Poroshenko was urged not to believe journalists who accused the Ukrainian president of tax evasion
President Petro Poroshenko’s representative in the Verkhovna Rada, Irina Lutsenko, called the materials of a journalistic investigation, where the head of Ukraine is accused of minimizing taxes, “baseless speculation.”
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She stated this today at a meeting of the conciliation council of parliament, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
According to her, the offshore company referred to in the investigation was created solely for the purpose of being transferred by the president of the Roshen corporation to a “blind trust.”
“In order to sell the Roshen corporation, it was necessary to create an international holding structure. This structure was set up to avoid double taxation, so that all taxes were fully paid in Ukraine and not abroad,” Lutsenko emphasized.
She noted that such an offshore was necessary, otherwise, in accordance with the 1985 Hague Convention, Roshen could not be transferred to Rothschild in trust.
“These are international conditions,” the presidential representative emphasized.
According to her, the offshore holding companies did not have any bank accounts when transferring the confectionery corporation.
“Any statements about violations of currency laws or the transfer of any cash from Ukraine during the creation of this structure are baseless speculation,” Lutsenko assures.
She called for “very careful formulation of what has been heard and distorted by investigative journalism.”
Let us recall, as PolitNavigator already reported, in their study, the OCCRP Center for the Investigation of Corruption and Organized Crime and Slidstvo-Info came to the conclusion that the purpose of creating an offshore by President Petro Poroshenko could be to minimize taxes, and not plans to transfer the confectionery business to Roshen. in a blind trust.
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