “a logical step, which should be made ...“{{efn|According to Yushchenko: “There was an incident which damaged the reputation of the state, the government and the minister himself. It must be settled with due regard for the interests of the nation and the country”.Party of Regions blocks session {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230123150045www.unian.info/politics/220509-party-of-regions-blocks-session.html |date=23 January 2023 }}, UNIAN (13 May 2009)}} Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko believed that the information about the incident was doubtful.{{efn|Tymoshenko stated: “I may state that the son of the Interior Minister is a child ill with cancer; he underwent a very serious operation. This child is taking special medicines that are incompatible with alcohol drinking. Besides, no tests were made. I’m confident that this child had nothing in common at all with alcohol. And this untruth, which was publicized many times, casts doubt upon the whole information”.Tymoshenko about Lutsenko: show from scratch {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090520164956www.unian.net/eng/news/news-315585.html |date=20 May 2009 }}, UNIAN (14 May 2009)}}{{efn|The Party of Regions faction insisted on accepting the resignation of Lutsenko without getting any proof of the incident at Frankfurt airport. The Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc faction refused to support the resignation of the interior minister without any proof concerning the incident. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs asked Germany for official information about the incident, but got no response.Factions to continue talks to unblock Verkhovna Rada’s work {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230123150045www.unian.info/politics/220156-factions-to-continue-talks-to-unblock-verkhovna-radas-work.html |date=23 January 2023 }}, UNIAN (13 May 2009)}}On 15 May 2009, the Verkhovna Rada passed a resolution asking the government to hold a seven-day official investigation into the events at Frankfurt Airport (first deputy [interior] minister Mykhailo Kliuyev served as acting Minister that period).Speaker:Lutsenko suspended as Ukraine’s interior minister, Kyiv Post (18 May 2009)Kliuyev to serve as Ukraine’s interior minister during Lutsenko’s suspension from duty, Kyiv Post (16 May 2009) After that Lutsenko resumed at his post.Lutsenko says he will resume fulfilling duties as interior minister, Kyiv Post (27 May 2009)On 10 June 2011, Bild retracted the report about the events at Frankfurt Airport after being ordered so by the Landgericht Berlin.German newspaper Bild retracts report on drunken incident with Lutsenko’s son at Frankfurt airport, Kyiv Post (10 June 2009)

Dismissal as minister

Lutsenko was dismissed by the Verkhovna Rada on 28 January 2010.Update: Ukraine’s parliament dismisses interior minister {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110206220003www.kyivpost.com/news/nation/detail/58145/ |date=6 February 2011 }}, Kyiv Post (28 January 2010) The same day he was appointed by the Cabinet as first deputy interior minister and acting interior minister.Lutsenko says he’s calm about his dismissal {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110219221423www.kyivpost.com/news/nation/detail/58187/ |date=19 February 2011 }}, Kyiv Post (28 January 2010) The Kyiv District Administrative Court suspended the government’s decision until the end of an investigation into his appointment, but the Cabinet claimed it had not received any court ruling on the matter.Regions Party: Kliuyev is legitimate head of Interior Ministry {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110201053229www.kyivpost.com/news/politics/detail/58396/ |date=1 February 2011 }}, Kyiv Post (1 February 2010) After the fall of the second Tymoshenko Government, Lutsenko eventually lost his post as Minister of Internal Affairs on 11 March 2010.Ex-chief of Crimean police heads Ukrainian Interior Ministry {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605062246www.kyivpost.com/news/nation/detail/61494/ |date=5 June 2011 }}, Kyiv Post (11 March 2010)In 2010, Lutsenko became the leader of the party People’s Self-Defense Political Party.Lawyer: Lutsenko detained as part of a new ‘case on abuse of office’ {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120311202820www.kyivpost.com/news/politics/detail/93639/ |date=11 March 2012 }}, Kyiv Post (27 December 2010)Interior minister planning to set up full-fledged political force {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716061530www.interfax.com.ua/eng/main/6595/ |date=16 July 2011 }}, Interfax-Ukraine (29 January 2009)

