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The Prosecutor's Office of Pechersky district in Kyiv has opened a criminal case on the violation of the secrecy of the correspondence of Ukrainian MP Volodymyr Landik (the Regions Party) by the LB.ua online publication, the media relations department of the prosecutor's office in Kyiv said on Wednesday.

“As a result of the checks, the Prosecutor’s Office of Pechersky district in Kyiv opened on July 18 a criminal case under Part 2 of Article 163 and Part 2 of Article 182 of the Criminal Code (violation of the secrecy of the correspondence of a statesman, which caused substantial damage to the legitimate rights, freedoms and interests of the person),” the prosecutor’s office said.

As reported, Landik demanded that the prosecutor’s office of Pechersky district in Kyiv open a criminal case against a number of journalists from the LB.ua online publication regarding the violation of his rights by the online publication.

The publication’s editor-in-chief, Sonia Koshkina, said on the Shuster Live talk show via Skype that Landik’s statement “is nothing more than an occasion to deal with our media outlet and me personally.”