President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky signed decrees on the removal of Prosecutor General Irina Venediktova and Head of the SBU Ivan Bakanov. new and. Deputy Prosecutor General Aleksey Simonenko Venediktova Appointed.

“Remove Bakanov Ivan Gennadiyevich from the duties of the head of the Security Service of Ukraine,” says decree No. 499/2022.

The decision to remove Bakanov from the leadership of the Service was made in accordance with Article 47 of the Disciplinary Charter of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. It is accepted by the direct commander (chief) in case of non-performance (improper performance) of official duties, which led to casualties or other serious consequences or created a threat of such consequences..

“Remove Venediktova Irina Valentinovna from the post of Prosecutor General,” says Decree No. 500/2022.

In the case of Venediktova, the reason for the removal from duty was h. 2 article 11 of the law " Suspension from official duties may be made in relation to a person suspected or accused of committing a crime of medium gravity, grave or especially grave crime, and regardless of the gravity of the crime - in relation to a person who is an official of a law enforcement agency.

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The day before, the State Bureau of Investigation detained Oleg Kulinich, the former head of the SBU in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, on suspicion of high treason.. According to investigators, the officer changed his oath back in 2014, after the occupation of the peninsula by Russia.. According to our sources in the Service, Kulinich ruined the work of the Main Directorate of the SBU ARC. He started the reorganization and did not complete it, because of which the important structure was actually paralyzed for a long time. Despite this, Bakanov took the advice of Kulinich, who is considered an officer for special assignments..

Regarding rotations in the Office of the Attorney General, ZN. UA has already written that under the leadership of Irina Venediktova, the practices of political orders and appointments of “their people” have returned to the prosecutor’s office. It was Simonenko who removed the corruption case of Oleg Tatarov, deputy head of the OPU, from the jurisdiction of the NABU and handed it over to the SBU, which allowed him to be quietly buried later.. Read more in read Alexander Lemenov "