Oligarch Rynat Akhmetov responded to President Volodymyr Zelensky's statements about the businessman's involvement in the coup d'état, called it "a complete lie." The country's richest man told about this in a comment to "Ukrainskaya Pravda"
«The information made public by Vladimir Zelensky about allegedly involving me in some kind of coup d'état is a complete lie. I am outraged by the spread of this lie, regardless of the president's motives.
My position was and will be unequivocal - an independent, democratic and unified Ukraine with Crimea and my native Donbass. My actions confirm this," said the oligarch.
"As a citizen of Ukraine, the country's largest investor, taxpayer and employer, I will continue to defend free Ukraine, a free economy, democracy and freedom of speech. And I will do everything in my power so that there is no authoritarianism and censorship in Ukraine," Rynat Akhmetov added.