What did Petro Poroshenko say about "South African coal"?
[In November 2014, at a meeting of the National Security and Defense Council, Prosecutor General Vitaliy Yarema and the head of the Security Service Valentyn Nalyvaichenko reported that Deputy Minister of Energy Yuriy Prodan had concluded a corruption contract. I ordered] “to suspend the contract, investigate the case, conduct an examination, and report on the results. I was told that they bought garbage at the price of coal, laundered the money, and are bringing it here.”
[Instead of coal from South Africa, they offered the following alternative:] "coal is half the price, from Ukrainian mines that have accounts in Ukrainian banks in Kyiv, that are re-registered in Kyiv. [I learned about the fact that these mines are on the TOT
What did Petro Poroshenko say about the elections?
"[My] assets are being seized to prevent me from [...] financing the election campaign."
[The closest possible date for elections is October 26 of this year. According to the Constitution, parliamentary and local elections should be held on this day. The authorities are preparing for them] “according to our sources in law enforcement agencies. According to our sources in the ʼUkrainaʼ printing plant, which is currently processing as many ballots as necessary. According to our sources in the Central Election Commission, which is starting to make changes to the voter register. According to our sources in the [Ministry of Unity], which is opening the first office in Berlin. Exclusively for the preparation of the elections.”
What did Petro Poroshenko say about the partnership with Viktor Medvedchuk?
"We met [with Viktor Medvedchuk] only on two occasions. When it was necessary for Putin to pick up the phone [...] [And when it was necessary] to exchange prisoners. When our negotiators understood that we had reached a dead end, we turned to [Viktor Medvedchuk].
“[About Viktor Medvedchuk giving evidence against me] I donʼt know about that.”
What did Petro Poroshenko say about the "Sprava Hromad" charity fund?
"This fund helps the army. We are approaching the figure of 7 billion [hryvnias]. This is my money. One person in my fund receives the average salary."
“Once [the public organization “Solidarity Youth”, led by the MP of “European Solidarity” Dinara Gabibullaeva, came]. They say there are [requests] from organizations of displaced persons, volunteers, veterans. How can [they] be given money? I say: [...] organize transparent, open grant competitions. [...] The fund will transfer funds to those who win grants. And they did.”
"I havenʼt given the party a single penny in all these years. Although, maybe there were some expenses during the election campaign. Well, Iʼm not sure about that."