Kostusev began to dig under the former mayor of Odessa

Odessa Mayor Alex Kostusev appealed to the prosecutor's office in Odessa with a request to verify that the actions of former Mayor Edward Hurwitz evidence of a crime. This is stated in the letter A. Kostusev, the press service of the Party of Regions. According to him, based on the decision of Odessa City Council from 05.04.2007, № 1119-V was carried out external borrowing in the budget of Odessa and approved the terms of such borrowing. In particular, the drawing was carried out by means of a fixed-term loan agreement worth 50 million Swiss francs, which amounts to 218.808 million UAH. the official NBU rate on the date of the contract with the lender, which became "BNP Paribas Finance Plc". For the use of these financial service Odessa City Council must pay the borrower the amount of $ 159 billion 125 million UAH. According to the "Terms and Conditions of external borrowing in the budget of the city of Odessa in 2007, approved the decision of the executive committee of Odesa City Council from 20.03.2007, № 235, the purpose of the borrowing was the need to raise funds to finance the development budget of Odessa. According to the mayor of Odessa, a period that has elapsed since the date of borrowing and the present, regardless of the fact that local authorities in Odessa regularly purchased and borrowed funds were spent, the purpose of borrowing has not been achieved and the positive changes that have been held in the city economy resulting from the use of credit funds were not held. Due to inactivity of the former mayor of the amount of the debt of local authorities in Odessa before the "BNP Paribas Finance Plc" as a result of the devaluation of the national currency of Ukraine has increased substantially, resulting in a significant increase in the amount to be paid on the repayment of this debt from the city budget, which consists exclusively of revenues in the national currency of Ukraine. Thus A. Kostusev declares that at the current period of the previous authority of the city left a big debt of the local budget to "BNP Paribas Finance Plc" and the absence of actual sources of their maturity. Earlier, the mayor of Odessa Kostusev Alex announced that he intends to contact the prosecutor's office and file a lawsuit against a former mayor Edward Hurwitz for the damage the city suffered. Recall that the newly elected mayor of Odessa A. Kostusev sworn in on November 6. A. Kostusev won the election the mayor of Odessa, gaining 166,281 votes, representing 50,8% of the total electorate voted. Force at the time of Mayor Edward Horowitz, nominated by the party "Front zmin, enlisted the support of 100,762 citizens of Odessa, or 30.8% of the total votes. Ministry of Industry