Igor Shevchenko (lawyer) explained

Igor Shevchenko
Ігор Шевченко
Birth Name:Ігор Сергеевич Шевченко
Birth Place:Sevastopol, Ukrainian SSR
Residence:Sevastopol
Office:Prosecutor of Sevastopol
Primeminister:Sergey Aksyonov
Term Start:2 May 2014
Education:Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University - Jurisprudence
Occupation:Attorney

Igor Sergeievich Shevchenko (Russian: Игорь Сергеевич Шевченко; born in Sevastopol) on 9 February 1979 is a Russian prosecutor from Ukraine who was appointed Prosecutor of Sevastopol, Crimea, by Vladimir Putin on May 2, 2014.[1]

Education

He graduated second in his class receiving a jurisprudence degree from the Yaroslov Law University in Kharkiv, Ukraine.[1]

Career

In 2001, he became an assistant prosecutor in the Nakhimovsky district of the city of Sevastopol in Crimea.[1] Then, in 2003, he joined the Prosecutor's Office in the city of Sevastopol.[1] On March 25, 2014, he became the acting public prosecutor of the city of Sevastopol by order of Yury Chaika, the Prosecutor General of Russia, and since May 2, 2014, he has been appointed by Vladimir Putin as the Prosecutor of the City of Sevastopol.[1]

Sanctions

Sanctioned by the UK government in 2014 in relation to Russo-Ukrainian War. [2]

Personal wealth

During 2014, he earned 1.966 million Rubles which is equivalent to the 1.9 million Rubles salary of Nataliya Poklonskaya, who was the Prosecutor of Crimea.[3] He owns a Volkswagen Passat, two plots of land and an apartment in Sevastopol, but his ownership of a 1000 square meters plot acquired March 11, 2010, from Sergei Kunitsyn is under litigation in the Balaklava District Court since 2018. This plot is at Cape Lermontov near the "Caravel" resort, but Sergei Kunitsyn admitted that his signature on the land transfer had been forged.[4]

Sanctions

During 2014, Shevchenko was placed under European Union, Switzerland, and Liechtenstein sanctions in May, Canadian sanctions in June, Japanese sanctions in August, and Australian sanctions in September for actively implementing Russia's annexation of Sevastopol during the Russian interference in Ukraine.[5] [6] [7]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Прокурор города Севастополя Шевченко Игорь Сергеевич: Биография . Прокурор города Севастополя (Prosecutor City of Sevastopol) . Russian . Prosecutor of the city of Sevastopol Igor Shevchenko: Biography . April 26, 2018 . April 20, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180420215930/http://www.sevproc.ru/shevchenko-igor-sergeevich . dead .
  2. Web site: CONSOLIDATED LIST OF FINANCIAL SANCTIONS TARGETS IN THE UK . 16 April 2023.
  3. News: Иванова . Марианна . Прокурор Севастополя зарабатывает наравне с Поклонской . Russian . Prosecutor of Sevastopol earns on a par with Poklonskaya . Sevas . May 23, 2015 . April 26, 2018.
  4. News: Кравченко . Геннадий . Прокурорская земля у самого синего моря и севастопольские конфликты . . Russian . Prosecutor's land near the blue sea and Sevastopol conflicts . January 28, 2018 . April 26, 2018.
  5. News: Boscariol . John W. . Canada and the European Union Further Expand Sanctions Against Russian and Ukrainian Persons . . May 12, 2014 . April 26, 2018.
  6. News: Denton . Ross L. . Mann . Sunny . EU publishes new designated persons: 13 individuals and two entities . . May 13, 2014 . April 26, 2018.
  7. Web site: Side-by-Side List of Sanctioned Russian and Ukrainian/Crimean Entities and Individuals . . 35 . December 22, 2014 . April 26, 2018.