Cases of withdrawal from state ownership of oil pipeline and purchase of coal in “L / DNR”: Medvedchuk testified against Poroshenko
Victor Medvedchuk ,
KYIV. UkraineGate , 23 , May , 2022 | Society.
Detainee Viktor Medvedchuk, who is suspected of treason and aiding terrorism, spoke about the scheme of removing from state ownership part of the main oil pipeline “Samara – West direction” for further pumping of diesel fuel through it. The SBU reports about it .
It is reported that while describing the essence of the scheme, Medvedchuk “detailed the role of former President Petro Poroshenko in it.” Namely, that “he not only asked Medvedchuk to contact the leadership of the Russian Federation, but also ensured the adoption of the necessary decisions in all Ukrainian instances.”
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“For this pipeline to become private property, and in fact – the property of Poroshenko himself, it was necessary to perform a number of actions… Courts, prosecutors, the Antimonopoly Committee, the State Property Fund – they all made decisions, of course, necessary for the personal interests of President Poroshenko,” said Medvedchuk. , about what writes SBU.
Thus, the detainee, as it is specified, assures that he was engaged in questions of the pipeline at the request of the ex-president. And finally, in a year of operation, the pipeline has earned twice as much money for its owners than was invested in its purchase – up to 42 million US dollars. And since May 2019, that is, after the termination of Poroshenko’s powers, the pumping of diesel through the highway has stopped, the SBU said.
In addition, Medvedchuk, as noted, told the details of the establishment in 2014-2015 of a mechanism for purchasing coal for Ukraine’s energy needs in the temporarily occupied territories of the so-called “L / DNR”, practically – from the leaders of the militants.
“In fact, the entire top of the state apparatus was involved, starting with the President and ending with ministers, law enforcement officers and those who directly implemented this scheme,” Medvedchuk explained.
The SBU reports that he named specific names of high-ranking officials involved in harming the interests of our state – former government officials, the National Bank’s executives, MPs and law enforcement officials.
“The security service continues investigative actions with the detainee to establish all the facts, circumstances, organizers and participants of the crimes committed,” the statement said.
In addition, the SBU released a video of Medvedchuk testifying.
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In April, the SBU detained Medvedchuk after escaping from house arrest at the start of a full-scale Russian invasion on February 24.
In 2021, the secret service announced several suspicions to Medvedchuk. He is suspected of treason, aiding a terrorist organization and attempting to plunder national resources in the temporarily occupied territory of Crimea.
One case concerns the organization of illegal coal supply schemes from the temporarily occupied territories. Fuel was bought for cash, and thus pro-Russian terrorists were fined a total of more than 200 million hryvnias.
Another is the illegal seizure of Prykarpatzakhidtrans LLC by a section of the state oil pipeline worth more than UAH 200 million. In February 2021, the National Security and Defense Council returned the pipeline to state ownership.
Source: Ukrgate
