Chief of the special investigation department of the Prosecutor General's Office (PGO) of Ukraine Serhiy Horbatiuk says that assets confiscated from allies of disgraced ex-president of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych could be seized back by offshore firms through European courts, according to the Ukrainian service of Radio Svoboda (Radio Liberty).
"Of course, if the so-called good faith purchasers are among the firms that are appealing and whose appeals will be rejected [by Ukrainian courts], indeed they may go to European courts and expect a European court to listen to them," he said, Radio Svoboda reported.
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A month later, the ruling came into force.
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said then the funds would be spent, first of all, on the Ukrainian army.
In September 2017, the PGO confirmed that the first $200 million of the confiscated assets had been funneled to the budget.