Criminal cases and imprisonment

On 13 December 2010, Lutsenko was charged with abuse of office and forgery by Prosecutor General of Ukraine Viktor Pshonka. On 5 November, it was already announced that Lutsenko faced criminal charges for an alleged financial crime involving a less than $5,000 overpayment to his driver.President taps Pshonka, a loyalist with questionable record, as top prosecutor {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101217065231www.kyivpost.com/news/nation/detail/89690 |date=17 December 2010 }}, Kyiv Post (12 November 2010) According to Lutsenko the criminal case against him is political persecution.Update: Lutsenko planning to challenge criminal case against him in court {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101128080104www.kyivpost.com/news/politics/detail/89332/ |date=28 November 2010 }}, Kyiv Post (9 November 2010) Pshonka has denied this.Prosecutor general says there were no politics in questioning Tymoshenko and Turchynov {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110127114813www.kyivpost.com/news/politics/detail/92576/ |date=27 January 2011 }}, Kyiv Post (10 December 2010) Lutsenko was also charged with having signed an order whilst on holiday and not having cancelled the traditional “National Militia Day” despite a general instruction from the then Prime Minister to make budgetary savings where possible.PACE rapporteur says Lutsenko is ‘victim of a political vendetta’ {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120227162636www.kyivpost.com/news/politics/detail/123221/ |date=27 February 2012 }}, Kyiv Post (27 February 2012) Lutsenko has been jailed since 26 December 2010 in Kyiv’s Lukyanivka Prison.Appeal court upholds extension of Lutsenko’s arrest {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110309184156www.kyivpost.com/news/nation/detail/98334/ |date=9 March 2011 }}, Kyiv Post (25 February 2011)Lutsenko:Tymoshenko ties get you arrested {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110818123429www.kyivpost.com/news/nation/detail/98289/ |date=18 August 2011 }}, Kyiv Post (25 February 2010) Lutsenko was arrested near his home on 26 December; on 27 December a court ordered his arrest on the grounds that he had been dodging questioning in violation of his written pledge not to leave Kyiv. Three criminal cases opened against him where merged into one on 27 January 2011.All cases against former minister Lutsenko merged {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120310213959www.kyivpost.com/news/politics/detail/95745/ |date=10 March 2012 }}, Kyiv Post (27 January 2010) Lutsenko went on a hunger strike from 22 April till 24 May 2011 in protest against his “preventive punishment”.Investigator allows medical examination of Lutsenko in hospital {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110518151701www.kyivpost.com/news/politics/detail/104036/ |date=18 May 2011 }}, Kyiv Post (10 May 2011)Lutsenko stated about termination of hunger strike {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110526020818www.unian.net/eng/news/news-437268.html |date=26 May 2011 }}, UNIAN (24 May 2011)Lutsenko filed a complaint in a U.S. court on 14 December 2011 against his (Ukrainian) prosecutors, made possible by the Alien Tort Statute, for “illegal arrest and arbitrarily prolonged detention”.Lutsenko sues Ukrainian prosecutors in a US court {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120202175643www.kyivpost.com/news/politics/detail/121500/ |date=2 February 2012 }}, Kyiv Post (30 January 2012)On 27 February 2012, after a pre-trial detention of 14 months,NEWS,www.kyivpost.com/news/nation/detail/123074/, Lutsenko verdict expected on Feb. 27, Kyiv Post, 24 February 2012, 24 February 2012, 24 February 2012,www.kyivpost.com/news/nation/detail/123074/," title="web.archive.org/web/20120224181518www.kyivpost.com/news/nation/detail/123074/,">web.archive.org/web/20120224181518www.kyivpost.com/news/nation/detail/123074/, live, Lutsenko was sentenced to fours year in jail (with confiscation of his property) for embezzlement and abuse of office.Ukraine’s Lutsenko jailed for 4 years (updated) {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120429114251www.kyivpost.com/news/politics/detail/123206 |date=29 April 2012 }}, Kyiv Post (27 February 2012) Lutsenko immediately after his sentence stated he will appeal against sentence.Lutsenko pledges to prove his innocence {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120227165704www.kyivpost.com/news/politics/detail/123216/ |date=27 February 2012 }}, Kyiv Post (27 February 2012) The European Commission stated the day of his sentence “signals the continuation of trials in Ukraine which do not respect international standards as regards fair, transparent and independent legal process”;EU statement:’We are disappointed’ with Lutsenko verdict {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120228142209www.kyivpost.com/news/nation/detail/123225/ |date=28 February 2012 }}, Kyiv Post (27 February 2012) Spokesperson for the United States Department of State Victoria Nuland stated the cases raised “serious concerns about the government of Ukraine’s commitment to democracy and the rule of law”;Lutsenko found guilty of embezzlement {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120228205453www.kyivpost.com/news/politics/detail/123246/ |date=28 February 2012 }}, Kyiv Post (28 February 2012) other Council of Europe member have criticised the sentence in similar wording.Canada ‘troubled’ by Lutsenko conviction {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120228210150www.kyivpost.com/news/nation/detail/123242/ |date=28 February 2012 }}, Kyiv Post (28 February 2012)Paris sees violations in investigation of Lutsenko case {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120229205057www.kyivpost.com/news/nation/detail/123347/ |date=29 February 2012 }}, Kyiv Post (29 February 2012)Czech Republic worried about Lutsenko verdict {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120229212240www.kyivpost.com/news/nation/detail/123344/ |date=29 February 2012 }}, Kyiv Post (29 February 2012)US disappointed by Lutsenko’s conviction {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120302220224www.kyivpost.com/news/politics/detail/123553/ |date=2 March 2012 }}, Kyiv Post (2 March 2012) In a statement