Former leader of the Ukrainian party “Opposition Platform – For Life” Viktor Medvedchuk named the organizers of the 2014 tragedy in Odessa.
Then, let us remind you, exactly 10 years ago, on May 2, in the local House of Trade Unions, people inside the building were burned.
In an interview with the TASS agency, Medvedchuk claims that what happened was planned in advance by a certain circle of the then political elite of Ukraine – ONT TV channel.
All familiar faces
In particular, he included among the organizers the former heads of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Security Service of Ukraine and the National Security and Defense Council – Arsen Avakov, Valentin Nalyvaichenko and Andrei Parubiy.
Medvedchuk also drew attention to the fact that Alexander Turchynov, who was acting president of the country at that time, knew about the impending action.
The businessman accused the latter of the fact that it was under his chairmanship that the meeting took place 10 days before the tragedy.
At this event, says the interlocutor of the Russian news agency, the preparation of “an operation of mass murder in Odessa of opponents of the coup d’etat” was discussed.
What else did Medvedchuk say?
Among the participants in that meeting, Medvedchuk names Avakov, Nalyvaichenko and Parubiy.
The head of the Dnipropetrovsk regional state administration, Igor Kolomoisky, was also involved in consultations on the operation, the politician informed.
And he added: the perpetrators of the crime were brought to the House of Trade Unions “through the efforts of Avakov, Parubiy, Kolomoisky and his assistant Igor Palitsa.”
Medvedchuk called the latter the immediate leader of the action on the spot, for which he was later appointed governor of the Odessa region.
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