On July 16, Prosecutor General Yuriy Lutsenko reported in Ivano-Frankivsk that Viktor Medvedchuk, leader of the Ukrayinskyi Vybir [Ukr.: Ukrainian Choice] movement, had launched mass attempted registration of ‘territorial communities,’ urging not to pay taxes to the central government.
The Prosecutor General’s Office and State Security Service detained the First Deputy Chief of the State Labor Service Mykhailo Bardonov on taking a ₴100 thousand bribe.
Vice Prime Minister Vyacheslav Kyrylenko told Ukrayinske Radio that the exacerbation of Ukraine-Poland relations with regard to the Volyn tragedy was staged by Russia.
The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) arrested members of an organized crime group which has been attacking banks and cash transit vehicles for months, the Head of the SBU Vasyl Hrytsak said during the press briefing on July 16.