The acting head of the main Department of the Ukrainian Railways ( Ukrzaliznytsia ) taken into custody on suspicion of extortion, said the chief Prosecutor's office of Ukraine on Tuesday.

first Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk ordered an audit of financial-economic activities of the leadership of the Ukrainian Railways in connection with reports about the possible facts of bribery, the head of the organization Boris ostapuk dismissed. Later it was declared about the searches in the office of " Ukrzaliznytsya ".

" as a result of the coordinated actions of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine, security Service of Ukraine and the Ministry of internal Affairs of Ukraine exposed the fact of extortion acting head of the main Department of " Ukrzaliznytsya " bribes for the inclusion of products of one of the plants in the procurement plan for the next 2015

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