The Ukrainian Prosecutor General's Office has confirmed the existence of a criminal case into the allegations that Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk had received a $3-million bribe, for appointing Volodymyr Ischuk head of the Broadcasting, Radiocommunications, and Television Concern (BRT Concern).
In response to an inquiry by Dmytro Dobrodomov, an unaffiliated parliamentarian and a member of the parliamentary anti-corruption committee, a copy of which the People’s Control non-governmental organization has posted on its website, the Prosecutor General’s Office said its department for investigations in the government service and property field had continued a pre-trial investigation into a criminal case, under Ukrainian Criminal Code Article 368 Part 4, on the allegations that Yatseniuk enjoyed improper advantage of $3 million for appointing Ischuk head of the BRT Concern.
The pre-trial investigation is under way, it said.
“I have to inform at the same time that no one has been notified of being suspected of committing a criminal offence under Ukrainian Criminal Code Article 368 Part 4,” the Prosecutor General’s Office said in the response signed by acting Prosecutor General Yuriy Sevruk.
Yatsenyuk has denied the allegation and his supporters say the accusation is an attempt to smear his reputation.
