Ukraine’s State Bureau of Investigations has registered allegations of ‘state treason’ against former President Petro Poroshenko lodged by Andriy Portnov, a person who was close to ex-President in hiding Viktor Yanukovych. The claim that Poroshenko essentially ‘provoked’ Russia’s attack on three naval boats in November 2018 is already startling. It becomes quite surreal coming, as it does, from a person suspected of having tried to help Russia’s operation to seize Crimea.
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Halya Coynash: Portnov suspected of helping Crimea annexation seeks ‘treason’ charges against Poroshenko
First deputy head of the Ukrainian presidential administration, Andriy Portnov.
