Ukrainian MP and Maidan SniperGate Whistleblower Believes Poroshenko Has Ordered Hit on Her
Ukrainian MP Nadezhda Savchenko has stated that the Poroshenko administration has ordered a hit on her.
Vladimir Sinelnikov, Vesti.FM's correspondent in Kiev has listened to her revelations. Now he's here talking to us by phone.
- Vladimir, greetings, what else did Savchenko say and why do they want to eliminate her? Does she misbehave?
- Good evening. Today Nadezhda Savchenko has held a briefing for Verkhovna Rada to say that she's accused of planning a terrorist act.
I'll remind you that Ukraine's Prosecutor-General, Lutsenko, accused her of planning to blow up Verkhovna Rada and kill those who will survive with mortar shells and assault rifles. Savchenko started her briefing with a sensational statement about the presidential administration's order to eliminate her.
Nadezhda Savchenko, Ukrainian MP: "First, I was warned by the presidential administration that Bankovaya St. had ordered to eliminate me. Taranov warned me, he died shortly thereafter. Then, I was warned by the foreign intelligence about a Bankovaya St. order to eliminate me. My sister personally met with Valery Kondratyuk to stop it. Then, I was for the third time warned that I was under threat from Bankovaya St. They also assigned a special forces unit to fulfill this task".
Savchenko said she was perfectly aware of the fact that Ukrainian special forces were behind it, she said the situation was absurd when an agent whom she calls Object A had recorded her conversations with another agent whom she called Object B. Savchenko is sure that those actions were to attract the public attention to the horrible situation in the country. She noted that the army hated president Poroshenko, and the military expressed readiness to move tanks against Kiev if the government ordered them to shoot at the civilians the army would shoot at the authorities. Savchenko also stated that she thought that the government was going to change.
It's safe to say that this briefing by Nadezhda Savchenko was her attempt to deny the accusations of an attempted coup d'etat and terrorist act against Verkhovna Rada. The Prosecutor-General's Office has already made a submission to the parliament to withdraw parliamentary immunity from Savchenko. However, Savchenko's statements imply that she did conduct such negotiations about a possible coup d'etat. She also said that she had discussed the funding of the terrorist act. Savchenko said that when asked if she could get the money she had answered she would do it, but later had answered that she had failed.
Thus, the scandal around Savchenko being accused of trying to blow up Verkhovna Rada seems to be picking up steam, and Savchenko feels insecure since she tried to justify herself at the briefing, saying that she had viewed those actions as a political provocation.
- Anton? Indeed, Ukraine's political landscape is awkward. First, Savchenko wanted to get to Verkhovna Rada, now she wants to blow it up. Vladimir Sinelnikov, Vesti.FM correspondent has reported from Kiev.