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Ukrainian President Asks Prosecutor General to Resign - Statement

© AP Photo / Mindaugas KulbisUkraine's President, Petro Poroshenko
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According to a public statement, the Ukrainian president suggested the country's Prosecutor General Viktor Shokin writes a resignation letter.

KIEV (Sputnik) — Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said Tuesday he had asked the country's Prosecutor General Viktor Shokin to resign from his post.

"This morning I held a meeting with the prosecutor general. I suggested Viktor Nikolayevich [Shokin] writes a resignation letter," Poroshenko said in a statement published on his website.

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