People close to AutoMaidan leader Dmytro Bulatov do not want to cooperate with investigators, the Ukrainian Interior Ministry said.
Oleh Tatarov, deputy head of the Main Investigations Department of the Ukrainian Interior Ministry, told a press conference in Kyiv on Friday that people close to Bulatov, including his acquaintances, relatives, and politicians who had contact with him, did not want to work with investigators.
Tatarov reiterated the fact that the investigators worked on several theories of Bulatov’s missing person case, including motives of financial gain and the possibility of a provocation to draw a negative public response.
“Instead of calling the police, who would have come to the crime scene, examined the scene, seized certain things, and organized an investigation promptly, some politicians came to the scene and Bulatov was taken to some place for a medical examination. Unfortunately, we have not talked to him yet and we can’t learn what really happened,” Tatarov said.
Tatarov reiterated that doctors and some people who were near Bulatov have been questioned.
“Like it was before his appearance, no one wants to provide investigators with information, no one wants to cooperate. However, we are working on a set of investigative actions and operational search activities and I am confident that we will resolve this criminal case and one of the theories we are working on will be confirmed,” Tatarov said.
Vitaliy Sakal, first deputy head of the Main Investigations Department of the Ukrainian Interior Ministry, has not officially confirmed the information that border guards have been ordered not to let Bulatov cross the border.
According to earlier reports, Bulatov went missing on January 23. On the day he went missing, his wife reported him missing with the Darnytsky district police department through her lawyer.
Bulatov made contact on January 30. He said he was being held by unknown people. Bulatov was badly battered and is now in a private clinic.
