The interior Ministry opened a Case of theft of public funds against the former head of the State Agency for investment and national projects of Ukraine (the state Agency) Vladislav Kaskiv, said the head of Department Arsen Avakov on his page on Wednesday. in Ukraine on 22 February last year there was a coup. The Verkhovna Rada ousted President Viktor Yanukovych from power, changed the Constitution and called elections for may 25, the results of which the new head of the country became Petro Poroshenko. After the coup d'etat fresh authorities instituted a number of criminal cases against former bureaucrats. Kaskiv was the Chairman of the state Agency for investments during the reign of Yanukovych. Proceedings were instituted under article "the theft of public funds" and " legalization of the parish of funds obtained by criminal means ". According to the investigation, corruption schemes " directly or indirectly connected with the management of the Agency, as well as among them with Vladislav Kasikili ". Avakov claims that Kaskiv hiding in Austria. According to the head of the interior Ministry, officials of the state Agency prior agreement with other enterprises in 2012-2013 seized about 2 billion hryvnia (about 97, $ 5 million) allocated from the budget of Ukraine and China invested in Ukrainian national projects. Avakov claims that received state funds in the most part used to purchase currency with its further transfer to non-resident companies for the purchase of shares and stakes in the authorized capital of Ukrainian plants. The Minister initiates the Declaration of a former head of the state Agency on the wanted list through the Interpol.