Exclusive - Ally of Ukrainian president accused of meddling in prosecution

By Natalia Zinets
  • World

  • Thursday, 25 Feb 2016

A general view shows the Independence Square in central Kiev, Ukraine February 25, 2016. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko

KIEV (Reuters) - An ally of Ukraine's president has been accused by a former Ukrainian prosecutor of interfering in law enforcement.

A representative of Ihor Kononenko, a business partner of President Petro Poroshenko and member of parliament of his political party, declined to comment on the allegation, made in a Reuters interview by ex-prosecutor Vitaliy Kasko.

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