Yesterday, July 31, the German edition of Spiegel reported that employees of the National Anti -Corruption Bureau of Ukraine were looking for former deputy head of the President Rostislav Shurma in Starnberg near Munich. According to the publication, the searches were held on July 15, they were preceded by a request for legal assistance from NABU in the law enforcement agencies of Germany.
Today, August 1, in an interview with the 24th channel, Nabu director Semyon Krivonos confirmed the information about the search.
Since this information in this case is already the media, especially since the German side reported this. Yes, I can confirm that the relevant investigative actions were taken, ”he said. – Especially commentary, again, thanks to the law, I can not the prospect of this criminal proceedings, nor its essence.
At the same time, Krivonos noted that the case is “actively investigating.”
We are waiting for German law enforcement officers in the framework of our international cooperation of separate information. In order not to harm this cooperation with law enforcement officers of foreign countries, I will not comment in detail, but I can say that this case is actively moving, ”he said.
Krivonos also refused to directly comment on Spiegel’s statement that the Searches in the screws could be prompted by the President of Ukraine Volodymy Zelensky to sign a resonant bill on the restriction of Powers Nabu and SAP.
I cannot give political assessments. I can say that in general, the effectiveness of the National Anti -Corruption Bureau is that this can cause a certain crisis. Our work for senior officials continues from different sides, ”he said.
Krivonos emphasized that NABU does not distinguish between high -ranking officials on a political basis and conducts an investigation:
We have operations on faces that equate themselves to the opposition. For example, a “clean city”, it is located as part of the state administration of the city of KIV, the city council of Kyiv, the exhibition of a criminal organization. This is the same about high -ranking officials of various state authorities, including the presidential office.
We already suspected the former deputy head of the president, and now this case is preparing to appeal to the court, ”he added. -So, in general, the effectiveness of the National Anti -Corruption Bureau, which is defined as an organ that should fight corruption, creates inconvenience for senior officials.
Since March 2021, Rostislav Shurma worked as an independent adviser in the presidential office, and in November of the same year he was appointed Deputy Head of OP Andriy Ermak.
In February 2024, the NACC made a shurma protocol from a conflict of interest during the meetings of the Committee on Electricity in the Chancellery of the President. In September 2024, Zelensky fired Shurma from his post.
Source: Spiegel, “24 Channel”
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