MP Serhiy Lovochkin (OPPOSITION BLOC) commented the Interior Ministry investigation of a number of criminal proceedings, including those involving Inter TV Channel, Ostchem, the murders of Oleh Kalashnikov and Oles Buzyna.

“This is not an investigation, this is a political farce. Instead of looking for those responsible for political killings and total corruption, the masterminds of this farce seek PR in the media inviting members of the opposition for questioning,” Serhiy Lovochkin said commenting on his summons for questioning to the Main Investigation Department of the Interior Ministry of Ukraine.

“The scheme is always the same: in the best traditions of Stalinism they forge criminal procedures, then People's Front MPs dump the details of these so-called ‘crimes’ of oppositionists to the media. We’ve been through this in 2005, and everyone remembers how it all ended up. Sadly, the Interior Ministry has become a tool of political pressure,” Serhiy Lovochkin added.

According to him, corruption in the Interior Ministry permeated the top leadership, while a tide of street crime, corruption and gangsterism are sweeping across the country.

“The response of the Interior Ministry leadership to this is Facebook PR, pressure on the opposition, political rivals, businesses they do not control and uncomfortable media outlets,” the member of parliament stressed.

“Popular Front henchmen have already surpassed Zakharchenko’s henchmen.” Check out their wild imagination: Interior Ministry representatives showed up at the university, where I studied, to check on my diplomas. It’s ridiculous,” Serhiy Lovochkin said.

“It is bad when people are afraid of the Interior Ministry, but it’s even worse, when people are laughing at them. The current Interior Ministry looks ridiculous and pathetic... Just as the Facebook profiles of their chiefs,” the MP concluded.