A U.S. farmer is jailed in Ukraine, as fears of war with Russia increase, on charges he tried to kill an ex-business partner who’s now a government minister. Kurt Groszhans' family says the charges are bogus and designed to stifle his claims of corruption.
“If the embassy is not there to check on him and make sure that he’s doing OK, we don’t know what will happen,” she added.
“This bit of friction is unnecessary,” he added. “And I think we could relieve all of us of it simply by releasing Kurt.” “Probably, I am not the first or the last American investor who made a mistake in the person hired as a manager. But the personality of this manager makes my case unique,” he wrote.
“The circumstances of this criminal proceedings must be verified as part of the pre-trial investigation conducted by the National Police and only on the basis of the results of which, after the relevant facts and their evidence have been clarified and established, the prosecutor’s office can make appropriate procedural decisions,” Tetyana Kozachenko, a lawyer for Leshchenko, told The Associated Press.
Amid controversy about the contribution, Leshchenko was interviewed by the Kyiv Post last year. The article said the $60,000 donation came from Leshchenko’s dying father. Leshchenko said he and his father saw Zelenskyy “as the only person who wants to change Ukraine, bring structural reforms.” The arrest, his family and supporters believe, was a pretext for silencing his allegations, particularly in a country that has sought to shore up diplomatic and military support from the U.S. through reassurances it is making a serious effort to curb corruption.
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