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Oleg Tatarov (Photo: credence.com.ua)
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy discussed with the head of his office, Andriy Yermak, the question of the NABU opening a case against his deputy Oleg Tatarov.
Now Tatarov has been removed from some cases in the OP and must prove his innocence, the head of state said in an interview with Focus.
«As soon as the news about Tatarov came out, I called Yermak and said: “If the story has at least one word related to his work here, ask the person to leave «… Then we found out that we are talking about 2017. It turns out that all the people in this case were released, ”said the president.
Zelensky said that now Tatarov was removed from the NABU cases, the prosecutor’s office, and all these powers were transferred to another deputy head of the OP, Andrei Smirnov. According to him, it was a conflict of interest.
«We told Tatarov to go and prove that he was not guilty of anything, ”explained the head of state.
At the same time, he stressed that he could not draw conclusions about whether Tatarov was a corrupt official and recalled that the case initiated refers to 2017.
«So I was not president, he did not work in the Office. Therefore, the phrases “corruption again in the time of Zelensky” are dishonest. It hurts me, it affects me personally. It’s not about the rating or the image, ”Zelensky added.
At the same time, the president assured that if those who work with him are suspected of corruption, they will be fired.
«And I haven’t seen such examples in my office for a year and a half. They didn’t steal anything from the army, they didn’t sell bulletproof vests with holes, they didn’t take bribes, ”Zelensky said.
Oleg Tatarov appears in the case of the National Guard apartment. On December 28, the session of the Supreme Anticorruption Court will take place on the choice of a preventive measure.
The meeting was postponed due to a change in the jurisdiction of the case: the Attorney General’s Office transferred it from the NAPK to the SBU.
The office said «unprecedented interference in the investigation, “and the SAP noted that the Attorney General’s Office pays «exclusive attention “to this case, which may indicate its bias.
On December 18, the NAPK said that it had informed Tatarov of the suspicion of bribery in one of the episodes of the case involving the National Guard apartments. No suspicions were conveyed to him personally.
According to NAPK director Artem Sytnyk, Tatarov, being a lawyer for Ukrbud, together with the company’s owner, Maxim Mikitase, gave a bribe in the form of a parking space to an expert from the State Center for Forensic Investigation of the Interior Ministry for underestimating the cost of a residential complex from 81 to 7 million UAH.
After the resonance around the case, the NAPK published the correspondence of its defendants, in which Tatarov probably appears. And former Ukrbud co-owner Maksim Mikitas, who made a deal with the investigation, confirmed that he had previously worked at his company. «schematic specialist “.
Tatarov believes that the case against him was fabricated and intends «bring innocence through legal methods. “
The anti-corruption prosecutor’s office will request the arrest of Tatarov with an alternative to bail of 10 million UAH.
According to journalist Yuri Butusov, after SAP chief Maxim Grischuk signed a petition for a containment measure for Tatarov, Attorney General Irina Venediktova deprived him of his acting chief status. Deputy Attorney General.
Oleg Tatarov on December 21 reportedly wrote a statement on the suspension of his post as vice president of the OP. According to media reports, despite this, he continues to travel to the OP.
Tatarov became deputy chairman of the office of President Andriy Yermak on August 5, 2020. During Viktor Yanukovych’s presidency, he was the head of the Main Investigation Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine. His office was subject to the law of purification of power, but he managed to avoid depravity. In response to criticism of such a personnel decision, President Volodymyr Zelensky said that the Yanukovych Interior Ministry «there were professionals. “
