State Bureau of Investigation refuses to comment on "possible treason" by Ukraine’s fifth president

Ukraine’s State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) has declined to answer an inquiry from Ukrainska Pravda regarding the progress of a pre-trial investigation into alleged treason by former Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko during the signing of the Minsk agreements in 2015.

Source: the SBI’s response to an inquiry from Ukrainska Pravda 

Details: Ukrainska Pravda had inquired about the current status of the case concerning Poroshenko’s possible commission of treason in signing the 2015 Minsk agreements on resolving the conflict in Donbas. The media outlet also asked what had been established during the investigation and what status Poroshenko currently holds in the case.

The SBI replied that under Ukraine’s Code of Criminal Procedure, there is a special procedure for parties and participants in a case to access the pre-trial investigation materials.

Other people who are not parties to the case may obtain information only with written permission from the investigator or prosecutor, and only to the extent they deem appropriate.

Quote from the response: "Given the above mentioned, the State Bureau of Investigation denies this request for information."

Background:

• On 10 December 2019, the State Bureau of Investigation opened a criminal case into possible treason by Petro Poroshenko, the fifth president of Ukraine and a European Solidarity party MP, over his role in signing the Minsk agreements on resolving the conflict in Donbas in 2015.
• On 13 February 2024, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy approved the decision of the National Security and Defence Council to impose sanctions against businessman Ihor Kolomoiskyi; billionaire Kostiantyn Zhevago; Hennadii Boholiubov, a former co-owner of PrivatBank; and Viktor Medvedchuk, a former MP from the banned pro-Russian Opposition Platform – For Life party, who is also accused of treason.

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