“I will consult with lawyers,” the mayor said.
He is sure that there is “politics” in the situation with the mass searches in Kiev.
“I am sure that this is politics. And it somehow looks strange that information comes that meetings are being held in the President’s Office. Individual orders are given to enter, and what to do, and how to do, and then report back. The same situation is for the judges. give tasks, and law enforcement agencies. It seems that these are the times [беглого экс-президента Виктора] Yanukovych, when the judicial legal system was governed from one city. Secondly, I have a clear understanding that this is not an accident, because there are many warnings. And all the law enforcement agencies ran together, “Klitschko said.
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At a press conference on May 20, Zelenskiy stated that treats Klitschko “with great respect”, but considers his public behavior wrong and does not understand “what Klitschko wants from him.” “Vitaly Vladimirovich, it seems to me, is behaving very wrongly in public. It seems to me a fair question – what does he want from me? Because he constantly writes to me, calls me, makes an appointment, – constantly, ask! – even comes to the President’s Office without that I am ready to meet with him, because I do not have enough time, “the president said.
According to Zelensky, the searches conducted near Klitschko’s entourage indicate that “there was no need to steal money from the budget.” The President considers the searches to be fair. “There is no need to steal money from the budget of Ukraine. As for his entourage, I have not seen him, but this is his choice. And therefore we see the result as it is,” Zelensky said.
Klitschko said that he has no conflict with Zelensky, but “periodically there are exacerbations”.
Last week in a number of public utilities in Kiev (in particular, in “Kievzelenstroy” and “Kievavtodore”), as well as in the departments of the Kiev City State Administration and at home with a close ally of Klitschko, Chairman of the Executive Committee of the UDAR Party Artur Palatnyi were searched. They are continued this week… The State Fiscal Service reported that in total they conducted more than 30 searches, they concerned tax evasion and abuse of power. According to the prosecutor’s office, about suspicion was reported to 11 individuals, including the current employees of the departments of the Kyiv City State Administration, utilities and contracting enterprises.
Klitschko said that his team “zero tolerance for corruption “and that searches remind him of “some kind of raids”. He suggested that the main reason for the mass searches is the independence of the Kiev authorities and the failure to comply with the instructions of the President’s Office. “For those who want to” train “me, so to speak, I will say: I trained when you went to school. Therefore, I am in great shape,” – stressed the mayor of the city.
Advisor to the head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Mikhail Podolyak said that searches at communal enterprises in Kiev not related to politics… According to him, frauds “worth tens of millions of hryvnias” have been identified there and “a malicious shadow system has been built.”
There was a version in the media that one of the probable reasons for the attack on Klitschko is his potentially high result in the 2024 presidential election.
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