Director of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) Artem Sytnyk has said that the NABU feels pressure over the investigation into the formula for calculating the coal tariff Rotterdam+ conducted by the bureau detectives.
“We are working oligarchs too. For example, we are investigating into a case against top managers of Zaporizhia Titanium and Magnesium Combine and see that Firtash [Ukrainian businessman, the owner of DF Group Dmytro Firtash] took it actually for $1. Of course, it is early to raise the issue of Firtash’ responsibility, but we are investigating into the case. The major part of the case is in court. When we look at the Odesa Port-Side Plant, we see the interests of Firtash there. If we are investigating into Ukrnafta and PrivatBank, we see the interests of Kolomoisky [Ukrainian businessman, the co-owner of Privat Group Ihor Kolomoisky]. If we investigate into the Rotterdam+ scheme, this concerns the interests of Akhemtov [Ukrainian businessman, the owner of SCM Group Rinat Akhmetov]. All these cases exist, but the huge pressure is seen, especially for Rotterdam+. Actually, all our petitions are stopped by court. We have the full blocking of the investigation,” Sytnyk said in an interview with the Den newspaper published on August 18.
He said that the same situation is in the case against top managers of Zaporizhia Titanium and Magnesium Combine.
“First the case was in Pechersky District court of Kyiv for six months. Then it was sent to Zaporizhia. Then nine months passed, and there is no progress,” he said.
