Andrey Kostin became the new Prosecutor General/Channel 24 Collage
On July 27, the Verkhovna Rada appointed Andrei Kostin as the new Prosecutor General. He replaced Irina Venediktova.
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What is known about the new head of the Prosecutor General's Office and why the Office of the President has high hopes for him – read the material 24 channel.
What is known about Andrei Kostin: biography
Andrei Kostin is 49 years old, he comes from Odessa. There he was educated (at the Mechnikov Odessa State University with a degree in jurisprudence) and worked for a long time.
Beginning of a career
Kostin began his career as a lawyer, worked in various law firms. Subsequently, he became a co-founder and director of the Pravo law firm in Odessa, led the international direction.
He was deputy head of the Odessa Region Bar Council, Odessa Regional Bar Association. He headed the International Relations Committee at the National Bar Association of Ukraine. Established the public association “Odessa Diplomatic Club”. He has the title of Honored Lawyer of Ukraine.
In 2010, Kostin was elected to the City Council of Odessafrom the party of Arseniy Yatsenyuk “Front for Change”. In 2019, he entered the Verkhovna Rada from the Servant of the People. He ran for No. 108 of the general list of candidates.
Curious! Radio Liberty writes that Kostin knows Andriy Yermak, the head of the OP, and has been in contact with him for “many years.” In 2019, Yermak allegedly advised including Kostin on the Servant of the People list.
The path in politics
Andrei Kostin was deputy head of the Verkhovna Rada’s legal committee, Irina Venediktova, and since January 14, 2020, he has headed it after his appointment Venediktova acting Director of the DBR, and then the Prosecutor General.
Since May 2020, Kostin has been a member of the TCG for resolving the situation in Donbas, and has worked in the subgroup on political issues. At one time, he served as the first deputy head of the Ukrainian delegation in the Trilateral Contact Group.
In 2021, Andrey Kostin was one of the main contenders for the position of head of the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office, but dropped out of the competition.
Curious!As Schemes journalists discovered, three members of the selection committee had a likely conflict of interest due to ties with Kostin. In the end, he dropped out of the competition: none of the international members of the selection committee voted “for” his virtue.
In late March-April 2022, Kostin took part in negotiations with Russia on the preparation of a draft treaty on security guarantees for Ukraine.
Scandals
In 2020, Kostin became one of 19 “servants of the people” who rented housing for budget funds, declaring a millionth fortune.
How Zelensky explained the appointment of Kostin to the position of Prosecutor General
Adviser to the head The Office of the President Mikhail Podolyak said that as a legislator and head of the relevant committee, Andrey Kostin understands the problems of the law enforcement industry well, and as a lawyer he has an impeccable reputation in the professional environment.
Procedural management of investigations of Russian war crimes is now important in the work of the Office of the Prosecutor General , proper procedural fixation of evidence. And this means working with the European justice system. According to Podolyak, Kostin will be helped in this by the fact that he is a “legal perfectionist.” That is why President Zelensky settled on this candidacy.
By the way, it was precisely these qualities – professionalism, legal causticity, round-the-clock diligence in stressful conditions – that I personally saw in Kostin as part of a joint work on the negotiation group, – added the adviser to the head of the OP.
