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Kyrylo Budanov explained whether he met with Iryna Mudra after her dismissal.
The head of the President's Office Kyrylo Budanov for the first time commented on information that his name is possibly mentioned in NABU audio recordings made within the Forrest Gump operation. In particular, Budanov answered questions from hromadske.
“Let the court figure out who is being heard where. There is a lot of where it is heard for us, you know,” the head of the Office of the President noted.
When asked whether he had met his former deputy Iryna Mudra after her dismissal from the President's Office, he answered affirmatively. According to Budanov, this was necessary precisely because of the dismissal, as it is a “legal process.”
“Firstly, dismissal is a legal process. Secondly, I generally never turned away from people, until the final conclusions are made. The court will conclude that she is guilty, — that is another question,” Budanov added.
On the eve it was reported that another official of the President's Office is mentioned in Mudra’s conversations, whom the investigation assigns the role of organizer. In the recorded conversations, he is most often referred to as “Kyrylo” and “Kyrylo Oleksiyovych.” According to materials, he was to receive cash under Timor Mindich’s control and from members of his group, organize its storage and transfer mechanism, and provide financial remuneration to all involved. According to hromadske sources, the person may be Kyrylo Budanov. His surname also appears directly in the materials of the petition.
According to SAP, Iryna Mudra together with former member of parliament Maksym Mykitas and current member of parliament Vadym Stolar were part of a criminal group whose main goal was the illegal seizure of expensive real estate and other assets of enterprises. To this end they illegally established control over business entities.
Moreover, as the investigation established, Mudra together with Mykitas and Stolar also ensured the legalization of 150 million hryvnias to post bail for one of the defendants in the “Midas” case and for former energy and justice minister Herman Halushchenko. This agreement also involved controlled companies and leadership of the state bank “Sense Bank.”
Maxym Mykytas has already been placed in custody with an alternative bail of 30 million UAH. A preventive measure was also chosen for Mykytas’s subordinate, who is also suspected of involvement in the group’s schemes. Mudra has also been sent to the pre-trial detention center.
Stolar, according to the media, also received suspicion on five counts. In particular — creation of a criminal organization, illegal seizure of property, forgery of documents, and unauthorized interference in the operation of information systems.
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