Poroshenko is suspected that in 2018 “by means of clearly criminal orders” to bend the head of the foreign intelligence Service of Ukraine for abuse of power.
the Former President of Ukraine, and nowadays the Deputy of the Verkhovna Rada Petro Poroshenko may be taken into custody, reported by press service the State Bureau of investigation of Ukraine (RRT).
“Now investigators of the RRG to decide the question on election concerning the suspect the measure of restraint in the form of detention”, — stated in the message Department.
In the RRG reported that the notice of suspicion in committing a crime was handed Poroshenko the building Department on behalf of the attorney General.
He Poroshenko on his page in the network Facebook said that came in RRT, to “tell in their eyes that they are breaking the law, trying to establish an authoritarian regime in Ukraine,” but he “absolutely illegally” tried to deliver a notification on suspicion.
“They’ve painted themselves into a corner — an attempt to blame the President and is the current MP of can be taken only by the Prosecutor General. What happens now is irrelevant to the rule of law, democracy or the investigation of crime. This is double standards, harassment of the opposition and the attack on the leader of the opposition”, — wrote Poroshenko.
Poroshenko’s Lawyer Ilya Novikov said that claims to ex-President associated with the appointment of Sergei Semochko first Deputy SVR, calling the proceedings a “legal trash”.
“as soon As my colleagues went to the coroner’s office, even before the interrogation began, we were approached by a staff member in the office of the Prosecutor General and tried to give him suspicion. Because it was not according to the law and procedure, we refused to communicate with this person,” — said Novikov (quote the message press service of the party “European solidarity”), noting that Poroshenko is trying to prosecute “without any reason”.
In April, the General Prosecutor’s office started a criminal investigation against the former President of Petro Poroshenko on four articles in connection with the illegal actions of the President and other persons in the publication of decrees on appointment of judges of the Supreme court in 2017 and 2019.
in may In Kiev was made public recordings of the people with the voices similar to voices Poroshenko Vice President of the United States Joe Biden and Secretary of state of the United States John Kerry during which they discussed the resignation of Prosecutor General Viktor Shokin. The Pechersky district court in Kyiv made a decision that obliges the Prosecutor General to start investigation of the case.
in addition, ex-President Ukraine already appears in 16 criminal cases, but is p�� most of them as a witness.