The Prosecutor General's Office has reported that the facts stated in MEP Elmar Brok's interview with a German-language newspaper entitled "Ukraine's Behavior Is Unacceptable" are untrue.
The report says that Brok noted that the United States denied a visa to First Deputy Prosecutor General Renat Kuzmin to punish him in such a way for “crimes against European principles.”
“However, this is untrue, as U.S. Ambassador John Tefft said earlier that Kuzmin may at any time apply for a new visa to enter the United States,” reads the document.
In addition, the Prosecutor General’s Office described as groundless the accusations against Kuzmin of allegedly violating human rights and that he is “personally responsible” for the case of former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko and “other cases of selective justice.”
In this regard, the document says, the Prosecutor General’s Office “should bring charges when Ukrainian citizens break the law, despite the authority, publicity and political affiliation of a person,” so Kuzmin “does not bear personal responsibility for the process.”
In addition, the Prosecutor General’s Office called misleading Brok’s statement that “the reform of the criminal procedure law, as before, is not conducted in Ukraine.” The press service drew attention to the fact that, quite the contrary, the reform of the criminal law was introduced in 2012, after, at the request of the Venice Commission, experts confirmed that the program of reforming the criminal procedure law is fully in line with international standards.
