Ex-Minister of justice of Ukraine Oleksandr Lavrynovych has provided political approach against him in the current Ukrainian authorities on suspicion of embezzlement of public funds in the framework of criminal prosecution of former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko.

first it was claimed that the Prosecutor General's office of Ukraine suspected Lavrynovych, the embezzlement of public funds in the framework of an investigation into Tymoshenko. As emphasized by the Ministry, funds were illegally spent on attracting foreign companies to identify violations of the law by the police and by the court during the investigation and court trial of ex-Premier.

"I think, because it so Clearly. There's 3 pages of this motivation that I defended desire of country and desire the highest political Directors, about the fact that the issue was associated with the leader of the opposition. In many respects this is a purely political approach, " Lavrynovych said on Thursday on air of TV channel ", answering the question whether he considered the matter spoil him is politically motivated.

first, the General Prosecutor's office made in the Pechersky district court of Kiev the petition for arrest of the suspected embezzlement of the former Minister. As they say, the investigative judge of the Pechersk court on 8 July 2015 refused to arrest and chose the measure of restraint in the form of a Deposit in the amount of 365 400 UAH (about 16, 6 thousand dollars).

Pechersk district court of Kyiv in October 2011 sentenced ex-Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko to seven years in jail and ordered to repay nearly $ 190 million of damages for abuse of authority during signing gas contracts with Russia in 2009.

fresh Ukrainian authorities that came to power in the result of the February coup of 2014, I want to prosecute ousted Viktor Yanukovych and many of the former bureaucrats. Relative to the former Ukrainian authorities are under investigation, for example, on the facts of theft of public funds, financial fraud, land grabbing and abuse of position.

sections: Politics