Volodymyr Zelensky appointed Andriy Kostin as Ukraine's ambassador to the Netherlands and Permanent Representative to OPCW. Kostin resigned as Prosecutor General in October 2024 amid a corruption scandal involving hundreds of prosecutors who obtained disability benefits.
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President Volodymyr Zelensky appointed new Ukrainian ambassadors to seven countries on April 7, according to decrees published on the president's website.
Andriy Kostin, Ukraine's former Prosecutor General, was appointed ambassador to the Netherlands despite promises to bring him to 'political responsibility' for a corruption scandal.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy appointed former Prosecutor General Andrii Kostin as Ukraine's ambassador to the Netherlands and permanent representative to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons.
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