The search in the apartment of Ukrainian showman and nationalist Anton Mukharsky is not related to the investigation into the murder of journalist Pavel Sheremet, but to the sale of drugs.
This is stated in a message from the National Police, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
Earlier, Mukharsky in his blog linked the search in his apartment in Podol with the investigation.
“All this very much coincides with yesterday’s press conference of Minister Avakov and the President, Prosecutor General Ryaboshapka, who allegedly presented some charges against people involved in the volunteer movement, the movement of ATO soldiers and volunteers. I, too, are to a certain extent involved in this movement and also took an active part as a volunteer,” said Mukharsky.
“The investigative actions in Anton Mukharsky’s apartment are not related to the investigation into the murder of Pavel Sheremet. The search of the premises that the actor rented out took place as part of a criminal investigation into the sale of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances via the Internet.
Investigators from the Kropyvnytskyi police department are investigating criminal proceedings under Part 2 of Art. 307 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. It was established that a group of people organized online stores in one of the popular messengers, with the help of which they sold the specified substances through “bookmarks”. At the same time, the police found out that persons living in Kyiv were involved in the administration of these groups,” the police said.
Earlier, PolitNavigator reported that a search took place in Mukharsky's apartment after the day before he stood up for militants suspected of murdering journalist Pavel Sheremet.