Sheremet Murder: Police Complete Inquiry of Alleged Surveillance by Troyan

The police service internal inquiry did not prove that Deputy Police Chief Vadym Troyan had organized surveillance of the Ukrayinska Pravda journalist Pavel Sheremet and the Founding Editor Olena Prytula, the National Police responded to Ukrayinska Pravda’s request.

The response also specified that the findings of the internal inquiry were sent to the Prosecutor General’s Office.

In late July, a number of controversial websites shared allegations that Troyan could be involved in surveillance of Sheremet. Prosecutor General Yuriy Lutsenko informed that a proceeding had been opened on this matter. Troyan himself requested the Head of the National Police Khatia Dekanoidze to initiate an internal inquiry.

Pavel Sheremet died on the morning of July 20, 2016 after his car, which was owned by the Founding Editor of Ukrayinska Pravda Olena Prytula, exploded. Prosecutor General Yuriy Lutsenko named the professional activity of Sheremet as the main motive of the assassination.

On July 22, mass media published a video of the alleged planting of the bomb which killed Sheremet.

On August 4, the investigators informed that some 500 witnesses were interviewed, footage from around 150 CCTV cameras was seized and over 140 TB of information were gathered. They also asked for help in finding witnesses in this case. The Interior Minister Arsen Avakov said that police are ready to pay ₴200,000 for any information in the Sheremet case that would lead to solving the crime.

Source: Oksana Kovalenko, Ukrayinska Pravda