The criminal case was initiated at the request of Karina Mikityan, a lawyer from the team of Andrey Portnov, on the fact of an agreement between Poroshenko and the Ministry of Finance of Ukraine regarding state guarantees for a loan to the Kuznya na Rybalsky plant.
“We inform you that on the basis of your application for the commission of criminal proceedings dated 29.08.2020, the Office of the Prosecutor General on 15.09.2020 entered the statements under No. 4200000000001695 into the Unified Register of Pre-trial Investigations about the commission of a criminal offense under Part 2. Art.
364 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine, ”says the response of the Ukrainian Prosecutor General Irina Venediktova.
According to the materials of the case, Poroshenko, while serving as president of Ukraine, "abused his position in order to obtain unlawful benefits."
Earlier, Poroshenko's lawyer Igor Golovan said that 15 new criminal cases were opened against his client in Ukraine, including those under articles on treason and financing of terrorism.