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Who led Ukraine's Constitutional Court from February 2018?
Summary
A look back at the court's change of leadership and two other reports from around 21 February 2018.
What changed at the top of Ukraine's Constitutional Court on 21 February 2018? The answer: Stanislav Shevchuk was elected head of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine.
For a desk that follows Ukraine and the region, the election of a new head of the country's top constitutional body is the item that most directly concerns Ukrainian institutions on that date. The court's leadership matters because it is the body that handles constitutional questions, and the choice of its chair is a natural moment to look at how it is run.
Other reports from 20 February 2018
The previous day brought two separate reports. In Washington, D.C., attorney Alex van der Zwaan pleaded guilty in the U.S. District Court to making false statements to the FBI. The charges arose from the special counsel investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections. Prosecutors said he lied to investigators about his interactions with political consultant and lobbyist Rick Gates, and about an unidentified Ukrainian-based associate of Paul Manafort.
On the same day, an earthquake of magnitude 3.2 was recorded in Kryvyi Rih.
The three reports are unrelated, and each stands on its own. Together they show a snapshot of those days: a change of leadership in a Ukrainian institution, a US legal case with a Ukrainian link, and a minor seismic event in a Ukrainian city.
