The National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine said: the chairman of the Kharkiv Regional Council has no procedural status in the case of extortion of unlawful benefits from one of the directors of the KP.

NABU detective Nikolay Karas spoke about this today during a briefing.

“This person cannot have a procedural status now.

As part of the pre-trial investigation, all circumstances are investigated and will be provided? corresponding assessment. Other information is the secret of the pre-trial investigation, "

He also noted that the searches were carried out in the building of the regional council and the house of the chairman of the Kharkiv regional council.. However, there was no arrest of Artur Tovmasyan.

Now the Kharkiv Regional Council is working as usual. Tovmasyan is at his workplace, the press service of the regional council reported.