According to him, the ex-head of state did not appear due to employment in the Verkhovna Rada.

“They should understand that the work of the parliament is a good reason for not appearing for interrogation,” the lawyer quoted Interfax-Ukraine as saying.

Poroshenko repeatedly ignored the interrogation agenda. So, on September 6, his lawyer explained this by saying that the document was allegedly executed with violations.

The head of the GDB, Roman Truba, said that the politician "is evading interrogations using dubious reasons."