The National Police of Ukraine have initiated criminal proceedings against the officials of the Russian Federal Air Transport Agency (Rosaviatsiya) and Volga-Dnepr Group (Russia) for forgery of airworthiness certificates of An-124-100 Ruslan planes, according to the Ilyashev and Partners law firm, which protects the interests of Antonov state enterprise.

"On July 17, 2018 the National Police of Ukraine included information in the single register of pre-trial investigations on the commission of a criminal offense ... on abuse of office and forgery of documents for the prolongation of airworthiness of An-124-100 Ruslan aircraft by the officials of Rosaviatsiya and the German company AMTES GmbH, part of Volga-Dnepr Group," the press service of the law firm said.

It said the matter concerns criminal offense under Part 2 of Article 364 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine - abuse of power or office, which caused of serious consequences, for which punishment in the form of imprisonment for up to six years is foreseen.