Svyatoslav Piskun Explained

Svyatoslav Piskun
Office:Prosecutor General of Ukraine
Term Start:26 April 2007
Term End:24 May 2007
President:Viktor Yushchenko
Predecessor:Oleksandr Medvedko
Successor:Viktor Shemchuk (acting)
President2:Viktor Yushchenko
Term Start2:10 December 2004
Term End2:14 October 2005
Predecessor2:Hennadiy Vasylyev
Successor2:Oleksandr Medvedko
President3:Leonid Kuchma
Term Start3:6 July 2002
Term End3:29 October 2003
Predecessor3:Mykhailo Potebenko
Successor3:Hennadiy Vasylyev
Birth Date:8 March 1959
Birth Place: Berdychiv, Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Party:Independent
Otherparty:Party of Regions (2006–2007)
Spouse:Svitlana Sevast'yanivna (1962)
Children:Tetyana (1983), Svyatoslav (2000)
Residence: Kyiv, Ukraine
Alma Mater:Lviv University
Native Name Lang:uk

Svyatoslav Mykhaylovych Piskun (Ukrainian: Святослав Михайлович Піскун, born 1 March 1959) was 3 times Prosecutor General of Ukraine. He served in this role in 2002–2003, 2005 and 2007 until President Viktor Yushchenko's dismissed Piskun on 24 May 2007.[1] He worked as a prosecutor in several important cases, including murder of Georgiy Gongadze and investigation of United Energy Systems of Ukraine.

Political career

In March 2006 he was elected as a people's deputy of the Verkhovna Rada from Party of Regions list as No.96 – but he was not a party member.[2] Piskun was elected in parliament for Party of Regions again in 2007. He became a full member of Party of Regions in October 2008.[3] Piskun did not return to parliament after the 2012 Ukrainian parliamentary election after losing in single-member districts number 63 (first-past-the-post wins a parliament seat) located in Zhytomyr Oblast.[4] In the 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election Khoroshkovskyi tried to return to national politics this time from the party of Strong Ukraine (placing 16th on the parties election list).[5] [6] But in the election the party failed to clear the 5% election threshold (it got 3.11% of the votes) and thus Piskun was not elected into parliament.[7] Piskun was only allowed to take part in the election after a court decision validated his entrance in the election, at first the Central Election Commission of Ukraine had refused to register him because in the last 5 years leading up to the election he had not lived in Ukraine.[8]

Dismissals as Prosecutor General of Ukraine

According to Piskun, his dismissal by President Yushchenko in October 2005 came because he stopped criminal proceedings against Yulia Tymoshenko and refused to drop proceedings against Petro Poroshenko.[9] He was criticized for closing the criminal case related to the United Energy Systems of Ukraine while serving under Viktor Yushchenko's government in 2005.[10] and dropping criminal cases regarding back-then Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko.[11]

Piskun is the only Prosecutor General of Ukraine in Ukraine whose dismissals by two Presidents have been overturned as unlawful by courts.[12] The latest being a 24 April 2009 Kyiv Court of Appeals passing of a ruling saying President Yushchenko's decree dated 24 May 2007, dismissing Sviatoslav Piskun from the post of the prosecutor general was unlawful,[1] but Piskun did not submit any application for his reinstating on the post of Prosecutor General.[13]

Career since 2014

On 30 March 2014 during an interview with Inter TV channel he called for the criminal prosecution of Ukrainian officials who are responsible for allowing the 2014 Russian annexation of Crimea.[14] [15]

On 30 July 2020 Prosecutor General Iryna Venediktova appointed Piskun as her personal adviser on a voluntary basis.[16] On 25 August 2020 Venediktova (without communicating the reason) realised him as her personal adviser.[17]

