The Prosecutor General's Office has initiated a criminal case against officials of the Administration of the President of Ukraine under former head of state Leonid Kuchma, proUA was told in the GPU press service. \n \nAccording to the press service report, the criminal case was initiated on October 8 by the Main Investigation Department of the Prosecutor General's Office "within the framework of the investigation of the second stage of the criminal case into the murder of journalist Heorhiy Gongadze." \n \nThe case was initiated "for the preparation and organization of a crime stipulated by Part 3 of Article 365 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine in connection with the unlawful dismissal by President of Ukraine Leonid Kuchma on October 29, 2003, of Prosecutor General of Ukraine Sviatoslav Piskun from his position, which significantly obstructed the investigation of the criminal case into the journalist's murder."