During the investigation of the case involving the legalization of UAH 460 million in elite construction near Kyiv, pressure on experts was recorded, Semen Kryvonos, Director of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU), has said.
"In the legalization case, pressure on experts was recorded; it was carried out, among others, by Security Service of Ukraine employees," Kryvonos said at a briefing in Kyiv on Tuesday.
In this context, Oleksandr Klymenko, head of the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAPO), emphasized the necessity for anti-corruption bodies to have access to independent expert institutions.
The heads of the anti-corruption bodies stressed the need to maintain the neutrality of the investigation and to prevent its politicization in any way.
In this regard, Kryvonos said: "The President of Ukraine did not and does not figure within the investigation."