issued by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) right after the verdict of 27 February 2012 Lutsenko was named “the victim of a political vendetta”; the next day the President of PACE Jean-Claude Mignon called for his release.PACE President calls for the release of Yuriy Lutsenko {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120228210920www.kyivpost.com/news/politics/detail/123308/ |date=28 February 2012 }}, Kyiv Post (28 February 2012) Human rights organizations have urged the high courts in Ukraine to overturn the verdict against Lutsenko.Human rights organizations urging Ukraine’s senior courts to overturn Lutsenko verdict {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120228210428www.kyivpost.com/news/politics/detail/123306/ |date=28 February 2012 }}, Kyiv Post (28 February 2012) On 29 February 2012, the European People’s Party demanded “immediate release of Yulia Tymoshenko, Yuriy Lutsenko and other political prisoners; it also insisted the Association Agreement between Ukraine and the European Union should not be signed and ratified until these demands were met.European party demands permission for Tymoshenko to take tests at EU labs {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120401032218www.kyivpost.com/news/nation/detail/123466/ |date=1 April 2012 }}, Kyiv Post (1 March 2012)European lawmakers: Association agreement should not be signed with opposition in jail {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120401032242www.kyivpost.com/news/nation/detail/123465/ |date=1 April 2012 }}, Kyiv Post (1 March 2012) An appeal to the sentence was filed 7 March 2012.Lawyer appeals Lutsenko’s verdict at Appeals Court {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120308000648www.kyivpost.com/news/politics/detail/123848/ |date=8 March 2012 }}, Kyiv Post (7 March 2012) Since the EU has shelved the European Union Association Agreement and Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Agreement with Ukraine because of the imprisonment of him and Tymoshenko.Ukraine’s jailed Tymoshenko calls off hunger strike {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140125105245www.kyivpost.com/content/ukraine/ukraines-jailed-tymoshenko-calls-off-hunger-strike-316252.html |date=25 January 2014 }}, Kyiv Post (16 November 2012)EU leaders:Ratification of Association Agreement and DCFTA depends on settlement of Tymoshenko-Lutsenko issue {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140404151942www.kyivpost.com/content/politics/eu-leaders-ratification-of-association-agreement-a-310272.html |date=4 April 2014 }}, Kyiv Post (20 July 2012)The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) considered a complaint lodged by Lutsenko on 17 April 2012, in which Lutsenko claimed his arrest and the decision on his detention were arbitrary and unlawful.NEWS,www.kyivpost.com/news/politics/detail/124735/, European Court to consider Lutsenko’s appeal against his arrest on April 17, Kyiv Post, 22 March 2012, 22 March 2012, 22 March 2012,www.kyivpost.com/news/politics/detail/124735/," title="web.archive.org/web/20120322215957www.kyivpost.com/news/politics/detail/124735/,">web.archive.org/web/20120322215957www.kyivpost.com/news/politics/detail/124735/, live, On 3 July 2012, the ECHR stated that the arrest of Lutsenko violated his human rights and the court ordered the government of Ukraine to pay €15,000 to Lutsenko as compensation for moral damages.WEB,en.for-ua.com/news/2012/07/03/141625.html, European Court recognized the arrest of Lutsenko violates the human rights - ForUm, 3 July 2012, dead,en.for-ua.com/news/2012/07/03/141625.html," title="web.archive.org/web/20120706040243en.for-ua.com/news/2012/07/03/141625.html,">web.archive.org/web/20120706040243en.for-ua.com/news/2012/07/03/141625.html, 6 July 2012, The European Court ruling on Lutsenko case takes effect {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121120190831www.kyivpost.com/content/politics/the-european-court-ruling-on-lutsenko-case-takes-effect-316423.html |date=20 November 2012 }}, Kyiv Post (20 November 2012)On 17 August 2012, Lutsenko was sentenced to two years in prison for the extension of an investigative case concerning Valentyn Davydenko, the driver of former Security Service of Ukraine First Deputy Chief Volodymyr Satsiuk, as part of an investigation into the poisoning of then presidential candidate Viktor Yuschenko. The European Union, the United States Department of State, Canada and several human rights organizations protested the sentence and called into question the independence of the legal process that had led to it. He served his time in a prison in the city of Mena.{{in lang|uk}} Lutsenko took the colony, which sat {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161119060057pda.pravda.com.ua/news/id_7127238/ |date=19 November 2016 }}, Ukrayinska Pravda (18 November 2016) During his imprisonment Lutsenko was moved several times to hospital to receive medical treatment.Lutsenko transferred to clinic from prison, says party’s press secretary {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121204201332www.kyivpost.com/content/ukraine/lutsenko-transferred-to-clinic-from-prison-says-partys-press-secretary-317107.html |date=4 December 2012 }}, Kyiv Post (4 December 2012)Lutsenko lost his appeal on 3 April 2013; this High Court ruling could be challenged in any other Ukrainian court.Ukrainian court keeps Tymoshenko ally in jail {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130407045435www.euronews.com/2013/04/03/ukrainian-court-keeps-tymoshenko-ally-in-jail |date=7 April 2013 }}, Euronews (3 April 2013)The judges of the Higher Specialized Court on Civil and Criminal Cases will on 10 April 2013 announce a ruling on the appeal against the second conviction of Lutsenko regarding the poisoning of former Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko; this will not influence the term of Lutsenko’s imprisonment.NEWS,www.interfax.co.uk/ukraine-news/higher-court-to-announce-ruling-on-lutsenkos-second-cassation-on-april-10-2/, Higher court to announce ruling on Lutsenko’s second cassation on April 10, Interfax-Ukraine, 5 April 2013, 5 April 2013, 23 January 2023,interfax.co.uk/," title="web.archive.org/web/20230123150045interfax.co.uk/,">web.archive.org/web/20230123150045interfax.co.uk/, live,

