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Oleg Tatarov, according to the president, must prove his innocence. photo: credence.com.ua
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky said that he does not consider the deputy head of the President’s Office Oleg Tatarov to be corrupt, especially as he is suspected of a crime committed in 2017.
The head of state spoke about this in an interview with Focus magazine.
“I cannot even draw such conclusions! The criminal case refers to 2017. I was not then president, he did not work in the Office. Therefore, the phrase” corruption again during the time of Zelensky “is dishonest. It hurts. It affects me personally. It’s not about the rating or the image, “Zelensky said.
The president spoke about his conversation with the head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Andriy Yermak about Tatarov.
“As soon as there was news about Tatarov, I called Ermak and said:” If the story is at least in one word related to his work here, ask the person to leave. “Then we find out that we are talking about 2017 It turns out that all the people in this case Since this week, we have removed Tatarov from the cases of the NABU, the prosecutor’s office. All these powers have been transferred to Andrey Smirnov (vice president of the OP – Ed.). This is a conflict of interest. Therefore, we said that Tatarov should go and prove that he is innocent, “Zelensky said.
The president of Ukraine added that anyone in his environment suspected of corruption will be fired immediately.
“I want to emphasize: if those who work with me are suspected of corruption, these people will be fired. And I haven’t seen such examples in my office in a year and a half. They didn’t steal anything from the army, they didn’t sell bulletproof vests with holes, bribes. did not receive, “summarized Zelensky.
Let us remind you that the case of the Deputy Head of the Office of the President Oleg Tatarov was taken from NABU and transferred to SBU. This came after the Supreme Court ruled that the Kiev Pechersk District Court of Appeal and Court to change the jurisdiction of Tatarov’s case are not subject to appeal.
Earlier, NABU announced the opening of a new case against the former owner of the company “Ukrbud” Maxim Mikitas. The department tried to attach Tatarov to this case, whose last name appeared in correspondence with the managers of the Ukrbud company, where the examination was discussed (Oleg Tatarov’s law firm at that time was providing legal services to one of Mikitas’ companies – Ed.). However, there is no evidence that Tatarov persuaded the expert to the desired conclusion.
Later, on December 18, acting. the head of SAP Maxim Grischuk signed the suspicion to the deputy head of the Office of the President Oleg Tatarov.
