NABU director’s statement published press service of the bureau on Facebook.
On June 16, the Telegram channel “ChausUA Nikolay Chaus” published a video in which, presumably, the ex-judge talked about a “real conflict of interest” with Sytnik and claimed to have known him back in 2008. In 2016, Sytnik “took into account the political realities and began criminal prosecution” of Chaus, says the hero of the video.
Chausa is suspected of bribery in Ukraine. The money he received, as a judge, according to law enforcement officers, buried in his garden in glass jars… After the publication of Chaus’s new video, the bureau said that they saw the risk of an attempt to illegally change the jurisdiction of the ex-judge in this case.
“I personally do not know Nikolai Chaus, the information he disclosed about me is completely false. At the same time, we are convinced that it can be used as a formal reason to take the case from NABU,” Sytnik stressed.
Context:
September 6, 2016 Verkhovna Rada removed immunity from Chaus, later Solomensky court authorized his detention. In Ukraine Chausu faces imprisonment for a term of eight to 12 years.
November 2016 Chaus was put on the international wanted list… On May 26, 2021, the media reported that his removed from the international wanted list.
In March 2017, it became known that Chaus detained in Chisinau… He tried to get political asylum in Moldova. A decision on this issue was expected at the end of April 2021. Ukrainian authorities sought the extradition of Chaus.
April 3, 2021 Chausa kidnapped in the center of Chisinau… According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the country, the ex-judge was kidnapped by a group of people who left the territory of Moldova across the border with Ukraine… The abductors corresponded in Ukrainian. Two suspects Moldovan law enforcement officers managed to detain.
The National Anti-Corruption Bureau and the National Police of Ukraine announced on April 5 that knows nothing about the kidnapping… Sytnik called the situation strange. The decision to deny Chausu political asylum in Moldova came into force, it remained to wait for the court decision on extradition, he stressed.
The SBU reported that are investigating the kidnapping and illegal transfer of the ex-judge across the border.
On April 8, the editions “Slidstvo.Info” and RISE Moldova reported that Ukrainian military intelligence could be involved in the abduction of Chaus. The journalist’s investigation says that how at least two out of 10 likely kidnappers are intelligence-related and they crossed the border on foot at the “Mogilev-Podolskiy – Ataki” checkpoint on the day of Chaus’ abduction. On May 5, another part of the investigation was published on the RISE Moldova website, which states that two of the likely kidnappers rented a car equipped with a GPS system, by which you can track the route.
In the GUR of the Ministry of Defense deny involvement in the incident… “We believe that this is a provocation by the Russian special services to discredit the military intelligence of Ukraine and in order to embroil the two fraternal peoples,” said agency spokesman Andriy Chernyak.
On May 16, on the Telegram channel “ChausUA Nikolay Chaus” created on the same day, a video was published in which the ex-judge said that he was “alive and well”, and also stated that he was indeed abducted, “but not now, but in 2016 “. Svetlana Chaus recognized the spouse in the video, but noted that his “facial expressions and facial expressions” had changed.
Chaus’s lawyer Julian Balan believes that the video was recorded under pressure. “It is very difficult to tell if it is real, but it has very sad eyes. He did not contact me, “he said.
The journalists found in the video data that the video file was titled “Hello Petr Alekseevich!”, and the folder from which the video was uploaded to the messenger is called “goose”.
May 19 was new video message from Chaus has been published… He promised that he would give his friends handwritten notes with incriminating evidence on his abductors for transfer to law enforcement officers.
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