Pardoning

After already having suggested it earlier, President Viktor Yanukovych on 5 April 2013 proposed the presidential commission on pardons urgently to consider the request by Verkhovna Rada Human Rights Commissioner Valeriya Lutkovska to pardon Lutsenko.Yanukovych proposes presidential commission urgently consider pardoning Lutsenko and Filipchuk {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230123150045interfax.co.uk/ |date=23 January 2023 }}, Interfax-Ukraine (6 April 2013) The requests to pardon Lutsenko was made by Ukrainian parliamentary Lutkovska, former President of the European Parliament Pat Cox and former Polish President Aleksander Kwasniewski. Lutkovska asked to pardon Lutsenko “due to the European standards of human rights, which include providing effective medical care to persons detained in prisons”.{{in lang|uk}} ЯНУКОВИЧ НАКАЗАВ НЕГАЙНО РОЗІБРАТИСЯ З ПОМИЛУВАННЯМ ЛУЦЕНКА Yanukovych ordered IMMEDIATELY deal with pardons Lutsenko {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130407201729www.pravda.com.ua/news/2013/04/5/6987544/ |date=7 April 2013 }}, Ukrayinska Pravda (5 April 2013) On 7 April 2013, a decree by Yanukovych pardoned Lutsenko (among others) for health reasons and “to decriminalize and humanize Ukrainian legislation“Yanukovych human rights policies are oriented towards European standards – pardons commission {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130917060952www.interfax.co.uk/ukraine-news/yanukovych-human-rights-policies-are-oriented-towards-european-standards-pardons-commission-2/ |date=17 September 2013 }}, Interfax-Ukraine (8 April 2013) and the same day he was released from prison. The decree also exempted from further punishment Lutsenko’s fellow Minister in the second Tymoshenko Government Heorhiy Filipchuk. Lutsenko stated the day after his release he will “continue to remain in politics”.Lutsenko says has no presidential ambitions {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230123150045interfax.co.uk/ |date=23 January 2023 }}, Interfax-Ukraine (8 April 2013)Lutsenko and his family had repeatedly stated that they would not seek a pardon, because they believe the charges where groundless and political punishment.Lutsenko’s wife pleasantly shocked at ombudsperson’s request to pardon ex-minister {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230123150045interfax.co.uk/ |date=23 January 2023 }}, Interfax-Ukraine (6 April 2013) Nevertheless, Lutsenko’s wife Iryna Lutsenko welcomed the request.On 8 April 2013, the European Union welcomed the pardons of Lutsenko and Filipchuk, and urged Ukraine to continue addressing “the cases of selective justice”.Ashton, Fule salute Lutsenko’s pardon, waiting for Kyiv to deal with selective justice {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230123150047interfax.co.uk/ |date=23 January 2023 }}, Interfax-Ukraine (8 April 2013)

Political career after April 2013 pardoning

In the spring of 2013, Lutsenko established the non-parliamentary movement “Third Republic”.Lutsenko’s Third Republic will not be West Ukraine movement - political scientist {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140505193647www.ukrinform.ua/eng/news/lutsenkos_third_republic_will_not_be_west_ukraine_movement___political_scientist_302387 |date=5 May 2014 }}, Ukrinform (24 April 2013) Lutsenko: Ukraine needs the EU association deal {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130601191816www.dw.de/lutsenko-ukraine-needs-the-eu-association-deal/a-16773485 |date=1 June 2013 }}, Deutsche Welle (26 April 2013) Lutsenko presents Third Republic public movement in Lviv {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130619231417www.interfax.co.uk/ukraine-news/lutsenko-presents-third-republic-public-movement-in-lviv/ |date=19 June 2013 }}, Interfax-Ukraine (17 June 2013) At the time he was not member of a political party because he is “on a path to the same goal pursued by “Fatherland” from the bottom up and from the people, by organizing a connection between opposition parties and the populace”.United Twice {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160316003111ukrainianweek.com/Politics/83457 |date=16 March 2016 }}, The Ukrainian Week (2 July 2013)In November 2013, Lutsenko became one of the organizers of Euromaidan.Opposition leader Yuri Lutsenko injured in clashes in Ukrainian capital {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140113155708www.ctvnews.ca/world/opposition-leader-yuri-lutsenko-injured-in-clashes-in-ukrainian-capital-1.1634667 |date=13 January 2014 }}, CTV News (11 January 2014)EuroMaidan movement to move off streets, regroup {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140113135809www.kyivpost.com/content/ukraine/euromaidan-movement-to-move-off-streets-regroup-332614.html |date=13 January 2014 }}, Kyiv Post (29 November 2013)Lutsenko was hospitalised on 11 January 2014 in an intensive care ward after being beaten by police in protests following the sentence of verdicts in the 2011 Vasylkiv terror plot.Dozens hurt as fresh clashes erupt in Ukraine {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140114005905euronews.com/2014/01/11/dozens-hurt-as-fresh-clashes-erupt-in-ukraine |date=14 January 2014 }}, Euronews (11 January 2014) Lutsenko had arrived at the courthouse after initial clashes between police and protesters and after 400 riot police had arrived.Ukraine opposition leader injured in clash with police {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140113142802www.latimes.com/world/worldnow/la-fg-wn-ukraine-opposition-leader-20140111,0,3338928.story#axzz2q2LeQTMX |date=13 January 2014 }}, Los Angeles Times (11 January 2014) After the convicts had been transported away, several cars followed the riot police bus and blocked it at Peremohy avenue, near Svyatoshino police station. A crowd soon gathered, demanding from policemen to open their faces and to show their IDs. According to Lutsenko’s wife Iryna her husband had been attacked by police as he tried to break up the violence.Ukraine ex-minister Lutsenko hurt in clashes in Kiev {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181116114815www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-25692076 |date=16 November 2018 }}, BBC News (11 January 2014) Lutsenko has received an official status of victim of a crime.Lutsenko given victim status after 2-hour interrogation by investigator, says wife {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140114141005en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/185608.html |date=14 January 2014 }}, Interfax-Ukraine (13 January 2014)On 17 June 2014, Lutsenko was appointed as (non-staff) adviser to President Petro Poroshenko; he had also been adviser to Poroshenko’s predecessor acting President Oleksandr Turchynov.Former interior minister Lutsenko appointed as non-staff adviser to Ukrainian president {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141028032129en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/209626.html |date=28 October 2014 }}, Interfax-Ukraine (17 June 2014)Lutsenko’s old party People’s Self-Defense Political Party was renamed Third Ukrainian Republic in July 2014; however, Lutsenko was not a member of this revamped People’s Self-Defense Political Party.{{in lang|uk}} For Lutsenko registered party {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140707060754www.pravda.com.ua/news/2014/07/1/7030605/ |date=7 July 2014 }}, Ukrayinska Pravda (1 July 2014){{in lang|uk}} Ministry of Justice registered political party “Third Ukrainian Republic.” {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140707033554tvi.ua/new/2014/07/01/tretya_ukrayinska_respublika_lucenka_stala_partiyeyu |date=7 July 2014 }}, TVi (channel) (1 July 2014)On 27 August 2014, Lutsenko was elected the leader of the Petro Poroshenko Bloc.In the 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election, Lutsenko was re-elected into the Verkhovna Rada after being in the top 10 of the electoral list of Petro Poroshenko Bloc.General official results of Rada election {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211210035304en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/233747.html |date=10 December 2021 }}, Interfax-Ukraine (11 November 2014) Central Election Commission announces official results of Rada election on party tickets {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220512221330en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/233696.html |date=12 May 2022 }}, Interfax-Ukraine (11 November 2014) He then became leader of the party’s faction in the Verkhovna Rada.Bloc of Petro Poroshenko faction headed by Yuriy Lutsenko formed in parliament {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141205034333en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/236632.html |date=5 December 2014 }}, Interfax-Ukraine (27 November 2014)On 28 August 2015, the Ukrainian Democratic Alliance for Reform merged into Petro Poroshenko Bloc.Klitschko becomes leader of Petro Poroshenko Bloc ‘Solidarity’ party {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150831175605en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/286616.html |date=31 August 2015 }}, Interfax-Ukraine (28 August 2015) UDAR leader Vitali Klitschko at the same party congress replaced Lutsenko as new party leader.

