12 May 2015 12:16

Yatsenyuk asks Ukraine's prosecutors to return $1.4 billion seized from Yanukovych to state budget

KYIV. May 12 (Interfax) - Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk has asked the Prosecutor General's Office and the judicial system to return the $1.4 billion seized by the government from ex-president Viktor Yanukovych and people close to him to the state budget.

"If the funds go back into the budget, from which they were stolen, it will help the government increase the social standards for citizens and provide more funding for the army and corruption prevention," Yatsenyuk told a briefing in Kyiv on Tuesday, according to the government press service.