The Prosecutor General's Office of Ukraine has opened a criminal case against former Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko.

This is reported by the press service of the agency.

The case was opened for obstructing the lawful economic activity of two enterprises that were building a house at 9-a Hrushevsky Street in Kyiv, i.e., on the grounds of a crime under Part 3 of Article 206 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.

As is known, on Monday a case was opened against adviser to the NSDC Secretary Valeriy Ivchenko, who is accused of pressure on judicial bodies.