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Avakov accused of trying to unseat Poroshenko with â€˜criminal groupsâ€™

30 June 2017 10:58 (UTC +04:00)

Verkhovna Rada Deputy from the faction “block of Petro Poroshenko” Sergei Leshchenko suspected the Minister of internal Affairs Arsen Avakov in the preparation of the coup in the Ukraine. According to him, Avakov is ready to seize power with the help of some “criminal groups”, The Newspapers reported.

With his revelations ally Poroshenko made the TV channel ZIK. Leshchenko expressed confidence that the team head of the interior Ministry is ready for any scenario, including the seizure of power, and Avakov himself is not averse to take the seat of Prime Minister.

“It’s no secret that without a visa Avakov, the government does not accept the decision. In addition, he is “looking” over the Ministers who work from people’s Front,” said the Deputy.

According to Leshchenko, around Minister formed ready for direct action, “a semi-criminal group”. It includes Deputy Anton Gerashchenko, “which in television or radio knows everything about everyone”, advisors Zoran Shkiryak and Ilya Kiva, MP Yevhen Deidei, as well as the local crime boss Sasha Bracelet.

Arsen Avakov is not the first time suspected of plotting a coup. So, in December 2016 in the desire to shift the country’s President Petro Poroshenko has accused speaker of the Parliament of new Russia Oleg Tsarev. He argued that the presidency may take the former Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk.