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The National Anti-Corruption Office considers that the Attorney General’s Office has unfoundedly reclassified the case, in which the deputy head of the President Oleg Tatarov’s Office appears, as non-corruption.
The National Anti-Corruption Office of Ukraine accused the Attorney General’s Office of an attempt to rescue the deputy head of the President’s Office, Oleg Tatarov. The office’s statement was made public on January 29 on the official website.
The NABU observes that despite the presence of sufficient evidence to indicate that the former People’s deputy Maxim Mikitasem provided a bribe, as well as the testimony of the former People’s deputy, on January 27 the Attorney General’s Office reclassified the crime as non-corruption. Because of this, formal grounds for the removal of NABU detectives from the crime investigation, whose suspect is Tatarov, emerged, the bureau noted.
Furthermore, the NABU complained that the Prosecutor General’s Office blocked the possibility of appealing to the Supreme Anti-Corruption Court against the decision of the Kiev Pechersk District Court to change jurisdiction in criminal proceedings on suspicion of Tatarov.
Furthermore, according to the NABU, the VAKS decision to claim the case to the Pechersk court is not being implemented.
In December 2020, the media reported that Tatarov was probably involved in the case of the former people’s deputy and former owner of the construction company Ukrbud Maxim Mikitas: on December 1, 2020, the former people’s deputy and state expert, who, according to the investigation , issued an opinion on the minimum difference between the cost of apartments in Pechersk and on the outskirts of the city, reported a suspicion of bribery (the investigation believes that the expert, in exchange for a parking space worth 250 thousand hryvnias, provided Mikitas with an unreliable examination).
The expert was arrested with the possibility of depositing one million UAH in bail. As the prosecutor said in the court session, Tatarov could have negotiated a bribe.
NABU Director Artem Sytnik stated that detectives have correspondence between the OPU deputy director and other people involved in the production. Tatarov, in response, demanded to refute false information or publicly demonstrate evidence and said he was suing the NABU director.
Tatarov denied any involvement in the crime. The official said “anti-Ukrainian forces” are seeking his resignation.
On December 18, NABU handed over suspicions to Tatarov under Part 3 of Art. 369 (offer, promise or provision of illicit benefits to an official) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.
On December 24, it emerged that the Attorney General’s Office had transferred Tatarov’s case from the NABU to the SBU.
Change the composition of the trial leaders in this case NABU evaluated as interference in the work of a law enforcement agency and opening of criminal proceedings.
The Supreme Anti-Corruption Court of Ukraine has recognized that the criminal case, whose defendant is Tatarov, is being investigated by the National Anti-Corruption Office. This was announced on January 13 by the NABU press service.
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