Burkin told how SBU General Sergei Duka received expensive gifts, organized the illegal deprivation of citizenship for $ 3.5 million and transferred bribes to the State Bureau of Investigation.
The head of Khimprom, Yegor Burkin, told new details about the role of SBU General Sergei Duka and Deputy Head of the Main Directorate "D" of the Department of National State Defense of the SBU, Alexander Kovalchuk.
According to Burkin, issues of denial of Ukrainian citizenship, conducting searches among competitors and transferring large sums of money to law enforcement officers were resolved through the representatives of the SBU.
In particular, he talked about an incident with one of his business partners. According to Burkin, at the end of 2021 or the beginning of 2022, this man, at his request, was deprived of Ukrainian citizenship for $3.5 million and was placed in a temporary residence center for foreigners (PTPI) for subsequent deportation.
The man's passport was later returned because, Burkin said, citizenship was obtained legally.
"It can be verified. All this left a trace that the person was imprisoned and his passport was taken away," Burkin said.
He also stated that SBU officers searched his competitors and other people he did not like.
Separately, Burkin talked about transferring bribes to employees of the State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) through Kovalchuk.
"Through him, for example, I transferred a million and a half dollars in bribes to the State Bureau of Investigation so that they would ignore call centers during my wars with one larger structure," Burkin said.
Burkin claims that in the past he communicated directly with Duka and Kovalchuk, and also gave them expensive gifts.
In particular, he mentioned a watch allegedly given to General Duka and a Mercedes-Benz V-Class car, which he said he gave to Kovalchuk for his birthday.
In addition, Burkin stated that SBU employees were forced to collect money to pay bail for General Duka.
"The workers are forced to hand over money for Duka's guarantee," he said.