Tuesday, May 13, 2014, 19:20

Renat Akhmetov

Businessman Renat Akhmetov said he did not finance the protest movement in Donetsk Oblast, though Hubarev claimed that he has.

Akhmetov made the statement while answering a question from Interfax-Ukraina on Monday.

“Pavlo Hubarev said I paid two-thirds of the activists. I can confidently say that I have not and will not give a single penny to anyone. And the key point is, I did not pay them, I persuaded them. And if I have already persuaded two-thirds, I will proceed with that. People came to me with one kind of arguments, and left with another”, Akhmetov said.