Investigation on Tatarov's trips to the Russian Federation after 2014: Deputy Head of OP responded

In a comment to the Air Force Ukraine, he called this investigation of journalists "fake" and noted that he had no trips or contacts with Russian representatives. "Usually I do not comment on any publications regarding myself. But in connection with the war leading Russia against our country, I consider it necessary to comment on this fake that was widespread today," Tatarov said. He also emphasized that it is unacceptable to consider the sources that are controlled by Russian invaders.

"It is absolutely unacceptable - to spread false data and even hints about the existence of my communication with someone from Russia or travel to its territory. Especially with reference to the source controlled by the enemy," Tatarov said. On November 7, "Schemes" published material claiming that the deputy head OP Oleg Tatarov made at least 9 trips to Moscow from 2017 to 2019, when he was engaged in lawyer.

According to journalists, the last visit to Russia took place on April 22, 2019 - the next day after the victory of Vladimir Zelensky in the presidential election. The investigation is based on the analysis of data on the crossing of the borders of Ukraine, Belarus and Russia. As the direct airline between Ukraine and the Russian Federation was stopped in 2014, Tatarov, according to journalists, traveled to Moscow through Minsk.

The investigation also stated that in June 2015, Tatarov visited the occupied Crimea, crossing the checkpoints "Dzhankoy" and "Armenian". The journalists sent a request to the President's office asking to explain the purpose of Tatrov's trips to Moscow. However, they did not receive answers at the time of the publication. Natalia Sedletska, the head of the Kyiv Bureau "Radio Svoboda" and the project of "Scheme" investigations to Oleg Tatarov's comment.

On Facebook, she noted that the facts of the Scheme investigation were carefully tested by the cross. In particular, information from databases on the intersection of the border of three countries - Ukraine, Belarus and Russia is compared. "Such information cannot be destroyed, as well as to introduce it" retroactively " - it has got into origins from different databases over different years," Sedletska wrote.