The hearing of the banker Tsvetan Vassilev in the “Notary“ committee has begun, a Novini.bg reporter reported.
The program of the commission for checking the facts surrounding Martin Bojanov-Notary and Petyo Petrov-Euroto foresees hearings of Lozan Panov, Delyan Peevski and Kalin Stoyanov. Vassilev has been living in Belgrade for 10 years after the bankruptcy of KTB.
The beginning of the meeting began with a scandal. "This criminal wanted by Interpol should come in person, I don't know where he is hiding, maybe in the Russian Embassy. The meeting of the commission should have been held there," said Hamid Hamid from the DPS. Lena Borislavova from PP-DB called for Vasilev to be heard.
"I am the proposer of the proposal. I support Lena Borislavova. KTB was the biggest affair since the draining of the banks and has a direct connection with the justice system," said Zlatan Zlatanov, who submitted the motion for Vasilev to be heard.
"You are making monkey tricks of a wanted swindler. Thousands of Bulgarians are without points, four ministers are waiting for a hearing, you will listen to this wanted criminal. You are doing the Russian mafia a favor,", Hamid said.
"Your fantasies are flying this afternoon,", repeated the chairman of the commission, Nadezhda Yordanova from PP-DB.
Hamid Hamid from DPS addressed Vassilev with the question of why he is hiding in a Russia-friendly country and did not appear before the Bulgarian court and whether the oligarch Konstantin Malofeev helped him. He accused him of stealing BGN 3 billion from the bank.
In response, the banker pointed out that no one has in any way evaluated the assets of Central Bank.
Hamid clarified that he is not accusing him, but the Bulgarian prosecutor's office. He also asked if it meant that his friend Konstantin Malofeev financed the war in Donbass with money from KTB.
By June 20th after your boss's orchestrated coup, all these assets were there and were offered as a rescue plan to the caretaker government to keep the bank alive, but it was rejected. All company assets were offered in a basket, he stated.
Lena Borislavova from PP-DB asked who is behind the initials D.P.1. Over half a billion BGN stands against him. What is behind the "Peevski/Krasteva" notes, which are found in the case data?
Vasilev admitted that he and Peevski had joint projects. He explained that the loans were intended to cover debts related to his loss-making media.
„It is no secret that KTB until the middle of 2013 was crediting projects of the Peevski-Krasteva family, including joint projects of ours. Our relationship got complicated. We have started negotiations. Probably since then these short resolutions of mine are related. At a certain stage, these loans were not well secured. We asked for additional security, but he refused. The procedures in the prosecutor's office and the investigation, which was led by his friend Pepi Euroto, moved in parallel. Peevski was interrogated, but for the case of the preparation of his murder. Pepi Euroto is the main technical organizer of the preparation of the strike against the bank. He fulfilled the tasks set by Peevski”, the banker announced.
"He is a wanted criminal with the Russian mafia, the hearing can be done at the Russian Cultural Center, there they probably have the same technique for direct contact with Tsvetan Vasilev,", announced Stanislav Atanasov from the DPS.
"If anyone is aware of the bankruptcy of KTB, it is DPS. Then we objected to these models from the outside," answered Yordanova. The hearing of Tsvetan Vassilev has begun.
After that, the floor was given to Georgi Georgiev from GERB-SDS, who asked if there was influence over the judicial system by Pepi Petrov – The Euro and Martin Bojanov-Notary.
Tsvetan Vasilev wanted to clarify at the beginning that he is not a criminal, but was accused by the former chief prosecutor Ivan Geshev, who was thrown out of the prosecutor's office for undermining the judiciary. “I am not wanted by “Interpol” and I'm not a Russian agent. Mr. Petyo Petrov - Euroto is the main proven participant in the attack against KTB in 2014. I don't see how I could have filed a report against Euroto after the Bulgarian prosecutor's office did not want to listen to me.