Prosecutor General of Ukraine Viktor Shokin has appointed First Deputy Prosecutor of Crimea Nazar Kholodnytsky to be Anti-Corruption Prosecutor.

"On November 30, Prosecutor General of Ukraine Viktor Shokin with his decree appointed Nazar Kholodnytsky as Chief of the Special-Purpose Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office and Deputy Prosecutor General of Ukraine," PGO's press service reported.

According to the press service, the general prosecutor has reviewed the recommendations of the tender commission for the selection of candidates for administrative posts in the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office on appointing Maksym Hryschuk and Nazar Kholodnytsky as deputy prosecutor general of Ukraine, head of the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office.

"Viktor Shokin has studied data on testing the candidates on the knowledge of the legislative base and general abilities, reviewed the video with the interviews of the tender commission members with the two contenders, got acquainted with their personal affairs and held private interviews with each of them," reads the report.

Then he signed an order on appointing Kholodnytsky to the post.