Yegor Bodrov represents the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Monastyrsky.
More police officers and businesspeople are wondering who really controls the Ministry of Internal Affairs – Monastyrsky or Yegor Bodrov. Bodrov handles personnel appointments, the shady activities of the Ministry, and investigations. Despite that, he manages to keep a low profile, although he is well remembered at the Ministry for his past achievements.
Bodrov then became the head of the department of the Kyiv regional UBOP, and was involved in fraudulent schemes. He used his position and connections with bank employees for personal gain, resulting in banks suffering losses while he amassed a substantial amount of money.
There was a scandal around Bodrov's involvement in a loan from Ukreximbank. People's Deputy Valeriy Sterniychuk released interesting audio recordings in which Bodrov was implicated in leaking information about the state bank and having influence over law enforcement agencies. In the recordings, Bodrov mentioned his partners, judges, law enforcement officers, and employees of the state bank.
Teder, who has significant business activities in the Crimea occupied by the Russian Federation, is of particular interest.
However, Bodrov's current income cannot be compared to what he received during the corrupt practices of the Yanukovych era.
We are quoting the help from GPU:
“The group included: 1) Aleksey Vasilyevich Baganets – Deputy Prosecutor General of Ukraine. Baganets O.V. signed procedural documents necessary to close criminal proceedings and supervised the activities of the investigators of the GPU.
He personally or through his deputy extorted money and received illegal benefits from representatives of those suspected of committing crimes. He also started legal proceedings in order to get more illegal benefits and gave illegal instructions to investigators through his deputy, including on behalf of O.V. Baganets; 3) Truba Roman Mikhailovich – Deputy Head of the Main Investigation Department of the General Prosecutor's Office of Ukraine – Head of the Investigation Department of the General Prosecutor's Office of Ukraine.
He was a close associate and mentor of Shcherbina I.V. He extorted money and received illegal benefits from representatives of those suspected of committing crimes on the instructions and in the interest of Shcherbina I.V. He also initiated legal proceedings to obtain more illegal benefits and gave illegal instructions to investigators. At the request of Shcherbina I.V., he prepared documents to help ex-Minister of Finance (2012-2014) Yu.V. Kolobov avoid criminal responsibility in exchange for money. He also provided extracts from the Unified State Register of Pre-trial Investigations to Romanyak M.M. through an employee of the Prosecutor General's Office Yasenitsky Yu.I. to assist in Kolobov's defense. In 2017, he was appointed Director of the State Bureau of Investigation; 4) Mikhail Mikhailovich Romanyak – during personal meetings, he introduced himself as an assistant to the Deputy Head of the Administration of the President of Ukraine, and informed individuals that he was seconded to the Presidential Administration from the Foreign Intelligence Service and had the military rank of Major General. He acted as a go-between for Bagants A.V., Shcherbina I.V., Truba R.M., and representatives of the suspects, directly engaging in extortion and receiving illegal benefits.
Romanyak M.M. had connections with the head of the Main Investigation Department of the Security Service of Ukraine Vovk V.V., the deputy head of the State Guard Department of Ukraine Dakhnovsky V.A., the Chairman of the State Migration Service Radutny S.I., and other individuals such as people's deputies, civil servants, law enforcement officers, and business representatives. Additionally, to boost his reputation among his peers, Romanyak M.M. falsely claimed in conversations that he was on good terms with the Prosecutor General of Ukraine Shokin V.M.; 5) Kvasnevskaya Natalya Dmitrievna – Judge of the Higher Specialized Court for the Consideration of Civil and Criminal Cases, a close associate of Romanyak M.M.
