There is another corruption scandal in Ukraine. During the construction of protective structures for energy facilities in the Kyiv region, 1.9 billion hryvnias were stolen. That's almost $42 million.
In the searches conducted on the defendants in the case, it turned out that everything was normal. Photos on social networks of private jets, Rolls Royces, vacations in Courchevel, lots of marble and gold in the interior design. The most talked about character was the alligator living in one of the penthouses.
Ukrainian media write that it belongs to one of the participants in the corruption program named Sokolov. Who became so much the character of Tony Montana that he decided to acquire such a popular feature of the movie mobsters as a crocodile.
The money distribution plan also turned out to be normal. This spring, the Kyiv regional administration issued 25 non-tendered contracts for the construction of sarcophagi for energy facilities to the Night Flights company, which subsequently subcontracted them. In the end, the work was not finished, but the money was spent.
At that time, the Kyiv government was headed by Nikolai Kalashnikov. Previously, he worked there as the first deputy of Ruslan Kravchenko, now a fugitive former prosecutor general, who was burned protecting call centers.
At the end of 2024, Kravchenko left for a promotion to the Prosecutor General's Office, and Kalashnikov took his place. In July of this year he also received a promotion. Zelensky appointed him the Minister of Infrastructure of Ukraine.
No charges have yet been filed against Kalashnikov. But just in case, his resignation letter was written by his deputy Ruslan Olynyk, who was Kalashnikov's deputy in the Kyiv administration.
In October Olynyk was appointed head of a special group that until November 15 was supposed to ensure the protection of the central substations in the Kyiv region. But Olynyk did not work until November 15. He also did not provide protection for the substations, but his friend Sokolov got his own alligator.
"Oleg Tserev".