Prosecutor General of Ukraine

{{Trump–Ukraine scandal}}{{see also|Trump–Ukraine scandal}}On 12 May 2016, the Verkhovna Rada appointed Lutsenko as Prosecutor General of Ukraine. This followed amendments to legislation which allowed a person to hold the office without a law degree. Lutsenko, who has no law degree,WEB,www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-04-21/where-s-ukraine-headed-watch-who-gets-the-top-prosecutor-s-job, Where’s Ukraine Headed? Watch Who Gets the Prosecutor’s Job - Bloomberg, Bloomberg News, 22 April 2016,www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-04-21/where-s-ukraine-headed-watch-who-gets-the-top-prosecutor-s-job," title="web.archive.org/web/20160422150934www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-04-21/where-s-ukraine-headed-watch-who-gets-the-top-prosecutor-s-job,">web.archive.org/web/20160422150934www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-04-21/where-s-ukraine-headed-watch-who-gets-the-top-prosecutor-s-job, 25 October 2019, 22 April 2016, was also stripped of his mandate as a People’s Deputy. The appointment was the culmination of nine years of Lutsenko expressing his desire to be appointed to the position, beginning during the 2007 Ukrainian political crisis.pravda.com.ua/news/2007/5/19/58951.htm" title="web.archive.org/web/20070521043842pravda.com.ua/news/2007/5/19/58951.htm">“Lutsenko wants MinJust, MIA, or GPU” (“Луценко хоче Мін’юст, МВС або ГПУ“). Ukrayinska Pravda. 19 May 2007’From August until December 2016, Lutsenko conducted an investigation into Ukraine-born Russian GRU agent Konstantin Kilimnik, but did not arrest Kilimnik.NEWS,www.nytimes.com/2018/05/02/world/europe/ukraine-mueller-manafort-missiles.html, Ukraine, Seeking U.S. Missiles, Halted Cooperation With Mueller Investigation, NYT, Kramer, Andrew E., 2 May 2018, 12 December 2019, 27 September 2019,web.archive.org/web/20190927014107/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/02/world/europe/ukraine-mueller-manafort-missiles.html, NEWS,www.nytimes.com/2017/12/04/us/politics/manafort-russia-special-counsel-investigation.html, Manafort Associate Has Russian Intelligence Ties, Court Document Says, NYT, Vogel, Kenneth P., 4 December 2017, 12 December 2019, 5 December 2017,web.archive.org/web/20171205033245/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/04/us/politics/manafort-russia-special-counsel-investigation.html, NEWS,www.nytimes.com/2017/03/03/us/politics/trump-russia-links-washington.html, Trump Team’s Links to Russia Crisscross in Washington, NYT, Shane, Scott, Kramer, Andrew E., 3 March 2017, 12 December 2019, 5 March 2017,web.archive.org/web/20170305012647/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/03/us/politics/trump-russia-links-washington.html, Previously, Kilimnik managed Davis Manafort International in Kyiv. Kilimnik had left Ukraine for Russia in June 2016. Davis Manafort International in Kyiv had been accused of money laundering by Robert Mueller’s Special Counsel investigation.NEWS,www.nytimes.com/2018/02/24/us/politics/skadden-law-firm-mueller-investigation.html, How Skadden, the Giant Law Firm, Got Entangled in the Mueller Investigation, NYT, Vogel, Kenneth P., Goldstein, Matthew, 24 February 2018, 12 December 2019, 24 February 2018,web.archive.org/web/20180224172027/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/24/us/politics/skadden-law-firm-mueller-investigation.html, Mueller considered Kilimnik a vital witness in the investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections. The National Anti-Corruption Bureau informed the United States Department of State that Lutsenko had both thwarted Ukraine’s investigation into Kilimink and allowed Kilimnik to leave Ukraine for Russia.NEWS,www.nybooks.com/daily/2019/10/08/ukraine-continued-the-key-witness-who-was-allowed-escape/, Ukraine Continued: How a Crucial Witness Escaped, The New York Review of Books, Waas, Murray, 8 October 2019, 12 December 2019, 9 October 2019,web.archive.org/web/20191009054350/https://www.nybooks.com/daily/2019/10/08/ukraine-continued-the-key-witness-who-was-allowed-escape/, Began in 2017, four investigations into Paul Manafort by the Head of the Special Investigation Department of the Prosecutor General’s Office Ukraine (:uk:Горбатюк Сергій Вікторович|Serhiy Horbatyuk) were frozen by Lutsenko in April 2018. In January 2018 Horbatyuk sent a letter to Mueller offering to cooperate with leads and evidence, however, Horbatyuk received no return letter from Mueller’s special prosecuting team. One investigation using subpoenaed records from banks in Ukraine involved Ukrainian shell company payments to Manafort. Revealed in 2016 by Serhiy Leshchenko, who gave the records to the National Anti-Corruption Bureau,NEWS,www.pravda.com.ua/cdn/graphics/2016/05/black-pr/, Рукописи не горят. Черная бухгалтерия Партии регионов: фамилии, даты, суммы, Manuscripts do not burn. Party of Regions Black Bookkeeping: surnames, dates, amounts, Ukrayinska Pravda, Лещенко, Сергей, Марчук, Антон, Мусаева-Боровик, Севгиль (Leshchenko, Serhiy; Marchuk, Anton; Musayeva-Borovik, Sevgil), Serhiy Leshchenko, 31 May 2019, 13 December 2019, 1 June 2016,web.archive.org/web/20160601131600/https://www.pravda.com.ua/cdn/graphics/2016/05/black-pr/, uk, NEWS,www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/paul-manafort-s-ukrainian-legacy/, Paul Manafort’s Ukrainian Legacy, Leshchenko, Sergii, Serhiy Leshchenko, Atlantic Council, 1 September 2016, 13 December 2019, 20 September 2017,web.archive.org/web/20170920170900/https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/paul-manafort-s-ukrainian-legacy/, {{efn|Another source gave the entire records to (:uk:Трепак Віктор Миколайович|Viktor Mykolayovych Trepak) (), who was the former Deputy Director of the domestic intelligence agency of Ukraine (SBU) as the Chief of the Main Directorate for Combating Corruption and Organized Crime of the Central Administration of the Security Service of Ukraine. Trepak then passed it to the National Anti-Corruption