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“The reward was given much later than the opposite actions or the opposite results. According to the prosecutor, I will refund anything,” Kurlianskis said at Thursday’s hearing.
According to the businessman, he is accused of requesting to influence the vote of the Seimas Budget and Finance Committee (BFK) on October 21, 2015 on the amendments tabled by deputy Šarūnas Gustainis, when the vote itself had already taken place ago. seven days, October 14.
“Maybe the prosecutor will say only seven days“, Says R. Kurlianskis.
According to him, according to data provided by the prosecution, he also asked to influence the vote of parliamentarian Kęstutis Glaveckas in the BFK on the Vilnius-Utena highway project on September 23, 2015, when the vote had already taken place six days ago. .
Kurlianskis also stressed that the results of the vote were contrary to his wishes.
Unlike criminal populism, I cannot call for the actions of such a prosecutor, stated R. Kurlianskis.
“Both the Liberal Movement and Kęstutis Glaveckas voted for or against the project” Vilnius-Utena Highway “. Which is contrary to what, according to the prosecutor, I wanted,” said the former vice president of the concern.
According to him, the prosecutor also alleges that in May of the following year he gave Eligijus Masiulis the money he used to pay for these decisions, which were unfavorable to him.
“Unlike criminal populism, I cannot qualify the actions of such a prosecutor,” said R. Kurlianskis.
R.Kurlianskis: we agreed the loan before the record
Speaking of the money transferred to E. Masulis, R. Kurlianskis again emphasized that it was a loan that was agreed during the meeting that the police recorded, but before the recording began.
“One year, three percent, in cash. We agree before the recording outdoors or indoors (…) Before the recording, we agree on all the details of the loan, except where and when ”, said the businessman about the terms of the loan.
He also claimed that even before the recording began, E. Masiulis undertook to prepare a loan agreement.
According to R. Kurlianskis, the recording of these conversations may not have been recorded due to the fact that after meeting in the restaurant, he and the other participants in the conversation moved to another table.
“We sat at one table, then moved on to another. Anyway, the STT officer was retrained as a waiter and found that he was inexperienced and could not move the microphone,” he said.
Photo by Julius Kalinskas / 15min / Eligijus Masiulis
In this case, R. Kurlianskis is accused of giving bribes to politicians to make decisions beneficial to the company. It says that 90 thousand people were found in E. Masiulis. to finance his political activities.
Former Liberal leader Eligijus Masiulis, former Seimas Liberal member Šarūnas Gustainis and “employee” V. Gapšys are accused of trading influence and bribery in this case. MP Gintaras Steponavičius is charged with abuse in the absence of signs of bribery.
The charges in the case were also made against MG Baltic himself, the Labor Party and the Liberal Movement. The defendants do not admit guilt, they say the police investigation was carried out in a biased manner.
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