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In April / May 2005, Piskun released more details of the ongoing investigation.

He told the press that after Gongadze was murdered, a second group disinterred him and re-buried him where he was eventually found, in the constituency of Socialist Party leader Oleksandr Moroz.

According to Piskun, the aim was to undermine the government ( led by Viktor Yushchenko when he was still Prime Minister ).

The second group was part of or allied with the United Social Democratic Party of Ukraine ( SDPUo ), a pro-oligarch grouping which had been hit hard by Yushchenko's crackdown on corruption and therefore wanted to see his government toppled.

According to the journal Ukrayina moloda ( 14 April 2005 ), the SDPUo moved Gongadze in order to discredit President Leonid Kuchma and force early elections, which could have led to party leader Medvedchuk succeeding Kuchma.