Ukrainian security service chief fired
| Publisher | Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty |
| Publication Date | 18 June 2015 |
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June 18, 2015
Valentyn Nalyvaychenko (file photo)
Ukraine's parliament has dismissed the head of the Ukrainian Security Service (SBU), Valentyn Nalyvaychenko.
In a vote at the 450-seat Verkhovna Rada on June 18, 248 lawmakers supported President Petro Poroshenko's request to fire Nalyvaychenko.
The 49-year-old was appointed three months before Poroshenko was elected in May 2014 and was never seen as a supporter of the head of state.
Ukrainian media reported that Poroshenko recently tried to move him to head the foreign intelligence service.
Nalyvaychenko reportedly refused before launching a political counteroffensive that saw the Prosecutor-General's Office accused of covering up corruption and illegal money-making schemes operated by its personnel.
Nalyvaychenko's dismissal comes amid continuing fighting in the country's east, where government forces have been battling pro-Russian separatists since April 2014.
Based on reporting by AFP and Interfax
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