"National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) does not have the power to pursue its politically motivated attack against me" says Chairman of Fedcominvest, Alekszej Fedoricsev
(Thomson Reuters ONE) -
12.07.2017 (UKRAINE) - The Chairman of world-leading commodities business
Fedcominvest, Alekszej Fedoricsev, dismisses the National Anti-Corruption Bureau
of Ukraine''s (NABU) recent inflammatory statements as a "misguided and
misleading" smear campaign. The controversial agency, which continues to pursue
Mr Fedoricsev as part of a politically motivated crusade of harassment against
him and his businesses, may not even have competence to make formal requests to
international authorities in the first place.
The NABU statement, reported in Ukrainian News on the 7(th) July 2017, claims
that the agency will attempt to progress their investigation into Mr Fedoricsev
and his company Fedcominvest via the Monaco authorities. However, it does not
acknowledge Ukraine''s various obligations under international law[1] which are
likely to ban NABU from legally issuing a Notice of Suspicion via the Monaco
authorities in the first place.
This is not the first time that NABU has acted beyond its legal powers. For
several months now, NABU has pursued an unjustified and politically motivated
investigation into Fedcominvest and Mr Fedoricsev. NABU''s baseless allegations
centre on commercial disputes between the State Food and Grain Corporation of
Ukraine (SF&G) and various private firms. Fedcominvest is not a party to any
dispute with SF&G.
NABU has been criticised extensively throughout their investigation. The
discredited anti-corruption agency previously arbitrarily applied to the court
for freezing of Mr Fedoricsev''s accounts, however this action was reversed by a
Judge in Kyiv''s Solomyansky District Court. The Judge confirmed that NABU
unreasonably and prematurely requested to froze the accounts of Mr Fedoricsev
without following the proper legal procedures. The Judge also held that Mr
Fedoricsev could not be a formal suspect in NABU''s investigations as the agency
had disregarded due process.
NABU have also pursued an unjustified media campaign against Mr Fedoricsev and
have harassed the company''s employees, including Fedcominvest''s Vice President
Marco Garzone. Mr Garzone was removed from an international grain conference
earlier this year and questioned by NABU representatives for 12 hours. He has
not been charged and is not under investigation.
Mr Fedoricsev says,
"All I have ever wanted is to run my businesses in Ukraine peacefully and
successfully. I have invested over one billion US dollars in in Ukraine,
including building some of the most advanced grain terminals in the region which
have provided employment to thousands of hard-working Odessans. I want to
continue to make a positive difference to the lives of the Ukrainian people.
"NABU''s campaign of harassment against me and my businesses clearly show a
politically motivated smear campaign designed to interfere with my legitimate
business operations and the lives of the people I employ. NABU do not have the
power to bully me and my employees in the way that they are doing now. They are
operating with increasing impunity and I will not stop fighting this arbitrary
harassment against me and my businesses."
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[1] Under Rule 15 of the European Convention on Mutual Assistance in Criminal
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Source: Fedcominvest Monaco SAM via GlobeNewswire
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