BureauNEWS,gazeta.dt.ua/internal/viktor-trepak-ya-peredav-do-nabu-dokazi-totalnoyi-korumpovanosti-vladi-_.html, Віктор Трепак: “Я передав до НАБУ докази тотальної корумпованості влади”, Viktor Trepak: “I have provided evidence of total corruption of the authorities to NABU”, Dzerkalo Tyzhnia, ZN, UA website, Денисова, Оксана (Denisova, Oksana), 27 May 2016, 13 December 2019, 31 May 2016,gazeta.dt.ua/internal/viktor-trepak-ya-peredav-do-nabu-dokazi-totalnoyi-korumpovanosti-vladi-_.html," title="web.archive.org/web/20160531145807gazeta.dt.ua/internal/viktor-trepak-ya-peredav-do-nabu-dokazi-totalnoyi-korumpovanosti-vladi-_.html,">web.archive.org/web/20160531145807gazeta.dt.ua/internal/viktor-trepak-ya-peredav-do-nabu-dokazi-totalnoyi-korumpovanosti-vladi-_.html, uk, NEWS,www.nytimes.com/2016/08/15/us/politics/paul-manafort-ukraine-donald-trump.html, Secret Ledger in Ukraine Lists Cash for Donald Trump’s Campaign Chief, Kramer, Andrew E., McIntire, Mike, Meier, Barry, 14 August 2016, The New York Times, 13 December 2019, 16 August 2016,web.archive.org/web/20160816000612/https://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/15/us/politics/paul-manafort-ukraine-donald-trump.html, }} the secret bookkeeping of Viktor Yanukovych and the Party of Regions’ Black Ledger or Barn Book involved another investigation into Manafort in which the handwritten records of 22 payments to Manafort, nine of which had been signed by (:uk:Калюжний Віталій Анатолійович|Vitaly Kalyuzhny) who was the Verkhovna Rada’s foreign relations committee chairman. Two other investigations of Manafort involve the Skadden Arps law firm’s report to imprison Yulia Tymoshenko.NEWS,www.nytimes.com/2012/12/13/world/europe/failings-found-in-trial-of-ukrainian-ex-premier.html, Failings Found in Trial of Ukrainian Ex-Premier, The New York Times, Herszenhorn, David M., Sanger, David E., 12 December 2012, 12 December 2019, 25 February 2018,www.nytimes.com/2012/12/13/world/europe/failings-found-in-trial-of-ukrainian-ex-premier.html," title="web.archive.org/web/20180225114544www.nytimes.com/2012/12/13/world/europe/failings-found-in-trial-of-ukrainian-ex-premier.html,">web.archive.org/web/20180225114544www.nytimes.com/2012/12/13/world/europe/failings-found-in-trial-of-ukrainian-ex-premier.html, The National Anti-Corruption Bureau informed the United States Department of State that Lutsenko had thwarted both Ukraine’s investigation into Manafort and Mueller’s investigations into Manafort.After Ukrainian politician and activist Kateryna Handziuk died from complications from an acid attack on 4 November 2018, human rights organisations and NGOs demanded the resignation of Lutsenko and Interior Minister Arsen Avakov. “To prove that no one clings to power”, Lutsenko announced his intention to resign as Prosecutor General on 6 November 2018. He stated he considered the investigation of the case effective and that he was outraged by what he considered “’PR on blood’ around the Handziuk case”.NEWS,www.unian.info/m/politics/10326951-ukrainian-chief-prosecutor-lutsenko-decides-to-resign.html, Ukrainian Chief Prosecutor Lutsenko decides to resign, UNIAN, 6 November 2018, 21 September 2020, 23 January 2023,web.archive.org/web/20230123150046/https://www.unian.info/politics/10326951-ukrainian-chief-prosecutor-lutsenko-decides-to-resign.html, live, NEWS,en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/543099.html, I am submitting my resignation today — Prosecutor General Lutsenko, Interfax-Ukraine, 6 November 2018, 6 November 2018, 6 November 2018,web.archive.org/web/20181106202354/https://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/543099.html, live, On 9 November 2018, President Petro Poroshenko refused to approve Lutsenko’s resignation.NEWS,www.unian.info/m/politics/10332042-poroshenko-turns-down-prosecutor-general-s-resignation-letter.html, Poroshenko turns down prosecutor general’s resignation letter, UNIAN, 9 November 2018, 9 November 2018, 23 January 2023,web.archive.org/web/20230123150631/https://www.unian.info/politics/10332042-poroshenko-turns-down-prosecutor-general-s-resignation-letter.html, live, Documents, provided by Lev Parnas to the U.S. House Intelligence Committee, outlined text exchanges in which Lutsenko pushed for the ouster of then U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch and offered information related to former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden in return.NEWS, Bump, Philip, How Ukraine’s top prosecutor went after Marie Yovanovitch, step by step,www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/01/15/how-ukraines-top-prosecutor-went-after-marie-yovanovitch-step-by-step/, The Washington Post, 15 January 2020, 16 January 2020, 16 January 2020,web.archive.org/web/20200116134429/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/01/15/how-ukraines-top-prosecutor-went-after-marie-yovanovitch-step-by-step/, live, WEB, Sheth, Sonam, Frias, Lauren, Explosive new documents involving Rudy Giuliani and a Ukrainian associate show the shocking extent of Trump’s pressure campaign,www.businessinsider.com/documents-giuliani-associate-lev-parnas-trump-pressure-campaign-2020-1, Business Insider, 15 January 2020, 18 January 2020, 16 January 2020,web.archive.org/web/20200116223030/https://www.businessinsider.com/documents-giuliani-associate-lev-parnas-trump-pressure-campaign-2020-1, live, It is thought that Lutsenko targeted Yovanovitch due to her anti-corruption efforts in Ukraine.WEB, Maddow, Rachel, Parnas: Yovanovitch’s anti-corruption stance made her a target,www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/parnas-yovanovitch-s-anti-corruption-stance-made-her-a-target-76928581979, MSNBC, 17 January 2020, 18 January 2020, 27 November 2020,web.archive.org/web/20201127235542/https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/parnas-yovanovitch-s-anti-corruption-stance-made-her-a-target-76928581979, live, Following the 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election, Lutsenko was dismissed by the Verkhovna Rada on 29 August 2019, and replaced by Ruslan Riaboshapka.

