Peter Poroshenko and Alexander Trukhin/Collage of Channel 24
At the beginning of the war, the investigation into a number of criminal proceedings, in particular against Petro Poroshenko and Oleksandr Trukhin, was suspended. However, they were restored.
Director of the State Bureau of Investigation Alexei Sukhachev told about this.
He admitted that with the start of Russia's large-scale invasion of Ukraine, a number of criminal proceedings were suspended in order to preserve the timing of the pre-trial investigation.
continue. Investigators are actively doing their work in all regions of Ukraine,โ Sukhachev said.
According to him, all production is controlled by the Main Investigation Department.
What is known about the case against Poroshenko
- In December 2021, the fifth president, Petro Poroshenko, was signed on suspicion of high treason due to the “coal case”. According to investigators, he used his official position in 2014-2015 and blocked coal supplies from South Africa and signed an agreement with militants on the import of fuel from the occupied Donbass.
- After that, Poroshenko went abroad and returned on January 17. Immediately after that, he went to the Pechersk court. The court session lasted several hours, but the announcement of the decision was postponed to January 19.
- Then the court chose a preventive measure for the fifth president of Ukraine. According to the decree, Poroshenko must be under personal obligation and surrender his passports.
What is known about the case against Trukhin
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By the way, the court allowed a trial in absentia Ilya Kiva's anti-Ukrainian actions . The former People's Deputy is accused under several articles, including treason. Currently, DBR investigators are conducting a special pre-trial investigation against Ilya Kiva.