The state-owned enterprise "Official Delegations Hall," which services VIPs at Boryspil Airport, is in serious disarray. The already small workforce of 173 employees is set to be cut by 55 at once!
Officially, the initiator of this drastic move was ZOD Director Kyrylo Polischuk, who took office in June 2014. However, he provided no economic or administrative justification for this to his subordinates. This is understandable: there is simply no reason for such a massive layoff. In recent years, the company had been operating steadily, generating profits and paying substantial taxes (1,1 million hryvnias in the first half of 2014 alone). ZOD is completely self-sufficient and does not take funds from the state budget.
The situation was partially clarified recently when a certain Roman Chelnokov arrived at the company. Without being officially introduced to the staff, he began actively interfering in the work. Meanwhile, Polischuk virtually withdrew from the management of ZOD, handing over control to a newcomer. After this, the workforce learned that Chelnokov was the one behind the staff reductions and that he was "willing to do anything—even ignore the law—since he is an influential person and represents prominent figures in the State Administration of Affairs."
Chelnokov has been actively pursuing innovation. Or rather, reviving old work methods. His plans include reviving the long-forgotten cash handling system at ZOD, which will allow for the illegal "extortion" of money. Furthermore, while the team is worried about impending layoffs, the boss has hired two new employees!
It became clear to ZOD veterans that the layoffs were simply a "necessary" staff replacement. Thus, Chelnokov and likely other interested parties were preparing the enterprise for a hostile takeover.
Well, it must be acknowledged that the concerns of the "ZOD" employees are not unfounded. After all, the "influential gentleman" Chelnokov was once implicated in numerous financial scams.
In the early 1990s, Roman Chelnokov was the founder and director of Kyiv Airlines LLC. He "successfully" brought the company to bankruptcy, was prosecuted for tax evasion, and served his sentence.
The bankrupt Kyiv Airlines not only went bankrupt, but also dragged companies they owed millions into debt—in particular, JSC AK NAU. The latter, it turns out, learned nothing. And soon began collaborating with TOO Aviatsionno-rasschetny Tsentr (Aviation Settlement Center), one of whose founders was... Chelnokov. You can already guess the outcome of this collaboration—multi-million dollar debts again.
But let's return to the present day. If you think our hero (who, as we've seen, shouldn't be allowed anywhere near money) came to the "Official Delegation Hall" enterprise out of nowhere, you're sorely mistaken.
Roman Chelnokov is currently the chairman of the board of directors of ARC (Ukraine's leader in collecting, processing, and providing geospatial data). At least, that's what the company's official website assures us.
And Mr. Chelnokov—don't be surprised—is also the Honorary Consul of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea in Ukraine! Here's the background.
Why would such a busy man need a job at ZOD? The company's employees have already found the answer: a corporate raid. Now it's up to the State Property Management Department. Will they stop this overzealous manager, or will the matter once again reach law enforcement?
The state-owned enterprise "Hall of Official Delegations" reports to the State Administration of Affairs, the infamous DUS, now headed by Serhiy Berezenko, a member of Leonid Chernovetskyi's "young team" and well-known figure. No "overseers" can be deployed to the ZOD without his knowledge. Therefore, it appears that the entire situation in the aforementioned enterprise is the result of "reforms" carried out by the new head of the DUS.
Author of the material: Dmitry Khmelnitsky, Columnist
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