13 Bogus Investigations

Ze!Team harasses Ukraine's fifth president

I no longer write columns, but if I did, they would focus on the harassment of Ukraine's fifth President Petro Poroshenko (2015-2019).

Investigators from the State Bureau of Investigations suspect him of "illegally" ordering Ukraine's Naval Forces ships to travel to the Sea of Azov via the Kerch Strait in November 2018. Poroshenko also allegedly evaded paying taxes and subsequently legalized funds for the purchase of the Direct TV channel. He is suspected of illegally appointing of two members of Ukraine's High Court of Justice and illegally interfering in the work of the Kyiv Court of Appeal, as well as in the affairs of the Kyiv Regional Administrative Court involving the nationalization of PrivatBank. In addition, he has been accused of improperly appointing judges and Volodymyr Groysman as prime minister (due to the lack of a majority coalition in parliament). Poroshenko could face additional charges for interfering in the transfer of land plot ownership, failing to secure classif…