The National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) has confirmed the fact of detention of former lawmaker of the People’s Front faction Mykola Martynenko, Interfax-Ukraine learnt at NABU.
“We confirm the detention,” they said.
A few minutes before the detention, MP Serhiy Leschenko of the Petro Poroshenko Bloc, on his Facebook page wrote about the detention of the former lawmaker: “Martynenko was detained by the NABU forces in the case into his receiving kickbacks under Energoatom’s contracts with his Panama-registered company with accounts in Switzerland.”
The former MP is being delivered to the National Anti-Corruption Bureau in Kyiv.
As reported, on November 30, 2015 Martynenko has announced he will give up his mandate in connection with a corruption-related scandal involving his name and a smear campaign against him.
On December 22, 2015 the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine passed a draft decision on abdication of People’s Front faction member Martynenko of his deputy powers.
On December 28, 2015 MP Leshchenko said that NABU is investigating two cases with involvement of Martynenko.
They concern the signing of a contract by the state enterprise for the supply of uranium concentrate at the price exceeding the one set by producers and abuse of office in the supply of equipment to the nuclear power plants in Ukraine and taking bribes from Czech Skoda and sending the funds to an account in Switzerland.
Martynenko was questioned on January 18, 2016.
