Oleksandr Korniyets
Oleksandr Pavlovych Korniets (Ukrainian: Олександр Павлович Корнієць; 27 March 1972, in Kiev)[1] is a Ukrainian lawyer. Deputy Prosecutor of Kiev region, he was arrested along with Volodymir Shapakin in early July 2015 accused of taking a bribe and after searches found important amounts of money and diamonds. The then dubbed "diamond prosecutors" were released on bail a few days later.[2]
On April 2016 Korniyets filed a libel lawsuit against a Hromadske journalist, Dmytro Hnap in what has been described as a witch hunt launched by Petro Poroshenko's supporters.[3]
References
- ^ "Літопис випускників Національного університету «Юридична академія України імені Ярослава Мудрого»". logos.biz.ua. Retrieved 2016-08-01.
- ^ Court frees on bail deputy prosecutor of Kiev region, deputy head of PGO's main investigative department – Rada deputy speaker, Interfax, 8 July 2015
- ^ Poroshenko’s troll army borrows Kremlin techniques, Unian, 19 April 2016