The Smart-Holding CEO Alexei Pertin believes that the searches in the Kiev office of the company by the Security Service of Ukraine are an attempt to pressure the employees.

“It’s unclear why it was necessary to come at weekends. They (SSU officers) broke the door, while they could have rung and they would have been let in. Had they come on Monday, we would have gladly provided them with all the necessary documents. I think it’s not about documents, it’s just to make some pressure on people who work here”, he said.

According to him, his lawyers are cooperating with officers and provide all the documents. Pertin added, that the Security Service asked for operation documents on some of the company’s assets, including the shipbuilding works Ocean. But Pertin denies Smart-Holding ever owning that company shares. (Ukrainian metal)

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