Ukraine President Poroshenko Responds To Money Laundering Allegations
By Tyler Durden
While much of the media has been focusing on the Panama Papers allegations surrounding “close friends” of Russian president Vladimir Putin, one person who has been directly named as implicated in offshore tax scandal is Ukraine’s billionaire president, Petro Poroshenko.
This is what the
ICIJ laid out the following Share Register facsimile for Prime Asset Partners and Memorandum of sole director as evidence of Poroshenko’s involvement:
Moments ago, Poroshenko had a “response” both the local and international community: this is what he said.
I believe I might be the first top official in Ukraine who treats declaring of assets, paying taxes, conflict of interest issues seriously
— ????? ????????? (@poroshenko) April 4, 2016
It may take more than a tweet to convince his fellow citizens, however. Ukraine’s Podrobnosti reports that Oleh Lyashko’s Radical Party has initiated the beginning of impeachment process of Poroshenko and is seeking to establish a special investigative commission in the parliament to investigate his alleged offshore holdings.
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