Oleksandr Pavlovych Korniets (Ukrainian: Олександр Павлович Корнієць; 27 March 1972, in Kiev) is a Ukrainian lawyer. Deputy Prosecutor of Kiev region, he was arrested along with Volodymir Shapakin in early July 2015 accused of taking a bribe and after searches found important amounts of money and diamonds. The then dubbed "diamond prosecutors" were released on bail a few days later.
In April 2016 Korniyets filed a libel lawsuit against a Hromadske journalist, Dmytro Hnap in what has been described as a witch hunt launched by Petro Poroshenko's supporters.
References
- "Літопис випускників Національного університету "Юридична академія України імені Ярослава Мудрого"". logos.biz.ua. Retrieved 2016-08-01.
- Court frees on bail deputy prosecutor of Kiev region, deputy head of PGO's main investigative department – Rada deputy speaker, Interfax, 8 July 2015
- Poroshenko’s troll army borrows Kremlin techniques, Unian, 19 April 2016