Ukraine s High Anti-Corruption Court granted permission to confiscate assets of former Motor Sich president Bohuslaiev yahoo.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from yahoo.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
A businessman from Lviv was detained for allegedly attempting to bribe an official of the State Bureau of Investigation with $500,000, the Bureau announced on Dec. 30.
The Security Service of Ukraine (SSU), together with the Prosecutor General's Office (PGO), has completed the investigation and submitted to the court an indictment against Viacheslav Bohuslaiev, the former president of JSC Motor Sich, and Oleh Dziuba, the director of the company's Department of Foreign Trade, who are suspected of working for the Russians.
The United Kingdom imposed sanctions on three Russian citizens on Friday in connection with the conviction of opposition activist and journalist Vladimir Kara-Murza (designated as a foreign agent in Russia), the British Foreign Office said in a statement.