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RFE/RL: Ukrainian Supreme Court rejects ex-Prosecutor-General’s reinstatement appeal

Published Oct. 24, 2019 at 5:57 pm

Former Ukrainian Prosecutor General Viktor Shokin spoke at a press conference in Kyiv on Nov. 2, 2015. Rudy Giuliani has alleged without evidence that Shokin, who held his post between February 2015 and April 2016, was fired on Joe Biden’s request to help his son escape prosecution.

Photo by Volodymyr Petrov

The Chamber of Appeals of Ukraine’s Supreme Court has upheld a ruling that former Prosecutor-General Viktor Shokin should not be reinstated.

According to the ruling pronounced on October 24, the appellate court said the decision by the High Administrative Court not to reinstate Shokin was valid.