Andriy Odarchenko he is accused in his country of giving a bribe to a senior government official – AFP news agency reported on Tuesday, citing a Romanian source “close to the matter”.
According to this information, on September 19 the deputy crossed the border with Romania in the Suceava region.
Ukraine. Andriy Odarchenko fled to Romania
Andriy Odarchenko was charged with corruption last year. He allegedly offered a bribe to the head of the State Agency for Infrastructure Reconstruction and Development in exchange for allocating funds for the renovation of the university of which he was the rector.
On September 18, the deputy without informing the court he did not appear at the hearing. The Ukraińska Pravda portal reported, citing the prosecutor's statement in court, that “Odarchenko crossed the border into Romania beyond the border crossing, and then even he applied for asylum to the local state institutions“.
He had previously handed his cell phones over to the driver and instructed him to connect them to a charger. Since then, the driver has had no contact with him..
Andriy Odarchenko wanted. Ukraine has issued an arrest warrant
“The man did not apply for a visa to leave the country,” Ukrayinska Pravda wrote. Ukraine issued in his name international arrest warrant.
According to Ukrainian media Odarchenko is the second deputy to have illegally fled abroad in recent months. due to problems with the law.
In recent days, the Romanian Border Guard reported that approximately 100,000 people entered Romania illegally in the first eight months of this year. 9.5 thousand Ukrainiansand the number of illegal crossings has increased recently, following changes in the mobilisation regulations. Men of conscript age escape to Romania via the Tisza River or over the mountains. Some decide to escape across the Dniester River to Moldova.
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