{"id":54530,"date":"2016-05-31T13:34:22","date_gmt":"2016-05-31T13:34:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/uacrisis.org\/?p=43610"},"modified":"2016-06-05T22:49:49","modified_gmt":"2016-06-05T19:49:49","slug":"43610-sergij-leshhenko-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/en\/43610-sergij-leshhenko-2","title":{"rendered":"Party of Regions spent 66 million US dollars on bribes and paid articles in media over six months of 2012 \u2013 Sergiy Leshchenko, MP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=KOKcHOSpIuI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WATCH IN ENGLISH<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>MP and chief editor comment on public release of the \u201cblack bookkeeping\u201d documents of the Party of Regions describing bribing schemes NS name the responsible.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Kyiv, May 31, 2016.<\/strong> <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pravda.com.ua\/cdn\/graphics\/2016\/05\/black-pr\/index.html\">Documents<\/a> on expenses of the Party of Regions on its political activities have been made public, said MP Sergiy Leshchenko and editor-in-chief of \u201cUkrainska Pravda\u201d news outlet Sevgil Musayeva-Borovyk at a press-briefing at Ukraine Crisis Media Center. \u201cThese are expenses on Ukrainian politics from corrupt sources. They demonstrate in what way the Party of Regions was being financed and what the money in question was spent on,\u201d explained Leshchenko. According to him these are receipts certifying receiving large sums in cash for accomplishing defined activities. The documents contain surnames, sums received and goals that they were set to achieve. They are accompanied by signatures. The documents are composed of 22 pages and relate to the period of the second half of 2012. The amount in question is USD 66 million. \u201cHowever some documents that cover October-November, which was the most active period of the 2012 election campaign, are missing,\u201d added Leshchenko.<\/p>\n<p>Among the biggest expense lines of this \u201cbookkeeping\u201d are the bribes to the members of Ukraine\u2019s Central Election Commission, to MPs from other factions for their votes cast for the Party of Regions as well as to third parties. \u201cThere is a very serious material demonstrating that Nasha Ukraina party was financed in 2012 from accounts of the Party of Regions. In a similar way the Communist party was partially financed,\u201d said Leshchenko. According to Sevgil Musayeva-Borovyk, chief curators of the Party of Regions in the parliament were former head of the budget committee Yevhen Genner and MP Vitaliy Kalyuzhny. \u201cThey were receiving large sums of money to carry out activities of the party. [\u2026] This money had its source \u2013 mostly likely it was obtained from the state budget through corrupt schemes. It demonstrates how important is to change the legislation on transparent financing of parties,\u201d Musayeva-Borovyk is convinced.<\/p>\n<p>According to Leshchenko, the documents also disclose the information on political PR on TV channels Inter and ICTV. \u201cThis money was used to pay for editorial materials in media and for preparation of loyal materials. These expenses account for USD one million monthly. [\u2026] It took place in the most active period of the election campaign. The money was used not to place political advertising that was legally processed through a foundation and monitored by designated observers, the money was used to place paid editorial materials,\u201d the MP explained.<\/p>\n<p>Sergiy Leshchenko and Sevgil Musayeva-Borovyk added that after the information on these documents in place was released, a row of politicians in office made statements that their names will be mentioned in the lists and disproved their involvement in advance. \u201cBut in the documents that we have these names are not mentioned, they\u2019ve a bit exaggerated with anticipating,\u201d said Leshchenko. He said he was implying Oleg Lyashko\u2019s Radical Party and Svoboda party.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WATCH IN ENGLISH MP and chief editor comment on public release of the \u201cblack bookkeeping\u201d documents of the Party of Regions describing bribing schemes NS name the responsible. Kyiv, May 31, 2016. 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