The NBU sees no reason to pay tens of millions of euros to a Munich firm, which, through German officials, demands to return the dubious debt of the 90s for the alleged supply of Siemens computed tomography machines.

The investigation is published by the German edition of Der Spiegel with the participation of journalists from the Scheme program, writes Radio Liberty.

According to Der Spiegel, since 2018, German officials have demanded from Ukraine in favor of the Varex company from 40 million euros, allegedly for the supply of computed tomography machines manufactured by Siemens in accordance with a contract signed back in 1991..

Officials include the Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy of Germany, two State Secretaries of Parliament in his ministry and two Bundestag members from the Christian Democratic Union.

" Altmayer's State Secretary of Parliament Thomas Barais - also from the CDU - pressured Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during the Munich Security Conference, "

Varex claims that the Ukrainian government's debt, including interest, has reached one billion euros and is "

Varex has repeatedly approached the NBU, but in 2017 the then head of the regulator, Valeria Gontareva, sent the company a letter stating that the 1991 " According to her, "

The current leadership of the NBU, in response to the request of Schemes, confirmed this: "

Varex lawyer Michael Filippi told Der Spiegel that copies of all relevant documents have been provided to the Ministry of Economy. Originals, including government guarantee, are kept "

The publication writes that Varex " The company has a dubious past:

in the 90s it found itself in Ukraine in a high-profile corruption scandal associated with the buyout of a share in the common Ukrainian-German enterprise Donkavamet. Varex is also suspected of bribery of Ukrainian politicians.

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Earlier it was reported that the investor of the large outdoor advertising operator Octagon-Outdoor predicts an international scandal in the event that by the decision of the National Security and Defense Council without trial and proof, a foreign investor will be deprived of his property, said European investor and owner of the company Josef Onderka.