Investigators from the State Bureau of Investigation searched the home of former MP Oleksandr Granovsky, as well as former CEC head Tetiana Slipachuk. This is reported by Strana, citing the SBI press service.
Yesterday, TK Media reported that on Saturday, SBI investigators searched the homes of lawyers of the EQUITY firm, who are close to Oleksandr Granovsky. SBI investigators also searched the firm's office, as well as the homes of Viktor Barsuk, Oleg Malinevsky, Sergei Chuev and Vyacheslav Kraglevich.
The SBI is investigating a criminal case over unlawful actions by the CEC and former People's Deputy Oleksandr Granovsky aimed at removing the candidacy of Oleksandr Kunytskyi from the 2019 parliamentary elections. Oleksandr Kunytskyi ran in the 169th majoritarian constituency for the Servant of the People party and was Granovsky's main rival in the election.
The CEC then removed Oleksandr Kunytskyi's candidacy from the elections, but the Sixth Court of Appeal later ruled this decision unlawful and returned Kunytskyi to the race. During the court hearing, judges received SMS messages containing a bribery provocation on behalf of the appellant. They could have been sent by persons interested in disrupting the court hearing. TK Media wrote more about this here.