in Pechersk's regional department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Kyiv. The Tymoshenko files were sent to Pechersk after the Right Sector () left the Dnipro Hotel. Membership Member of the International Association of Prosecutors Member of the Board of the Prosecutor General’s Office of Ukraine Member of the High Council of Justice of Ukraine Member of the Working Group on Reforming of Prosecution and Advocacy established by the President of Ukraine (since 22 November 2011) Member of the Committee on Reform of Law Enforcement Bodies (by consent) under the President of Ukraine (6 April 2012) Member of the Working Group on Reforming of Legislation on Administrative Offenses and Introducing of Concept of Misdemeanors, set up by the President of Ukraine (since 30 May 2012) Family and personal life Pshonka's son Artyom Pshonka was a constituency candidate in Zaporizhia for Party of Regions during the 2012 Ukrainian parliamentary election. He was elected into parliament. After his removal as General Prosecutor of Ukraine media reported in late February 2014 that photos of Pshonka's mansion were "astonishing by their luxury". When Pshonka and his son Artyom appealed the EU accounts freeze in late May 2014, they both had Russian citizenship, although it was unclear since when. Both Viktor and Artem listed their residences as Moscow with the European Court of Justice. The last time Pshonka appeared in public was during a joint press conference with former President Viktor Yanukovych and former Ukrainian Interior Minister Vitaliy Zakharchenko on 13 April 2014 in the Russian city of Rostov-on-Don. In the fall of 2014, Pshonka moved his family's jewelry businesses, Gold Standard Jewelry Factory LLC () and others, from Kramatorsk, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, to Sebastopol in Russian annexed Crimea. Russia has illegally occupied Crimea since the Russian invasion of Ukraine beginning March 2014. Pshonka dominated the gold jewelry industry in Kramatorsk which was the third largest production center in Ukraine behind only Kyiv and Kharkiv in production. International sanctions For his roles in destabilizing Ukraine, his role in the Victor Yanukovych government, his support for pro-Russia individuals and entities in Ukraine, abuse of office, and embezzlement of public funds, Pshonka is under sanctions by the European Union, Austria, Switzerland, Lichtenstein, and Norway since 28 February 2014. and Canada since 5 March 2014. For his roles in destabilizing Ukraine, his son, Artem or Artyom, has been under sanctions since early March 2014 by the European Union,