Poroshenko prosecuted under an article on treason

The State Bureau of Investigation of Ukraine opened a criminal case on high treason against the former president of the country, Petro Poroshenko. The basis was the statement of the former deputy head of administration of the ex-president of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovich, lawyer Andrei Portnov.

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According to Portnov, Poroshenko committed state treason, sending Ukrainian sailors to the Kerch Strait. It is clarified that we are talking about the events 25 November 2018, write Ведомости.

“Investigators of the central office of the State Bureau of Investigation on May 21.05.2019, 109, at the request of Portnov A.V. entered into the Unified Register of Pre-trial Investigations information about the possible commission of criminal offenses under Art. 111 of the Criminal Code (actions aimed at violent change or overthrow of the constitutional order or the seizure of state power), Art. 426 of the Criminal Code (high treason) and 1-XNUMX of the Criminal Code (exceeding power or official authority by a military official),” it said https://www.izakayasushilounge.com departments.

It also reports that the incident is related to the events in the Kerch Strait and a pre-trial investigation has begun.

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The names of Poroshenko in the official message is not, but Portnov himself, as noted Ukrainian Truth, announced the case on his channel in Telegram.

Andrey Portnov. Photo: video frame YouTube / OUR.MAXI-TV

“Poroshenko has officially lost immunity from criminal prosecution, and an hour ago we sent the first statement of crime to the State Bureau of Investigation,” so, according to Portnov, Poroshenko is considered “involved in high treason, an attempt to seize state power and abuse of power and official authority.” .

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Since May 2014, the Kiev prosecutor’s office has investigated the criminal case against Portnov, which, according to the ministry, in 2010, illegally headed the department of constitutional law of the Kiev National University. Shevchenko and took possession of the university. Portnov was then wanted, he left Ukraine and lived in Moscow and Vienna.

Regarding Portnov, Ukrainian law enforcement officers investigated criminal proceedings under the article “high treason.” The Prosecutor General's Office was looking for Portnov on charges of involvement in the massacre of activists on the Maidan in 2014.

In 2015, Portnov won a case in the EU court (the highest court in the European Union) and got rid of the sanctions. The Pechersk District Court of Kiev ordered the investigation to stop Portnoff's search. After that, he returned to Ukraine.

As ForumDaily wrote earlier:

• November 25 evening, 2018, Russian frontier guards with shooting detained three Ukrainian ships in the Kerch Strait area and 24 captured Ukrainian servicemen.
• On the morning of November 25, the Ukrainian small armored boats Berdyansk and Nikopol, as well as the tug Yana Kapu, began a planned transition from Odessa to Mariupol. At the Kerch Strait, they were met by Russian border ships, one of which rammed a Ukrainian tug.
• As stated in the FSB, they illegally crossed the Russian border and did not respond to the requirement to stop. The Ukrainian Navy said they had warned the Russian side in advance about the transition.
• Ukrainian authorities have accused Russia of aggression. After the November 26 incident, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine voted to introduce martial law for a period of 30 days in 10 regions of the country and in the territory of the inland waters of the Azov-Kerch water area.
• November 29 US President Donald Trump canceled the meeting with the head of Russia Vladimir Putin, which was to be held in Argentina on the sidelines of the G20 summit. The reason for the cancellation was the situation with the Ukrainian ships captured in the Kerch Strait, explained Trump in his microblog Twitter.
• 30 November US senators saidthat Moscow’s actions are “provocative,” destabilizing the region and causing further escalation.

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