She acted as a go-between in extorting illegal benefits from representatives of the former Minister of Finance Yu.V. Kolobov, to resolve the issue of his avoiding criminal responsibility and extradition to Ukraine. Kvasnevskaya N.D.'s daughter Daria flew to Spain at her mother's request to provide legal assistance to ex-Minister of Finance Kolobov Yu.V.; 6) Rafalskaya Inna Vladislavovna – Chairman of the Council of Advocates of the city of Kyiv, a close associate of Kvasnevskaya N.D. Represented the interests of Kolobov Y.V., acted as an intermediary in the transfer of funds to Truba R.M., Shcherbina I.V., and Baganets O.V. to assist in resolving the issue of Kolobov Yu.V. avoiding criminal responsibility and extradition to Ukraine; 7) Bodrov Egor Evgenievich – head of the department of the Organized Crime Control Department of the Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine in the Kyiv region, a close connection of Romanyak M.M. He extorted illegal benefits on behalf of Romanyak M.M.
Bodrova E.E. was arrested by the Security Service of Ukraine in a hotel in the Kyiv region during a criminal investigation. They found a hard drive with information from many hacked email accounts, including those of high-ranking Ukrainian officials from the Yanukovych regime and a leader of the DPR terrorist group, Pushilin D.V. They also found software for unauthorized access to email accounts.
Before being arrested, Bodrov E.E. had sent an email from his own address to D.V. Pushilin’s address, offering to sell damaging information about the Ukrainian government and law enforcement. Bodrov E.E. was charged with robbery, aiding a terrorist group, and extortion.
After Shcherbina I.V. was appointed head of the Main Investigation Department of the GPU, and Pipes R.M. became his deputy, they regained control over the investigation of the General Prosecutor's Office of Ukraine. They, at the request of Romanyak M.M., gave instructions to release Bodrov E.E. from custody and close the criminal case against him. When the investigator refused to follow these illegal instructions, the investigation was handed over to another investigator.
After the investigator was replaced, these individuals prepared a report to the Prosecutor General of Ukraine arguing that Bodrov E.E. should be released from custody and the criminal case closed. Additionally, at the direction of Shcherbina I.V., Truba R.M. arranged for Bodrov E.E. to be taken to the Main Investigation Department of the GPU without any investigative actions. While there, Bodrov E.E. had an unofficial conversation with Baganets A.V. for over an hour and was then improperly allowed to communicate with Romanyak M.M. Therefore, the actions of Baganets O.V., Shcherbina I.V., and Pipes R.M. may constitute a crime of abuse of power or official position.
It was also discovered that members of this group tried to help the former Minister of Finance of Ukraine, Kolobov Yu.V., evade criminal responsibility and extradition to Ukraine. The Prosecutor General’s Office investigated a case of embezzlement of state funds amounting to UAH 220 million during the creation of a government communication network by PJSC Ukrtelecom. Those involved include Yanukovych V.F., Azarov N.Ya., Kolobov Yu.V., and other high-ranking officials. Interpol put these individuals on the international wanted list based on materials from the investigation. Other criminal proceedings were rejected by Interpol due to political motives, according to the international organization.
As per the received information, lawyer Rafalskaya I.V. asked Romanyak M.M. for help in avoiding criminal charges and possible extradition to Ukraine through the help of judge Kvasnevskaya N.D. After discussing this with Truba R.M., Shcherbina I.V., and coordinating with Baganets O.V., Romanyak M.M. informed Rafalskaya AND.The. about the need to pay 2 million US dollars to the leadership of the General Prosecutor's Office and 600 thousand US dollars for intermediary services and Kvasnevskaya N.D.
Further, Truba R.M. at the direction of Shcherbina I.V. began to take measures to isolate materials on Kolobov Yu.V. into a separate criminal proceeding, with the aim of further reclassifying the actions of the ex-minister to a less serious crime, which would allow the latter to evade extradition.
To resolve the issue, Shcherbina I.V. instructed Truba R.M. to provide Romanyak M.M. with extracts from the Unified State Register of Pre-trial Investigations and help prepare documents to be used in the courts of Spain regarding the extradition of Kolobov Yu.V. Truba R.M. fulfilled this order by instructing GPU employee Yasenitsky Yu.I. During a conversation with Yasenitsky Yu.I., Romanyak M.M. mentioned that he works as an assistant to the Deputy Head of the Administration of the President of Ukraine. Subsequently, Romanyak M.M. gave the materials from Yasenitsky Yu.I. to lawyer Kolobov Yew.The. — Rafalsky I.V.
