
Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych pardoned several convicts, among them former interior minister Yuriy Lutsenko and former environmental protection minister Heorhiy Filipchuk.
A decree was signed on April 7 and posted on the presidential website.
The decree exempts from further punishment Serhiy Vikulin, Iryna Voskanian, Yuriy Lutsenko, Dmytro Mohiliovtsev, Oleksandr Riasenets and Heorhiy Filipchuk, Interfax – Ukraine reported.