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OUT-OF-COURT INSTRUMENTS
OF INFLUENCE ON ATTORNEYS

34 cases of violence against attorneys Committed by representatives
were officially registered : of:
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15 state authorities
6 Police
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5 SBU
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1 NABU

2 tax authorities

CASES
1 MPs
– 2016 2 radically-minded groups
– 2017
– first quarter of 2018 12 "unidentified persons"

MURDERS OF ATTORNEYS

Yurii Hrabovskyi
attorney of Russian citizen Aleksandr Aleksandrov (former GRU
(USSR Main Intelligence Directorate) officer
On 6 March 2016, it was reported that the attorney
disappeared. On 20 March 2016, a person suspected in the
organization of attorney’s disappearance was detained.
Anatolii Matios, Chief Military Prosecutor of Ukraine, stated that
the operation to kidnap the attorney was planned by "former
Ukrainians" and special services of the Russian Federation "to
create an image" at the final stage of trial of Russian special
forces officers. On 25 March 2016, A. Matios reported that the
body of the murdered attorney, Yurii Hrabovskyi, was found at
4:00 p.m. in an abandoned former collective farm garden, 20
km from Zhashkiv (Cherkasy Region). Attorneys cast doubt on
the version given by the prosecutor's office, since Yurii
Hrabovskyi was a well-known attorney and participated in
many high-profile cases .
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