Over several decades the Lviv "Prison at Lontsky street" had been not just a jail, but more a torture chamber where humanity crimes had been committed which we have no right to forget", - the Head of the Security Service of Ukraine Valentyn Nalyvaichenko emphasized in his speech to the residents of Lviv.

Officers of SSU Special Operations Center fixed Ukrainian flag of 54 m2 in size on one of the most gorgeous mountains of Laspi (the Crimea) - Iliyas-Kaya - at the height of 600 meters. The action "Grandeur of Ukrainian Flag" started in Sevastopil and is to go though all the cities and come to an end on the Day of Ukrainian Constitution, June, 28.

On June 6, 2009, the Security Service of Ukraine detained ten persons involved in unlawful manufacturing and sale of a synthetic drug - amphetamine. Members of the criminal group set up a lab in a rented office in Lutsk suburbs. Wholesale trade was carried out right in the office. It is estimated that the profit from the drugs sale made up at least UAH 50 000 a month. 1 gram of amphetamine costs UAH 100 at the black market.

To execute the decrees of President of Ukraine Victor Yushchenko, on June 2, 2009 the Security Service of Ukraine hosted the session of Anti-Corruption Interagency Working Group. The President of the Council of Europe's Group of States against Corruption "GRECO" Drago Kos took part in the session.

President Victor Yushchenko met with Security Service Head Valentyn Nalyvaichenko. At the meeting the Security Service Head reported to the President on the results of joint work of the Service and Office of the Prosecutor General in fighting crime in banking sector.

On May 21, 2009 a meeting was held at the SSU Offices with a delegation of the American Jewish Human Rights Organization which is responsible for advocating on behalf of Jews in Russia, Ukraine, the Baltic States & Eurasia (NCSJ). The Head of the Security Service of Ukraine expressed his gratitude to non-governmental organizations for their assistance in the work of the special divisions, created two years ago in accordance with the Presidential Decree of Victor Yushchenko, and that are responsible for countering xenophobia.

On May 22, 2009 the Security Service of Ukraine launched a criminal case against the perpetrators of the Genocide in Ukraine in 1932-1933 on the grounds laid out in part I, of article 442 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. The head of the Ukrainian National Memory Institute - I.Yuhnovsky, Members of the Ukrainian Parliament - G.Omelchenko, O.Chornovolenko, chief of the Holodomor Research Association in Ukraine - L.Luk'yanenko, head of "V.Stus Memorial Association" - R.Krutcyk, and other citizens of Ukraine where all instrumental in making application to the Security Service of Ukraine with the objective of highlighting the illegal killings of millions of Ukrainians by famine in 1932-1933. These applications remain the basis of the prospective criminal case.

In accordance with the Decrees of the President of Ukraine, V. Yuschenko, on the occasion of the 2009 commemoration of the "Day of Political Repressions' Victims" and on the 65th anniversary of the deportation of the Crimean Tatars and other persons, on the basis of their nationality, from the Crimea", a meeting of the SSU Collegium took place in Simferopol on the 18th May 2009. The leaders of the Crimean Tatar people, Mustafa Jemilev and Refat Chubarov, Crimean Muslims' mufti Emirali Ablaev, together with the Permanent representative of the President of Ukraine to Crimea, Leonid Zhun'ko, all participated in the meeting.

KENT -- One of the most tragic events of the 20th century, only recently making its way into history books, is the focus of a unique exhibit at Kent State University. The photo and film display examines Soviet dictator Josef Stalin's extermination of up to 10 million Ukrainians from 1932 to 1933. The mass murder has become known as the Holodomor, Ukrainian for "famine genocide." "He decided to crush the Ukrainian nation, and he selected a terrible means, a famine," said Dr. Michael Kalinski, a Kent State University professor who brought the exhibit to campus as part of the University's 10th annual Symposium on Democracy.

The SSU carries on measures on corruption counteraction in the judicial branch. On April 17, 2009 Prymorskyi district court in Odessa following the SSU materials found two court officials guilty in the commitment of the crime envisaged by item A Part 2 Article 1 and item A Part 1 Article 5 of the Law of Ukraine "On corruption counteraction".

Donetsk Region Court of Appeal left unchanged the sentence of the court of original jurisdiction regarding Ukrainian citizen who attempted to smuggle about 100 gr. of cannabis (especially dangerous narcotic substance) across the customs border. In December 2008 Khartsyzky Local Court (Donetsk region) basing on the file submitted by the SSU delivered a sentence to a local resident for a crime envisaged by the Part 2, Article 305 (smuggling of narcotics, psychotropic substances, their analogues or precursors in large amounts) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.

The President of Ukraine greeted the participants of the meeting. The letter on behalf of the President of the state mentions: "The second meeting in Kyiv confirms constancy and firmness of our policy towards democratic reforms in the security sector and realization of Ukraine's Euro-Atlantic aspirations. I am sure that closer links between partner institutions, knowledge of the unique world democratic practices, creative exchange of views will make a valuable contribution to enhancing of international confidence, and the Ukrainian special services will become a standby in the united All-European security structure".

As per the Decree of the President of Ukraine, on April 23, 2009 the Security Service of Ukraine hosted a meeting on cooperation development regarding xenophobia counteraction between the officials of law enforcement agencies, leaders of non-governmental organizations, leaders of Asian and African students' associations and national minorities, representatives of international human rights organizations. In particular, representatives of the All-Ukrainian Jewish Congress, Progressive Judaism Communities' Association, African Centre, Kyiv Nigerian Association, "Association of Turkish students", Association of students from the People's Republic of China, East European Institute for Development, Regional Agency of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees in Ukraine, Belarus and Moldova, etc. participated in the meeting.

The Head of the Security Service of Ukraine Valentyn Nalyvaichenko demands to call the officials to account in case a protocol on corruption has been drawn against them. Mr. Nalyvaichenko has mentioned this today addressing to the coordination meeting of the heads of law-enforcement agencies. "I suggest addressing the President and the head of government with a request to dismiss or suspend 1-3 category civil servants involved in corrupt actions" - Mr. Nalyvaichenko said.

The Security Service of Ukraine officials in cooperation with investigators of the General Prosecutor's Office of Ukraine documented the fact of bribery by the deputy head of the Uman district court in Cherkassy region. The judge demanded a bribe for the deliberate unjust decision regarding corporate rights in the value of UAH 40 millions.