The number of criminal cases against former Chairman of the Crimean Parliament Anatoliy Hrytsenko has been cut from four to three, Press Secretary of the Crimean Prosecutor's Office Natalia Boyarkina has told Interfax-Ukraine.
"The Prosecutor General’s Office of Ukraine cancelled an instruction on the opening of a criminal case on the leasing of the buildings of the Russia Health Improvement Establishment of the Supreme Council of Crimea. This fact is not being investigated as part of the criminal case," she said.
According to the press secretary, three criminal cases against Hrytsenko, which have now been united into one case, are being investigated.
In particular, a criminal case on illegal allocation of 4,800 hectares of land owned by the Azovsky State Farm is being investigated. Hryschenko signed a respective instruction [on the allocation of land] when he chaired Lenine District State Administration of Crimea.
The criminal cases against Hrytsenko on the abuse of power while passing 3,600 hectares of forest land to a limited liability company and on the abuse of office while allocating material aid are also being investigated.
Former Chairman of the Crimean Parliament and current member of the Supreme Council of Crimea from the Regions Party Anatoliy Hrytsenko was detained on Jan. 24, 2011.
