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Acting Prosecutor General of Ukraine Yuriy Sevruk has dismissed Mykola Stoyanov from the post of prosecutor of Odesa region and from the prosecution agencies under the law on lustration.

“Today, we have received a letter from Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko, who requested to urgently consider the dismissal of Stoyanov and decide if his circumstances fall under the law on lustration. Taking into account the president’s proposal and the completion of the checks, Yuriy Sevruk decided to dismiss Stoyanov from the post of prosecutor of Odesa region and from prosecution agencies,” prosecutor of the Prosecutor General’s Office Vladyslav Kutsenko said at a briefing in Kyiv on Friday.