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Oleg Tatarov (Photo: Hromadske’s video screenshot)
At a meeting of the Supreme Anti-Corruption Court, prosecutors announced the withdrawal of the petition for the election of a coercion measure for the deputy head of the Office of President Oleg Tatarov.
The representative of the prosecution explained the decision by the fact that at the moment there is no confirmation of the validity of the suspicion presented against Tatarov.
«They withdraw the request to opt for a precautionary measure in the form of detention because at the present time we cannot affirm that the suspicion was justified. We were not able to fully familiarize ourselves with the materials they handed us, ”said one of the prosecutors.
The court complied with the prosecutors’ declaration to withdraw the motion to arrest Tatarov.
Before the VAKS meeting on the choice of preventive measures for Oleg Tatarov, the Office of the Prosecutor General transferred the criminal proceedings to the Security Service of Ukraine.
In connection with this decision, the Special Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office was completely removed from the Tatarov case and new prosecutors were appointed in his place.
The National Anti-Corruption Office called the sudden change of jurisdiction “an unprecedented interference in the investigation in the history of Ukraine” and opened a case due to possible illegal interference by Attorney General Irina Venediktova.
What is known about the suspicion of Oleg Tatarov
On December 18, the NABU said that it had informed OP Vice President Oleg Tatarov about the suspicion of bribery in one of the episodes of the case involving the National Guard apartments. It was not possible to hand over the suspicion personally to Tatarov.
According to the director of the office, Artem Sytnyk, Tatarov, being a lawyer for Ukrbud, together with the owner of the company Maxim Mikitase, gave a bribe in the form of a parking space to an expert from the State Center for Forensic Scientific Investigation of the Interior Ministry for underestimating the cost of a residential complex from 81 to 7 million UAH.
Tatarov considers suspicions of NABU «personal revenge “Sytnik. In his opinion, the case against him has been fabricated and is proposed «bring innocence through legal methods “.
The anti-corruption prosecutor’s office called for Tatarov’s arrest with an alternative to bail worth UAH 10 million.
According to journalist Yuri Butusov, after SAP head Maxim Grischuk signed a petition on a preventive measure for Tatarov, Attorney General Irina Venediktova stripped him of his status as an actor. Deputy Attorney General.
