He offered bribes to the patrols: Trukhin, elected from the SN, applied to resign from the post.

People’s Deputy Oleksandr Trukhin, elected to the Verkhovna Rada from the Servant of the People party in 2019, wrote a statement on the preparation of the draft mandate, today, February 23, after the scandal with the patrol officers and signing a plea agreement with the prosecutor of the Specialist Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAP). Ukrainian People’s Deputy Yaroslav Zheleznyak announced this on the telegram channel.

“Statement by A. Trukhin on the draft term of the mandate of the people’s deputy. The relevant decision was submitted by the Procedural Committee of the Verkhovna Rada, and the chamber will consider it at the next meeting,” he wrote.

On February 22, the court found People’s Deputy Oleksandr Trukhin guilty of trying to bribe patrol officers (Part 1, Article 369 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine). According to the Constitution, if a guilty verdict goes into effect, the people’s attorney terminates his powers ahead of schedule. In addition, the people’s deputy has committed to transfer 6 million hryvnia in a month to the Ukrainian Armed Forces, in particular from United24 in support of the Army of Drones project.

Recall that the scandalous story with People’s Deputy Trukhin happened in the summer of 2021. He had an accident on the Boryspil highway. Later, a man who got into the car with Trukhin claimed his guilt and was also fined 850 UAH.

On February 1, 2022, journalists released a video from the chest camera of a police officer at the scene of the accident, showing Trukhin showing signs of intoxication, trying to leave the scene of the accident and offering a bag to law enforcement officers. probably in money (video says about 150k money). Following the release of the video, the leader of the People’s Servant group, David Arakhamia, condemned Trukhin’s actions. On February 2, the People’s Deputy was expelled from the People’s Servant party, but remained in the faction.