Former First Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration under Viktor Yanukovych, pro-Russian politician Andriy Portnov left Ukraine on June 3, 2022 through a checkpoint in the Transcarpathian region, Schema reports, citing three independent sources..

According to project informants, Portnov left for Hungary through the checkpoint " At the same time, the State Border Service, in response to an information request from journalists, said that they would not answer the question on what basis Portnov crossed the border during the restrictions on travel for men of military age, since “the content of the request concerns the provision of personal data, regulated by the Law of Ukraine “On the Protection of Personal.

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Note that Andrey Portnov has been under US sanctions since December 2021.. Portnov was included in the list of persons under the so-called " Andrey Portnov until 2014 in the presidential administration under Viktor Yanukovych was responsible for the direction of the judiciary. In the US, he is accused of trading influence on Ukrainian courts.

True, the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine did not impose sanctions against Portnov. In particular, in September 2021, NSDC Secretary Oleksiy Danilov explained it this way: “We have so many threats, besides Portnov, such as Portnov, there are very, very many. But you have to have reasons, arguments.”.

In March 2022, Schemes journalists established that Andrey Portnov's family owns real estate in Moscow together with friends of Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, and also showed Portnov's secret fortress near Kyiv. True, Portnov did not respond to a request from journalists regarding the investigation..

From August 27 to October 5, 2018, Portnov directed the pro-Russian TV channel NewsOne, which actively tried to discredit the Ukrainian Revolution of Dignity and subsequent pro-European reforms in the country, as well as to promote pro-Russian ideas.