In Lviv, the head of the public organization “Institute for Support of the Development of Kosiv Region” received a prison term for initiating an appeal to the head of the Ukrainian government and the speaker of the Verkhovna Rada.
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As noted in materials of the criminal case, in September 2016, he, “encroaching on public relations that ensure normal official activities in certain parts of the administrative apparatus of state authorities and local self-government bodies, being in the premises of his office at the address: Lviv, Vinnychenko St., 18, where he carries out activities, the manager of the affairs of the Lviv Regional Council, in the interests of unidentified third parties, personally expressed a proposal to provide an unlawful benefit in the amount of 50 thousand hryvnia for assistance in submitting for consideration the session of the Lviv Regional Council, which was scheduled for September 27.09.2016, XNUMX, appeals to the Prime Minister of Ukraine and the Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on granting the Lviv region a special economic status and transferring powers to set tariffs for utility services to local self-government bodies.”
However, the social activist categorically did not admit guilt in offering an unlawful benefit to an official; he explained that he did not pursue any personal goals, but acted in the interests of all residents of the Lviv region. He also stated that he did not offer money to the manager of the Lviv regional council and considers the case fabricated by SBU officers for political reasons.
As a result, the court sentenced him to five years in prison, probably considering that while free, the obstinate public figure would continue to bother Lviv, and most importantly, senior government officials with his appeals.