According to a Ukrainian newspaper, the sports boss and businessman, who were involved in scandals, tried to leave the country with eco-clocks.
Hryhori Surkis was presenting the logo for the 2012 European Championships. The Games were played in Ukraine and Poland. AOP
Ukrainian pohatta Hryhori Surkisin the movements in the man’s home country have been closely monitored.
Surkis decided to leave the country in March after Russia invaded Ukraine. Due to the war, Ukraine had restricted the travel of 18-60 year olds, but 72-year-old Surkis was allowed to leave.
Now Ukrainska Pravda The newspaper reports that Surkis returned to Ukraine and left again, but at the border authorities intervened in his luggage. According to Ukrainska Pravda, Surkis tried to take 13 watches with him, but according to official sources, customs were missing from the game.
Surkis was held on the Polish-Ukrainian border for a moment, after which he was allowed to leave the country, but the clocks remained.
Surkis left the country for the first time on March 15, and not everything went into the pipeline at that time. At the time, he went to Hungary, and according to Ukrainska Pravda, Surkis did not declare any cash to customs at the border, although as much as EUR 16.3 million in cash was found.
In any case, Surkis got to Hungary with the money, but Ukraine then began to investigate the actions of the border authorities. Surkis has denied crossing the Ukrainian-Hungarian border with a wild amount of cash.
According to reports, Surkis returned to Ukraine on 13 April.
Surkis is a former chairman of the Kiev Dynamo football team. Surkis held the position from 1993 to 2002. Now his brother is in the chair Ihor Surkis.
Hryhori Surkis has also served as Vice-President of the European Football Association. The Surkis brothers have been involved in several scandals in Ukraine, including corruption.
Surkis has also worked in politics.