Plate on the building of the State Bureau of Investigation in KievKYIV, Jan 17The suspect in the case of coal supplies from the part of Donbas not controlled by Kiev, the former Minister of Energy of Ukraine Volodymyr Demchyshyn, has been put on the international wanted list, his whereabouts are unknown, Tatiana Sapyan, an adviser for communications at the State Bureau of Investigation (SBI), said on Monday. Earlier, the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) reported the suspicion to ex-Energy Minister Demchishin, who held this position from 2014 to 2016, in the case of coal supplies from Donbass. The State Bureau of Investigation called Demchishin to conduct investigations as part of the investigation of this case, but he did not come.In Ukraine, they announced new suspicions due to the supply of Donbass coal «Demchishin is on the international wanted list. His place of residence is being established,» Sapyan said at a briefing. She did not specify other details. The SBU previously reported that during December 2014-February 2015, the ex-Minister of Energy issued a number of orders by which he appointed representatives of the self-proclaimed Luhansk and Donetsk People's Republics to the positions of state enterprises located in territories not controlled by Kiev. In addition, the investigation claims that the minister, exceeding his official powers, forced the leaders of the state-owned energy generating company to conclude several agreements on the supply of coal with representatives of the LPR and DPR. On October 8, Ukrainian law enforcement officers announced a new suspicion to the head of the political council of the Opposition Platform — For Life party, Viktor Medvedchuk in treason and promoting terrorism. The head of the SBU, Ivan Bakanov, said that in 2014 Medvedchuk organized the supply of coal from the territory of Donbas, which is not controlled by Kiev, in collusion with the top leadership of Ukraine. The court ruled that Medvedchuk be placed under house arrest until December 7, which was later extended until January 14. Medvedchuk stated in court that coal supplies were organized at the request of the Ukrainian leadership, and were legal, as they were carried out from Ukrainian enterprises, and there was no ban on trading with companies in uncontrolled territories at that time. He also criticized the evidence voiced by the prosecutors in the case, saying that the provided recordings of allegedly his conversations with representatives of the DPR and LPR were mounted. into treason. Will Zelensky Poroshenko go to jail?
