The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has
arrested Olena Lukash who held the post of justice minister during the rule of
former president Viktor Yanukovych, SBU spokesperson Olena Hitlyanska said.
"At 15:00 we announced a briefing regarding
the arrest of Olena Lukash, who was on the wanted list for involvement in the
crimes against Maidan [protestors]," Hitlianska wrote on her Facebook
account.
Lukash was the justice minister in 2013-2014
during the government of Mykola Azarov. She was dismissed on
February 27, 2014.
On February 28, 2014, the Prosecutor General's
Office (PGO) ordered the Interior Ministry and SBU to arrest Lukash on
suspicion of shooting activists on Maidan in Kyiv through February 18-22.
In March, the EU and Canada announced that
Lukash was on the list of senior Ukrainian officials subject to financial
sanctions.
On May 28, 2015 the PGO accused Lukash of
misappropriation and property embezzlement through abuse of office.
The corresponding information has been posted on
the official website of Interior Ministry.
According to the website, Lukash has been on the
wanted list since July 28, 2015.
She was accused of committing an offence under
Article 191, Part 5 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (embezzlement of property
or misappropriation through abuse of office), and of official forgery (Part 2, Article
366 of the Criminal Code).
On September 10, 2015 the SBU put Lukash on the
wanted list, and according to media reports at the time she was hiding in
Russia.
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