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Notes and References

  1. News: Court Finds Illegal Dismissal Of Piskun from Post of Prosecutor General in May 2007. Kyiv Post. Ukrainian News Agency. April 24, 2009. December 1, 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20081201194141/https://www.kyivpost.com/content/kyiv/court-finds-illegal-dismissal-of-piskun-from-post--40186.html?flavour=full. live.
  2. Web site: May 28, 2007. Information about people deputy Svyatoslav Piskun. Official website of Verkhovna Rada. uk. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20070927224400/http://gska2.rada.gov.ua/pls/site/p_deputat?d_id=8839. September 27, 2007.
  3. News: Обком. http://obkom.net.ua/news/2008-10-10/1333.shtml. ru:Пискун и Кинах решили заткнуть собой брешь в рядах ПР, пробитую Чорновилом и Богатыревой. Piskun and Kinakh decided to plug a gap in the ranks of PR, and punched Chornovil and Bogatyryova. October 10, 2008. August 2, 2012. December 1, 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20081201194141/http://obkom.net.ua/news/2008-10-10/1333.shtml. live. ru.
  4. News: October 30, 2012. http://www.rbc.ua/ukr/top/show/itogi-vyborov-2012-deputaty-kotorym-pridetsya-slozhit-polnomochiya-30102012101600. uk:Підсумки виборів-2012: Депутати, яким доведеться скласти повноваження Підсумки виборів-2012: Депутати, яким доведеться скласти повноваження Підсумки виборів-2012: Депутати, яким доведеться скласти повноваження. Results of the 2012 elections: MPs who will resign. RBC Ukraine. December 29, 2012. December 1, 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20081201194141/http://www.rbc.ua/ukr/top/show/itogi-vyborov-2012-deputaty-kotorym-pridetsya-slozhit-polnomochiya-30102012101600. live. uk.
  5. News: Ukraine Votes On Oct. 26 To Elect New Parliament. Kyiv Post. October 24, 2014. November 26, 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141111104106/http://www.kyivpost.com/content/ukraine/ukraine-votes-on-oct-26-to-elect-new-parliament-369193.html. November 11, 2014. live.
  6. News: uk. Election list of Strong Ukraine. Ukrayinska Pravda. September 9, 2014. November 26, 2014.
  7. News: Poroshenko Bloc to have greatest number of seats in parliament. Ukrainian Television and Radio. November 8, 2014. November 26, 2014. November 10, 2014. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20141110220835/http://utr.tv/eng/news-from-www-ukrinform-ua/327072-poroshenko_bloc_to_have_greatest_number_of_seats_in_parliament_327072.html.
    News: People's Front 0.33% ahead of Poroshenko Bloc with all ballots counted in Ukraine elections – CEC. Interfax-Ukraine. November 8, 2014. November 26, 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141112013057/http://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/233404.html. November 12, 2014. live.
    News: Poroshenko Bloc to get 132 seats in parliament – CEC. Interfax-Ukraine. November 8, 2014. November 26, 2014. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20141113163050/http://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/233426.html. November 13, 2014.
  8. News: http://www.pravda.com.ua/rus/news/2014/10/3/7039672/. ru:ВАСУ заставил ЦИК зарегистрировать Пискуна. SACU forced CEC to register Piskun. Ukrayinska Pravda. October 3, 2014. November 25, 2014. uk.
  9. News: Independent standpoint on Ukraine:Dismissal of Prosecutor-General, Closure of Poroshenko Case Create New. ForUm. October 28, 2005. March 3, 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20081201194141/http://en.for-ua.com/analytics/2005/10/28/164030.html. December 1, 2008. dead.
  10. News: http://ru.tsn.ua/politika/pshonka-iz-za-timoshenko-mozhet-otkryt-delo-na-piskuna.html. ru:Пшонка из-за Тимошенко может открыть дело на Пискуна. Because of Tymoshenko, Pshonka can open a case on Piskun. May 31, 2012. April 18, 2014. ru. December 1, 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20081201194141/http://ru.tsn.ua/politika/pshonka-iz-za-timoshenko-mozhet-otkryt-delo-na-piskuna.html. live.
  11. News: ru:Бывший руководитель Генпрокуратуры открестился от обвинений в том, будто на решение повлиял экс-президент Виктор Ющенко. http://ru.tsn.ua/politika/piskun-obyasnil-pochemu-v-svoe-vremya-zakryl-dela-protiv-timoshenko.html. April 23, 2012. April 18, 2014. ru. TSN. December 1, 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20081201194141/http://ru.tsn.ua/politika/piskun-obyasnil-pochemu-v-svoe-vremya-zakryl-dela-protiv-timoshenko.html. live.
  12. ,357/2007. Presidential Decree. 357/2007. Question of S. Piskun. April 26, 2007. May 28, 2007.
  13. News: Piskun says he won't return on post of Prosecutor General so far. UNIAN. April 24, 2009. April 24, 2009. December 1, 2008. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20081201194141/http://www.unian.net/eng/news/news-312826.html.
  14. News: March 31, 2014. Экс-генпрокурор Святослав Пискун рассказал, где скрывается окружение Януковича. Former Prosecutor General Svyatoslav Piskun told where Yanukovych's government officials are hiding. April 18, 2014. Lenta.ua. December 1, 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20081201194141/http://lenta-ua.net/novosti/politika/52818-eks-genprokuror-svyatoslav-piskun-rasskazal-gde-skryvaetsya-okruzhenie-yanukovicha.html. live.
  15. News: uk:Пискун вважає, що прокуратура Криму має почати кримінальне провадження стосовно командування ЧФ РФ. Piskun said that Crimean prosecutors should start criminal proceedings regarding the Black Sea Fleet Command. March 5, 2014. April 18, 2014. http://www.unian.ua/politics/893342-piskun-vvajae-scho-prokuratura-krimu-mae-pochati-kriminalne-provadjennya-stosovno-komanduvannya-chf-rf.html. uk. UNIAN. https://web.archive.org/web/20081201194141/http://www.unian.ua/politics/893342-piskun-vvajae-scho-prokuratura-krimu-mae-pochati-kriminalne-provadjennya-stosovno-komanduvannya-chf-rf.html. live. December 1, 2008.
  16. https://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2020/07/30/7261263/ Venediktov took Piskun as an adviser
  17. Venediktova released Piskun, Ukrayinska Pravda (25 August 2020)

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