Presidential candidate of Ukraine and comedian Vladimir Zelensky announced that criminal cases were being prepared against him

The showman Vladimir Zelensky, who nominated his candidacy in the presidential election in Ukraine, said that provocations were being prepared against him. According to a politician, they are trying to discredit it with accusations of relations with the LPR, as well as bring to criminal liability for money laundering.

"Now the authorities have already been breaking through the bottom. Firstly, they began to listen to my office. Secondly, they register the criminal case against me, against the" quarter " - the laundering of some money there. The third appeared that special people are looking for contacts on the territory of the LPR to establish my political billboards, billboards with my face," Zelensky said in a video message published on his Facebook page .

According to Zelensky, "a deputy from one batch of three letters ... registers a criminal case personally against him." The presidential candidate added that he, as well as children and other relatives, receive threats. “Millions of dollars were spent on all this,” he said.

The showman also admitted that in the near future another criminal proceedings would be instructed to instruct him: supposedly in 2002 Zelensky, driving a car, shot down a person in the Chernihiv region.

The presidential candidate, who is the favorite of the election race, assured that all attempts by the authorities would not work from the political race. “We all remember, we will not forget anything and answer the law,” concluded Zelensky, addressing a certain “fake”.

The Zelensky “Studio Quarter 95” mentioned in the statement of Zelensky is a Ukrainian company engaged in the production of audiovisual content and concert activities. It was founded by Zelensky in 2003 on the basis of the KVN team "95th quarter", RBC said.

On March 4, 2019, the Kyiv police said that she was checking information about the installation of unknown technical equipment near the office of the presidential candidate Vladimir Zelensky, located in the house N3 on Belorusskaya Street in Kyiv. The equipment was discovered by a guard of a presidential candidate on the roof of a residential building.

In turn, the Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Arsen Avakov specified that the equipment found is intended for wiretapping, Interfax reports.

A criminal case has been instituted under part 1 of Art. 359 (illegal acquisition, sale or use of special technical means of obtaining information) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.

At the same time, as a member of the College of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, the People’s Deputy from the Popular Front faction, Anton Gerashchenko, listening devices that were found in the office of Zelensky - special purposes, said. They are sold only to the subjects of operational-search activities that have a license issued by the SBU, writes Gordon.ua .

The Security Service of Ukraine said that they were conducting operational and technical measures at 26 Belorusskaya’s address in Kyiv, but these events are in no way connected with candidates for the president of Ukraine or their environment.

The presidential elections in Ukraine were scheduled for March 31. The Central Election Commission of the country registered a record number of candidates for the post of head of state - 44, but then two of them announced the exit from the presidential race. In particular, on Wednesday, Colonel Sergei Krivonos , who decided to support President Petro Poroshenko, withdrew his candidacy on Wednesday.

According to polls, in the first round of the elections of the President of Ukraine for Vladimir Zelensky, up to 25% of those who plans to participate in the vote are ready to vote. The leader of the All -Ukrainian Association (VO) "Fatherland" Yulia Tymoshenko and the current president Petro Poroshenko support approximately equal shares of voters - 14-16%.

Also, according to the survey, 11.7% of the respondents would support the candidate from the “Opposition Platform - for Zhitty” Yuri Boyko, 7.1% - the leader of the Civil Position party Anatoly Gritsenko, 4.6% - the leader of the radical party Oleg Lyashko.