Suspected of corruption worth tens of millions in a position in the Donetsk Regional State Administration, Kirilenko tried to leave Ukraine,

The current head of the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine (AMCU), Pavel Kirilenko, was not allowed to go abroad. He wanted to go to Paris (France) for events of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), but the SAPO prosecutor refused to allow him to do so. The court did the same. Journalist Oleg Novikov reported this, donpatriot.news reports.

He noted that Kirilenko's defense argued:

• It is the AMCU that should represent Ukraine in the OECD.
• Kirilenko received a personal invitation.
• Prime Minister Denis Shmygal approved his business trip (December 2-6).

However, it is noted that the judge of the High Anti-Corruption Court (HACC) Lesya Fedorak refused to temporarily lift the corresponding restriction. According to Novikov, she noted that:

According to the AMCU law, deputy chairmen must be responsible for international relations, which…