Implication in Trump-Ukraine Scandal

{{See also|Impeachment inquiry against Donald Trump}}In 2019, Lutsenko was a central figure in the Trump–Ukraine scandal after he met multiple times with Rudy Giuliani, who at the time was US President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer, to try (without success) to find incriminating information on Joe Biden, who was planning to challenge Trump in the next US presidential election. A few months later, Volodymyr Zelenskyy was elected president of Ukraine and dismissed Lutsenko from his position as Ukraine’s chief prosecutor. Trump pressured Zelenskyy to reinstate Lutsenko and threatened to withhold $400 million in previously approved military and security aid to Ukraine if he did not (in addition to a demand that Zelenskyy announce an investigation into the business activities of Joe Biden’s son, Hunter Biden).

Military service during the Russian invasion of Ukraine

In April 2022, 2 months after the beginning of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, Lutsenko joined the Territorial Defence Battalion (of the Ukrainian Armed Forces) of Mykolaiv.NEWS, Ihor Horbatenko, Teroborona fighter. Yuriy Lutsenko serves in the Mykolaiv region,suspilne.media/232218-boec-teroboroni-na-mikolaivsini-sluzit-urij-lucenko/, Suspilne, 25 April 2022, 14 December 2022, Ukrainian, 14 December 2022,web.archive.org/web/20221214150020/https://suspilne.media/232218-boec-teroboroni-na-mikolaivsini-sluzit-urij-lucenko/, live, According to his wife Iryna, Lutsenko was initially in the Territorial Defence Forces of Kyiv during the Kyiv offensive, and then took part in the Battle of Mykolaiv, 2022 Kherson counteroffensive, Battle of Soledar and the Battle of Bakhmut.NEWS, 4 March 2023, 4 March 2023, Ukrainian, Lutsenko said he had been transferred from Bakhmut,www.pravda.com.ua/news/2023/03/4/7391984/, Ukrainska Pravda, In early 2023, Lutsenko was promoted to the rank of Kapitan. On 20 February 2023 Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valerii Zaluzhnyi appointed Lutsenko as the commander of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) platoon. The platoon was involved in the Battle of Bakhmut and was forced to withdraw from the city on 4 March 2023.On 5 July 2023 Lutsenko announced that he would no longer serve in the Ukrainian Armed Forces, as he was removed from conscription due to an established disability.WEB,www.pravda.com.ua/news/2023/07/5/7409942/, Lutsenko announced that he was leaving the army due to disability, Ukrayinska Pravda, 5 July 2023, 5 July 2023, Ukrainian, Lutsenko did not disclose the nature of the disability, but stated he would “work towards victory as a volunteer”.

