Ukrainian Prosecutor General Yuriy Lutsenko has decided to transfer a criminal case involving second Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma and businessman Ihor Kolomoisky to the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU).

"Today I have signed a decision to transfer the case involving Kuchma and other respectable people, for example, Pinchuk [businessman Victor Pinchuk] and Kolomoisky, to NABU, at its request," Lutsenko said on 1+1 TV Channel.

He did not disclose the details of the case.

Commenting on Kuchma's work today, he said that the things he is doing now in Minsk deserves respect.

"In this case no one denies that he can respond for his actions or inactivity… There are no untouchables in our country. Everyone is equal under the law," he said.