Lutsenko released from prison

April 7, 2013, 11:20 a.m. | Ukraine — by Kyiv Post

Former Ukrainian Interior Affair Minister Yuri Lutsenko kisses his wife Irina outside his prison in Chernihiv Oblast some 150 kilometers (100 miles) north of Kyiv on April 7. Ukraine's president on Sunday pardoned Lutsenko, 48, a close ally of imprisoned former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, moving toward fulfilling a key demand on Kiev's path to integrate closer with the European Union. (AP Photo/ Aleksander Kosarev)