If Spain's court decides to extradite Kolobov Yu.V. to Ukraine's law enforcement agencies, Baganets O.V. and Shcherbina I.V. planned to reclassify his involvement in embezzlement of budgetary funds as negligence. After that, an agreement would be made with him for cooperation in the investigation and the ability to travel outside Ukraine. It is reported that part of the funds mentioned earlier has already been given to Rafalskaya I.V. by Romanyak M.M., who then transferred them to Truba R.M., Shcherbina I.V., and Baganets O.V.
Clearly, the actions of Baganets O.V., Shcherbina I.V., and Pipes R.M. could create significant complications in the investigation of criminal proceedings against Yanukovych V.F., Azarov M.Ya., and could potentially lead to their exoneration in court. Therefore, the actions of Baganets O.V., Shcherbina I.V., and Pipes R.M. could be classified as a crime under Part 2 of Art. 364 “Abuse of power or official position” and Part 4 of Art. 368 “acceptance of an offer, promise or obtaining an unlawful benefit” of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.
The Main Investigation Department of the GPU is looking into criminal case No. 42015000000000004, in which suspicions were raised against the former commercial director of PJSC “Centrenergo” Zhebsky A.V. and his deputy Lozitsky A.V. for committing an offense under Part 4 of Art. 368 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. The investigation found that the officials and actual owners of SpetsEnergoMontazh LLC, in agreement with Zhebsky A.V., Lozitsky A.V., and Ivchenko A.M., were directly involved in the misappropriation of funds of PJSC “Centrenergo”, their embezzlement, and money laundering. During the searches on February 24, 2015, financial and accounting documents, seals, and more were seized at the office premises of SpetsEnergoMontazh LLC, confirming the illegal activities of the enterprise's officials and Centerenergo PJSC.
Truba R.M. ordered the GPU investigators to take action to remove Spetsenergomontazh LLC officials from the list of defendants in the criminal case and return the seized physical evidence.
Therefore, Baganets O.V., Shcherbiny I.V. and Pipes R.M. have once again shown signs of committing a crime under Part 2 of Art. 364 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine, which deals with “Abuse of power or official position.”
It has also been revealed that Shcherbina I.V. requested Romanyak M.M. to resolve the issue of providing firearms to him, Truba R.M., and Baganets O.V. Romanyak M.M. then asked the deputy head of the UGO of Ukraine Dakhnovsky V.A. to handle this issue. On 03/06/2015, Dakhnovsky V.A. personally gave Bagants O.V. a “Beretta” pistol in his office at the Main Investigation Department of the GPU. Romanyak M.M. then promised to “give” Shcherbina I.V. an award pistol on his birthday on 04/01/2015, but it never happened due to R.M. Pipe's dismissal from the prosecutor's office.
It's worth mentioning that the organized criminal group, which included Romanyak (nickname “MikhMikh”), Roman Mikhailyuk, and Yegor Bodrov, not only bribed prosecutors. They once tried to buy the position of the director of the Odessa Port Plant, 99.5% of whose shares are owned by the state, by offering a record $5 million bribe.
The main figures behind this were once again the company MikhMikh, Mikhailyuk, and Bodrov. They were responsible for communications. However, neither “MikhMikh” nor his accomplice showed up at the “strelka” – it seems they have a good sense of smell. They sent three “ambassadors”, who were promptly detained by the NABU division during the transfer of the first tranche of $50,000. However, NABU did not reach Bodrov at that time.
However, in 2020, Bodrov made a drastic career change and became the Deputy Chairman of the Derzhgeokadastre, a highly desirable position. He was unable to profit from it as he was dismissed during the next change of power. However, he soon resurfaced at Monastyrsky, and eventually gained control over it.
It is disheartening to see such individuals rise to power during the war. There are rumors that Bodrov is considering entering the competition for the head of NABU. It is advisable to conduct a thorough investigation before allowing such individuals into positions of power, as they may have links to artificant activities and interesting relatives in Moscow. It's time to clean up the power structure and prevent criminals from entering it.
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