Personal life

Lutsenko’s wife Iryna Lutsenko was elected into parliament in the 2012 Ukrainian parliamentary election on the party list of “Fatherland” (number 18).{{in lang|uk}} Список депутатів нової Верховної Ради {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081201194141www.pravda.com.ua/articles/2012/11/11/6977259/ |date=1 December 2008 }}, Ukrayinska Pravda (11 November 2012) They Call Themselves the Opposition {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210412153631ukrainianweek.com/Politics/58995 |date=12 April 2021 }}, The Ukrainian Week (31 August 2012) Wealthy, entertainers, relatives fill party lists {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130111233942www.kyivpost.com/content/politics/wealthy-entertainers-relatives-fill-party-lists-310939.html |date=11 January 2013 }}, Kyiv Post (2 August 2012) Results of the vote count {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130111051620www.kyivpost.com/content/politics/results-of-the-vote-count-continuously-updated-315153.html |date=11 January 2013 }}, Kyiv Post (2012) She served in parliament until 2019.In the 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election, Iryna Lutsenko tried to get re-elected into parliament; this time by placing 70th on the electoral list of Petro Poroshenko Bloc. However, as the Petro Poroshenko Bloc gained only 63 seats by electoral list, Lutsenko was unsuccessful.Poroshenko Bloc to have greatest number of seats in parliament {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141112000000www.ukrinform.ua/eng/news/poroshenko_bloc_to_have_greatest_number_of_seats_in_parliament_327072 |date=12 November 2014 }}, Ukrinform (8 November 2014) People’s Front 0.33% ahead of Poroshenko Bloc with all ballots counted in Ukraine elections - CEC {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141112000000en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/233404.html |date=12 November 2014 }}, Interfax-Ukraine (8 November 2014) Poroshenko Bloc to get 132 seats in parliament - CEC {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190404192732en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/233426.html |date=4 April 2019 }}, Interfax-Ukraine (8 November 2014){{in lang|uk}} Full electoral list of Poroshenko Bloc {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140923233024www.pravda.com.ua/articles/2014/09/19/7038339/ |date=23 September 2014 }}, Ukrayinska Pravda (19 September 2014) After fellow Petro Poroshenko Bloc members left the Verkhovna Rada, she returned as a People’s Deputy on 27 January 2015.{{in lang|ru}} “Irina Lutsenko returned to the Verkhovna Rada” {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150704062637news.liga.net/news/politics/4896078-irina_lutsenko_vernulas_v_verkhovnuyu_radu.htm |date=4 July 2015 }}. LIGA. 27 January 2015. In the 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election, she was re-elected for European Solidarity as 25th on the electoral list, but resigned in November 2019 due to health reasons.{{in lang|uk}} Lutsenko wrote a statement on the termination of powers of the People’s Deputy - source {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191103225817www.pravda.com.ua/news/2019/11/3/7230874/ |date=3 November 2019 }}, Ukrainska Pravda (3 November 2019){{in lang|uk}} Iryna Lutsenko explained why she was leaving the Verkhovna Rada {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191104134405www.pravda.com.ua/news/2019/11/4/7230927/ |date=4 November 2019 }}, Ukrainska Pravda (4 November 2019){{in lang|uk}} Lutsenko delivered a speech at the Rada and made a mandate {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191112224549www.pravda.com.ua/news/2019/11/12/7231756/ |date=12 November 2019 }}, Ukrainska Pravda (12 November 2019) Her mandate was officially terminated on 12 November 2019.In 2020 Lutsenko underwent cancer treatment in Germany. He was operated on and had chemotherapy.WEB,www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/07/5/7409942/, Former Prosecutor General says he is leaving army due to disability, Ukrayinska Pravda, 5 July 2023, 5 July 2023, English,

Awards{|

80px)Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise>Commander of the Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise Fifth Class – awarded on 14 December 2006 for significant personal contribution to the defense of the ideals of democracy, the protection of constitutional rights and freedoms of citizens, and active participation in nation building.{{in lang“Указ Президента України â„– 1073/2006 від 14 грудня 2006 року “Про нагородження Ю.Луценка орденом князя Ярослава Мудрого“” {{Webarchive>url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131211222143zakon2.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/1073/2006 |date=11 December 2013 }}.

See also

• Rudy Giuliani
• Konstantin Kilimnik
• Trump–Ukraine scandal

Notes

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References

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External links

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• Official website of Lutsenko’s non-parliamentary movement “Third Republic”
• BBC profile
• {{in lang|uk}} Lutsenko: There Are Several Criminal Cases on Companies Linked to Akhmetov... {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060330090226pravda.com.ua/news/2005/6/29/5759.htm |date=30 March 2006 }} (June 2005 interview)

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