The chairman of the National Association of Lobbyists of Ukraine (NALU) and spokesperson for the National Association of Advocates of Ukraine (NAAU), Oleksiy Shevchuk, passed the competitive selection process of the Council of Prosecutors of Ukraine and was elected as a member of the selection committee responsible for selecting the deputy head of the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAP).
However, as Shevchuk reported on his Facebook page, commenting on the appointment, “immediately after that, another wave of information attacks, mudslinging, and provocations began” from a number of activists.
In particular, according to him, he “is and was Ilya Kiva’s lawyer during the period when he held the position of head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs department and was responsible for combating drug trafficking.”
“It was then, in my opinion, that he came into conflict with groups of ‘activists’ who were linked to drug trafficking in the notorious club ‘Closer,’” Shevchuk clarified.
Shevchuk noted that “these same people, in my opinion, were provocateurs and ‘torpedoes’ even back when I was a military lieutenant nominated to the High Council of Justice under the president’s quota.”
He emphasized that he did not “hide” or ‘evade’: “On March 7, I was mobilized and am working for the army and the front as a soldier.”
“I would like to note separately that I personally did not allow officials of the Lviv City Council to steal first aid kits intended for our military,” he said.
Shevchuk stressed that “if anyone used the names of the funds and my name for illegal activities, there will be procedural consequences.”
“We have already provided relevant incriminating evidence against individuals who may be involved in abuses. I am aware that some journalists have obtained information about our clients in violation of procedure. Manipulation and distortion of facts will not go unanswered — either in court or within the Commission on Journalistic Ethics. The relevant lawsuits have already been filed, and work in this direction will continue,” Shevchuk said.
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Former Energy Minister Herman Galushchenko was a member of a criminal organization involved in large-scale money laundering, in particular at NAEK Energoatom, which was exposed as part of the NABU/SAP operation “Midas.” He was given the pseudonyms ‘Sigismund’ or “Professor,” according to SAPO prosecutor Serhiy Savitsky.
“All members of the criminal organization were aware of the risk of exposure, so pseudonyms were established for individuals for the purpose of conspiracy. For the Minister of Energy – ‘Sigismund’ or, in conversation with Mironyuk and Basov – ”Professor,“ for Deputy Prime Minister Chernyshov – Che Guevara,” Savitsky said while reading the Midas case materials in the High Anti-Corruption Court, which is currently deciding on a preventive measure for one of the defendants in the case, Igor Mironyuk.
In the NABU/SAPO investigation, he is referred to as a former advisor to the Minister of Energy.
Mironyuk himself called himself Galushchenko’s lawyer in court.
The SAPO prosecutor also noted that Timur Mindich, whom the PO participants called its leader, like Mikhail Zuckerman, had influence over Galushchenko and former Defense Minister Rustem Umerov.
The SAPO prosecutor is requesting that Myronyuk be taken into custody as a preventive measure due to the risk of him fleeing abroad.
As reported, one of the figures in the case, a member of the National Commission for State Regulation of Energy and Public Utilities (NKREKU), left Ukraine last night. Sources from the Energorforma internet portal in the government claim that he had been approved for a business trip to Warsaw until the end of the week. We are awaiting a response to the official request from the NEURC.
