Vitaly Kasko (

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: Віталій Вікторович Касько; born 29 June 1976) is a

lawyer and two time Deputy

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. Honored Lawyer of Ukraine (2019). Kasko first tenure as Deputy Prosecutor General, under

Viktor Shokin Viktor Mykolayovych Shokin ( uk, Віктор Миколайович Шокін) is a former Prosecutor General of Ukraine. Having previously worked as an investigator for the Prosecutor General Office, he served as Prosecutor General for a year ...

, started in 2014. He resigned on February 15, 2016 denouncing the

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and "total lawlessness" of the Prosecutor's office. In late March 2016, just before Shokin's dismissal, Kasko was accused of fraud and had his apartment seized in what he claims was a revenge for his criticism. Late April 2016 Kasko was board member of

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. Kasko was again appointed First Deputy Prosecutor General on 5 September 2019 (working under Prosecutor General

Ruslan Riaboshapka Ruslan Heorhiiovych Riaboshapka ( uk, Руслан Георгійович Рябошапка) (born 14 October 1976) is a Ukrainian jurist who was the Prosecutor General of Ukraine from August 2019 to March 2020.Oleg Sukhov. Riaboshapka replaces ...

).Kasko appointed first deputy prosecutor general – PGO's press service

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(6 September 2019)Ukrainian Deputy Prosecutor Says No Foreign Assets Recovered By Predecessors

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(October 17, 2019) After Riaboshapka was dismissed by the Ukrainian parliament on 5 March 2020 Kasko resigned the following day.

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