The Prosecutor General’s Office of Ukraine found a way to “return” the money that was “stolen from the budget” by Yanukovych's associates

The General Prosecutor's Office of Ukraine issued in absentia against 22 supporters of the ex-president of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych. This was announced by the Prosecutor General of Ukraine Vitaly Yarem, explaining that this will allow the funds that "were stolen from the budget." He also indicated that the suspects were put on the wanted list.

According to him, the people in question "committed crimes against humanity," but fled from the territory of Ukraine, and "to detain them today is very difficult." “Therefore, the legislator decided on absentee conviction, which will allow us to determine the guilt or innocence of those people who are put on the wanted list today ... and return the Ukrainian funds that were stolen from the budget,” said Yarem, whose words quoted the Ukrainian publication today .

"In Ukraine, there are 1 billion $ 800 million. 6 billion hryvnias in Ukraine in Ukraine. Abroad, this is in the Baltic States and the Swiss Confederation there are about $ 1.5 billion, Swiss francs, the euro. These are funds that have been taken out of Ukraine and they are arrested by our representation. I hope that after the sentence by the courts by absentee, we are sure to condemn these. I will return the funds, ”the prosecutor general added.

Former President Viktor Yanukovych on February 26, 2014 was declared the Prosecutor General of Ukraine on an international wanted list. Against the former president, the massacre of people committed by a group of persons was charged. The former head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Alexander Zakharchenko is also wanted in this article. In February 2014, Austria blocked the accounts of Yanukovych and 17 of his associates. Interpol has so far ignores Kiev’s requests to put Yanukovych on the international wanted list.

Since the end of February, Viktor Yanukovych has been living in Russia. Before the election of May 25, he repeatedly publicly declared himself as the current President of Ukraine, but after the election of Petro Poroshenko, he said that he respects the will of the people. In what capacity Yanukovych lives in the Russian Federation is unknown. The head of the FMS of the Russian Federation Konstantin Romodanovsky in November, answering the question of journalists about whether Yanukovych received Russian citizenship and whether he turned to this on this occasion, said that hedid not have such data.

In addition to Yanukovych, there are 22 former Ukrainian officials on the wanted list: this is, recall, Viktor Yanukovych and his son Alexander (businessman), Nikolai Azarov, Vitaliy Zakharchenko, Eduard Stavitsky, Alexander Yakimenko, businessman Sergey Kurchenko and others. One is charged with the return of orders to open firing at protesters on the Maidan and theft from the state budget, the other - financial crimes.