Resignation of Prosecutor General Kostin: Zelensky submitted a resolution to the Rada
28 October 2024 13:13
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy has registered a draft resolution in the Verkhovna Rada to give consent to the dismissal of Andriy Kostin from the post of Prosecutor General. The document was submitted to the parliament on Monday, 28 October, "Komersant Ukrainian" reports
Kostin’s resignation letter, dated 22 October, was attached to the resolution.
The draft resolution was sent to the Committee on Law Enforcement for consideration.
Now the relevant committee must first make its decision, after which the issue will be put to a vote in the Verkhovna Rada.
It is worth noting that Prosecutor General of Ukraine Andriy Kostin resigned on 22 October after a high-profile scandal with the MSEC and fake disabilities of prosecutors in the regions.
It is known that Kostin announced this decision after a meeting of the National Security and Defence Council with the President, where the obviously immoral situation with fake disabilities of civil servants was discussed.
After Kostin’s resignation, the position of Prosecutor General of Ukraine became one of the most discussed in political circles. According to Kommersant Ukrainsky 
, it is most likely that Ruslan Kravchenko, the head of the Kyiv Regional Prosecutor’s Office, will be appointed to the post of head of the Prosecutor General’s Office. His candidacy for this position was approved by the Bankova Street back in May this year.
Kravchenko is the favourite among all the other likely candidates to head the PGO, of which there are three in total.
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At the same time, two other candidates are also being considered for the position of the head of the Prosecutor General’s Office.
These are Oleh Kiper, head of the Odesa Regional State Administration, and Iryna Mudra, deputy head of the Office of the President of Ukraine.
According to media reports, Kostin, who resigned on 22 October, may be replaced by his first deputy, Oleksiy Khomenko.
What is known about Andriy Kostin
Kostin graduated from Odesa State University named after I. Mechnikov with a degree in law. Deputy Chairman of the Presidium of the Odesa Regional Bar Association. Co-founder and member of the Board of the Odesa Diplomatic Club. Lawyer. Co-founder and director of Pravo Law Firm.
Since 2000, he has been a member of the International Bar Association (IBA). He served as Deputy Chairman of the Subcommittee on Land Transport of the IBA Maritime and Transport Law Committee.
In 2010-2015, he was a member of the Odesa City Council in the 23rd district from the Front of Changes party.
In 2012, he was elected as a member of the Bar Council of Odesa Region, and later as the Deputy Chairman of the Council.
In 2013-2016, he was the Chairman of the International Relations Committee of the Ukrainian National Bar Association.
In 2019, he was elected as a Member of Parliament of the 9th convocation from the Servant of the People party, number 108 on the list as a non-partisan. He is a member of the faction of the same name. Since 10 November 2019, he has been a member of the party. Until 14 January 2020, he was the Deputy Chairman of the Committee on Legal Policy, and then the Chairman of the Committee.
In 2021, he participated in the competition for the position of the head of the SAPO, but did not pass the interview. on 27 July 2022, the Rada supported the appointment of Andrii Kostin as Prosecutor General of Ukraine. The decision was supported by 299 MPs.
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What scandals are associated with Andrii Kostin’s name
According to the Open Register of National Public Figures of Ukraine, Kostin’s wife works as an assistant consultant to his party, parliamentary and committee colleague Dyrdin, and Dyrdin’s wife works as an assistant consultant to Kostin. A similar “exchange” exists between the candidate and MP Zadorozhnyi: Kostin’s daughter works as an assistant consultant to the latter, and presumably Zadorozhnyi’s son works as an assistant consultant to Kostin. These are possible cases of nepotism (the use of official powers in the interests of close relatives).
According to the Skhemy project, Dyrdina’s wife, who is Kostin’s assistant, may also be involved in money laundering as part of a project of the time of former President Viktor Yanukovych to hold the Winter Olympics in Ukraine.
In 2019-2020, Andrii Kostin did not declare any residence in Kyiv, although, according to the Verkhovna Rada website, he received budgetary compensation for renting a house or renting a hotel room in the amount of about UAH 20,000 per month. The candidate’s daughter, who has been working in Kyiv since 2019 as an assistant consultant to another MP, a colleague from the Servant of the People faction, Andrii Zadorozhnyi, has not declared her place of residence either.
As chairman of the Legal Policy Committee, Andrii Kostin was responsible for judicial reform in the parliament. However, it was during Kostin’s leadership of the committee that proper judicial reform was blocked, and the necessary legislative changes and proposals were distorted. In particular, the process of relaunching the HQCJ has stopped, leaving Ukraine short of about 2,000 judges. Instead of restarting the HCJ, it was strengthened. And the parliament continues to appoint judges of the Constitutional Court without introducing a transparent competition.
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