Renat Kuzmin

166 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (in edition of the Criminal Code of Ukraine of 1960).

Renat Raveliyovych Kuzmin (Ренат Равелійович Кузьмін; born 12 July 1967) is a former Ukrainian lawyer and politician who was the First Deputy Prosecutor General of Ukraine between 2010 and 2013, State Counselor of Justice 1st class, public servant 1st rank.

Renat Kuzmin supervised the pre-trial investigation into the criminal case of criminal activity of Serhiy Tkach who committed a number of premeditated killings and attempted murders combined with raping of women, underage and minor girls in 1984–2005, for which 8 persons were illegally convicted as the investigation found out.

The investigation of newly found circumstances was conducted according to every established fact of illegal conviction of persons in given case and in 2008-2010 the courts repealed the judgments concerning illegal conviction.

4 criminal cases against policemen were investigated and forwarded to court, who using unauthorized methods of investigation, pressure and physical violence forced the illegally convicted persons to criminate themselves the commission of these grave crimes.

Scientific researches of R. Kuzmin were published in specialized Ukrainian editions "Herald of the Academy of Prosecution of Ukraine", "Prosecution Service. Man. State", "Juridical Chronicle", "Herald of the Prosecution Service", "Our Law", "Scientific Herald of the National Academy of Internal Affairs" at different time.

In 2011 monograph of R. Kuzmin "Economic and Legal Mechanism of Decriminalization of Economy of Ukraine" was published.

Scientific article "Defamation as Means of Illegal Influence on Court and Investigation in Ukraine" was published in the specialized edition - newspaper Law and Business # 11 (1101), March 16–22, 2013

In the 2014 Ukrainian presidential election he received 0.1% of the vote.

From 26 June 2014, Kuzmin was wanted by the Ukrainian police for "deliberately illegal arrest or illegally bringing to court", an act punishable with "deprival of the right to hold definite posts or deal with definite activities for a term up to five years", or imprisonment for a three-year term.

According to police, Kuzmin disappeared on June 1, 2014.

As deputy prosecutor general, Kuzmin dealt with the investigations in the criminal cases against Yulia Tymoshenko.

1 June 2014 Ukrainian court decided to arrest Kuzmin for offenses provided for by Part 3 of Article 371 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.

Since Kuzmin fugitive from justice and the international wanted list

However, on 9 January 2015 the Interpol General Secretariat refused to search for Renat Kuzmin due to alleged politically motivated prosecutions of Kuzmin in Ukraine.

In the 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election Kuzmin was elected and was a People's Deputy of Ukraine from August 2019 until January 2023.

On 13 January 2023, a constitutional majority of members of Ukraine’s parliament voted to strip Kuzmin of his position as a people’s deputy.

Charges against him were dropped on 29 August 2019.

In the 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election Kuzmin was elected for the party Opposition Platform — For Life and he has been a People's Deputy of Ukraine since August 2019.

Until his reappearance in parliament, Kuzmin claimed to have lived in hiding in Ukraine aided by "many people, including officials and secret services’ representatives".

On 10 January 2023, Kuzmin was stripped of his Ukrainian citizenship along with Viktor Medvedchuk, Andrii Derkach, and Taras Kozak.

Kuzmin's term as People's Deputy of Ukraine was terminated by parliament on 13 January 2023.

Doctor of Laws, Professor.

The cases against former Minister of the Interior of Ukraine Yuriy Lutsenko under p. 5 of art.191 and p. 3 of art.

365 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine, p. 1 of art.367 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine, against former Deputy Minister of Environmental Protection of Ukraine Heorhiy Filipchuk under p. 3 of art.365 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine, against former Prime Minister of Ukraine Yulia Tymoshenko under p. 3 of art.

365 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine were forwarded to court under supervision of Renat Kuzmin.

Renat Kuzmin initiated criminal proceedings against former President of Ukraine Leonid Kuchma according to the fact of exceeding authority and official powers that caused grave consequences for the protected by law rights and interests of citizens H.R. Gongadze and O.I. Podolskyi under p. 3 of art.