yuriy fedorovych kravchenko (; march 5, 1951 – march 4, 2005) was a ukrainian general of internal service and statesman, serving as the country's minister of internal affairs (1995—2001). in 2000, while he was serving as the minister of internal affairs, kravchenko became directly involved in the murder case of georgiy gongadze and the subsequent "cassette scandal." kravechenko later was the governor of the kherson oblast (2001—2002) and head of the state tax administration of ukraine (2002—2003).