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During a meeting with journalists on 13 November, President Volodymyr Zelensky spoke about the corruption scandal involving the company Khimprom and the appearance of senior officials' names in it. BBC News Ukraine political correspondent Sofiia Sereda reported that the head of state stated that he allegedly personally asked the leadership of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) and the Specialised Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office (SAP) about the possible involvement of the leadership of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) and the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) in schemes to cover up call centres and the drug business, as mentioned in the recordings of the new episodes of "Carthage".
According to Zelensky, the anti-corruption bodies replied to him that current and former heads of the MIA, as well as the acting head of the SBU, have no connection to these criminal schemes. Political correspondent Sofiia Sereda quoted the President's words regarding his conversation with anti-corruption officials:
«Я напряму запитав у антикорупціонерів: "У вас щось є на них?" Ні Клименко, ні Виговський, ні особисто Поклад не мають до цього жодного стосунку. У Ляшка й Арахамії будь-яких контактів із цими людьми теж не було» (I directly asked the anti-corruption officials: "Do you have anything on them?" Neither Klymenko, nor Vyhovskyi, nor Poklad personally have any connection to this. Lashko and Arakhamia also had no contacts with these people), Sereda quoted Zelensky.
In Zelensky's version, he asked about this several times to everyone. And he supports the investigation, he said.
Commenting on the situation, Volodymyr Zelensky called this story very unpleasant and promised that "there will be more personnel changes". At the same time, he did not specify which officials this might concern. The journalist noted that she was interested in whether there would be a change in the leadership of the SBU, which is currently headed by Oleksandr Poklad in the status of acting head.
Regarding the direct activities of Khimprom, the President is convinced that the drug business operates not without the support of special services, including not only Russian ones. In his opinion, it is a matter of individuals with unlimited financial flows who have been trying to "buy" representatives of various institutions both in Ukraine and abroad for many years.
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