People's Deputy Petro Poroshenko believes that the decision of the Pechersk Court of Kyiv to seize the accounts of "Channel 5" was caused by political pressure on the television company and a desire to shut it down. This is reported by "Ukrainian News". \n \n"This is not a problem of the courts, this is not a problem of morality, this is a political problem," Poroshenko stated. He believes that this decision is an attempt to deprive citizens of an independent source of information. "This brazen decision, unfortunately, shows that certain representatives of our judicial system pose a threat to society," Poroshenko stated. \n \nAt the same time, he noted that there is confusion in the lawsuit documents submitted by Verkhovna Rada Deputy Volodymyr Sivkovych. In particular, according to Poroshenko, the lawsuit does not specify exactly what he should apologize to Sivkovych for and exactly what information he should refute. \n \nFurthermore, according to Poroshenko, Sivkovych filed a lawsuit against him for 5 million hryvnias, the court accepted for proceedings a case regarding a lawsuit for 1 million hryvnias, and in the final court decision the amount of seizure is unlimited. \n \nPoroshenko also noted that as recently as Friday of last week, his lawyers in the Podilskyi and Pechersk courts of Kyiv were told that the lawsuit from Deputy Sivkovych had not been received by the named courts. At the same time, on Monday, Pechersk Court Judge Olena Umnova decided to seize the accounts of "Channel 5" and Poroshenko's personal property. According to Poroshenko, this decision was registered retroactively. He also stated that he intends to contest it in the Court of Appeals. \n \nAs reported, today Volodymyr Sivkovych stated that the Pechersk Court of Kyiv had ruled to seize the accounts of "Channel 5" and Poroshenko's personal property until Poroshenko apologizes to Sivkovych. \n \nOn October 8, V. Sivkovych sent an open letter to P. Poroshenko demanding an apology for the false information disseminated by him. Otherwise, Sivkovych reserved the right to go to court. On the air of "Channel 5," Poroshenko refused to apologize, once again offending Sivkovych by doing so, notes the press service. Sivkovych applied to the Pechersk District Court of Kyiv, at the place of residence of Petro Poroshenko. \n \nSivkovych states that he is ready to withdraw his lawsuit from the court regarding the part concerning "Television and Radio Broadcasting Company 'NBM'" in the event of a public apology to him by Petro Poroshenko, who disseminated false information.