MP Serhiy Leschenko and the editor-in-chief of the Ukrainska Pravda online edition Sevgil Musayeva-Borovik have released the archives of the shadow costs of the Party of Regions and politicians during second half of 2012.
Leschenko said they received the documents a few months ago. There are a total of 22 pages of text there that relate to the “second set of books” of the Party of Regions [led by disgraced former President Viktor Yanukovych who fled to Russia in February 2014] for the second half of 2012.
According to him, the books mainly contain statements about the illegal financing of Our Ukraine (Nasha Ukraina) party and the Communist Party of Ukraine.
Musayeva-Borovik stated the documents do not mention the Radical Party of Oleh Liashko and Svoboda, whose representatives said earlier that false information would be published in mass media about their role in funding the Party of Regions.
According to the released documents, a total of $66 million was spent for the maintenance of the parties in the second half of 2012. Musayeva-Borovik said the annual “shadow” expenditure of the Regions Party could exceed $100 million.
Leschenko said funds were spent on political corruption, bribing government officials (including members of the Central Election Commission, CEC). He said the Party of Regions was illegally promoted by mass media with funds taken from the national budget of Ukraine and through illegal transactions.
