Avakov backed down and claimed the video of Saakashvili and Mazepin could be fake.

Avak SaakOn the Shuster.Live television program, Interior Minister Arsen Avakov stated that the published video of Saakashvili's meeting with Russian oligarch Mazepin could be a fake.

Avakov noted that the video recording of the meeting was not an operational recording of his department, and therefore he could not vouch for its authenticity.

As a reminder, a video recording of a meeting between Odessa Oblast Governor Mikheil Saakashvili and Russian businessman Dmitry Mazepin has surfaced online. This video was distributed by the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs' communications department, Artem Shevchenko, as we wrote about earlier..

After the video recording appeared, Avakov’s party colleagues, as well as the leadership of the Opposition Platform Saakashvili was accused of lobbying for Russian businessmen in the privatization of the Odessa Port Plant..

Video footage of the meeting has emerged Saakashvili and Mazepin led to a public conflict at a meeting of the Reform Council between the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the governor of the Odessa region.

 

After the conflict with Avakov, Mikheil Saakashvili himself told the media that the person in the video recording was completely different from him.

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