The suspected owner of the “Burimi” (Burisma Holdings), ex-Minister of ecology Mykola Zlochevsky was expanded, adding an article about the embezzlement of public funds in especially large sizes, while the investigation was suspended again in connection with its investigation, said the Prosecutor General of Ukraine Ruslan riaboshapka.

“In the production according to Zlochevsky was a stop in connection with the investigation (Zlochevsky – if), production was resumed, changed him suspicion and stopped production again,” said Ryaboshapka at a briefing on Wednesday in Kiev.

The attorney General explained that, in other words, in fact, virtually nothing happened, except for the extension Zlochevskiy suspicions.

Ryaboshapka said that the suspect has added an article about the theft of public funds in especially large amounts (part 5, article 191 of the Criminal code of Ukraine – if).

Zlochevsky held a position of Minister of ecology and natural resources in the government of Prime Minister of Ukraine Mykola Azarov from July 2010 to April 2012. In late 2014, he left the Ukraine, and in early 2015 it became known that the Prosecutor General’s office declared him wanted on suspicion of illicit enrichment (part 3 of article 368-2 of the criminal code).

The Prosecutor General’s office was investigating some criminal proceedings, a defendant which was Zlochevsky, in 2015-2016 handed one of the cases in the NAB.

In January 2017, the company Burisma announced the closure in Ukraine, all procedural actions and court proceedings against the President of this group led the company and the operating companies included in Burisma Group.

February 1, 2018, the media has reported that Zlochevsky returned to Ukraine. Prosecutors have called him on 23 January 2019 for questioning for participation in investigative and procedural actions in criminal proceedings No. 12013220540000400 31.01.2013 under part 1 of article 255, part 5 of article 191, part 3 of article 209, and other articles of the criminal code.

In October 2019, the General Prosecutor Ruslan Ryaboshapka informed that the Prosecutor General’s office is reviewing about 15 cases involving the company “Burisma”, including the episode which featured the son of former Vice-President of the USA Joe Biden hunter, who held in his time post in the Board of Directors of Ukrainian gas company

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