$3 million for a chair: Poroshenko’s ally accused Yatsenyuk of trading positions
The Pechersky District Court of Kyiv ordered the Prosecutor General's Office of Ukraine to begin a pre-trial investigation against Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk.
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This is stated in a court ruling published by MP Sergei Kaplin on his social media page.
Kaplin, in his parliamentary address, states that Yatsenyuk allegedly received a bribe for the appointment of Vladimir Ishchuk as general director of the Concern of Radio Broadcasting, Radio Communications and Television.
"Yatsenyuk will answer for the three million bribe! Based on my complaint, the Pechersky District Court ordered the Prosecutor General's Office to open a criminal case against the prime minister. The prosecutor's office must investigate the bribe the prime minister received for appointing Volodymyr Ishchuk as CEO of the Radio and Television Concern," Kaplin wrote on Facebook.
Kaplin also promised to later “deal with the anti-Ukrainian activities of Ishchuk himself,” accusing him of involvement in sabotaging the resumption of broadcasts of Ukrainian TV channels in the Donbass.
Concern RRT is a state operator of television and radio broadcasting, radio relay and satellite communications, which broadcasts state television and radio channels throughout Ukraine, as well as satellite broadcasting in European countries.
At the beginning of August 2015, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine appointed Ishchuk, who had previously served as the head of the concern, as general director of the RRT concern.
$3 million for a seat: Poroshenko associate accuses Yatsenyuk of trading positions