Oleksandr Pavlovych Korniets (Ukrainian: Олександр Павлович Корнієць; 27 March 1972, in Kiev)[1] is a Ukrainian lawyer. Deputy Prosecutor of Kiev region, he was arrested along with Volodymir Shapakin in early July 2015 accused of taking a bribe and after searches found important amounts of money and diamonds. The then dubbed "diamond prosecutors" were released on bail a few days later.[2]

In April 2016 Korniyets filed a libel lawsuit against a Hromadske journalist, Dmytro Hnap in what has been described as a witch hunt launched by Petro Poroshenko's supporters.[3]

References

  1. "Літопис випускників Національного університету "Юридична академія України імені Ярослава Мудрого"". logos.biz.ua. Retrieved 2016-08-01.
  2. Court frees on bail deputy prosecutor of Kiev region, deputy head of PGO's main investigative department – Rada deputy speaker, Interfax, 8 July 2015
  3. Poroshenko’s troll army borrows Kremlin techniques, Unian, 19 April 2016
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