UAE: Poroshenko involved in large-scale corruption

UAE: Poroshenko involved in large-scale corruption – fugitive Ukrainian MP

Fugitive Ukrainian Member of Parliament Alexander Onishchenko claimed in an interview from Dubai on Monday that President Petro Oleksiyovych Poroshenko was personally involved in large-scale corruption and money laundering in Ukraine. SOT, Alexander Onishchenko, fugitive Ukrainian MP, (English): "I cannot say exactly the amount how much they used, if you see how of the corruption scandals were from this money, because the most of the money they use for the war. [Ukrainian President Petro] I think Poroshenko is very interested to keep the war. First of all, they can anytime get the power and say now is the time to put the military and take the control of everyone. The second thing, all of the contracts for this war like even the smaller weapons, and some stuff for the army they do in the companies which are close to him.

So, they just washing money, so these companies they get the biggest contract, they get this money, they keep the provision and they are making money. For them, the war is like a business, so that is why they use this money for the way that they need it. Yeah of course, Poroshenko now controls all the state companies, this is the biggest business that they are doing. There is chemical factory in Odessa, it’s a lot of energy state companies. How do they do this control, they put the chief of the company as one of their people, like somebody they know. So they do all these contracts with them so this private company that belongs to them, they just washing money, and taking money from this company, so you canno twin any tender and do any contract if you’re not deciding with these people, like Kononenko, is [one] of the closest to Poroshenko, [businessman Alexander] Granovski, [MP Sergei] Berezenko, they are making a business around Poroshenko, they are collecting money, then with this money, they use them after for the political sense, actually for the voting, for the support. Like I told also in the story, there was a war against a Prime Minister Yatsenyuk, they need money, they use this money to make Poroshenko stronger."

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