While the Ministry of Revenue and Duties leadership publicly announces a radically new approach to personnel matters within the agency, one based on the candidate's professionalism rather than their personal connections to the highest echelons of power, the internet is exploding with ever more scandalous details about the lives of Moscow's tax officials.
In addition to the newly appointed heads of the capital's department, Vyacheslav Busarev (Director of the Department of Revenue and Collection of Taxes from Individuals) and Victoria Maltseva (Director of the Department of Services), who faithfully served Alexander Klimenko and whose corrupt practices are well known to business representatives, an equally interesting figure is the newly appointed head of the Goloseevka State Tax Inspectorate, Igor Bondarenko.
Igor Grigorievich owes his career advancement in the tax authorities to his father's close friendship with Mykola Azarov. Grigory Bondarenko served as Mykola Yanovich's deputy as head of the State Tax Administration for a long time. The future Prime Minister's former quartermaster skillfully controlled the cash flows used to finance the State Tax Administration's operations.
Such fruitful collaboration secured Bondarenko Jr. the position of head of one of the capital's tax inspectorates immediately after Yanukovych's victory.
Just a year after his appointment, Igor Grigorievich found himself at the center of a high-profile corruption scandal. His deputy, who acted as the "cashier" collecting bribes from entrepreneurs, was arrested while accepting a bribe. A large sum of money, envelopes with company names, and other "black ledger" were found in his office. Bondarenko was predicted to sit next to his deputy in the dock, but it was not to be. Igor Grigorievich remained in the comfortable chair of the State Tax Inspectorate and even managed to "rescue" his loyal aide. Before the eyes of an astonished public, the team continued to fill the national budget.
Perhaps Igor Bondarenko owes such obvious privileges from the authorities to the fact that he is the protégé of an influential businessman Ivan Avramov, who in turn is known as a business partner of Yuriy Ivanyushchenko. It's worth noting that reputable independent media outlets have repeatedly reported that the titushki units during the last revolution were commanded by Yura "Yenakievsky" (Ivanyushchenko). And most recently, the government's corruption commissioner, Tatyana Chornovil, stated on a popular television program that the Donbas separatists are being financed by Ivanyushchenko.
Bondarenko's close friendship with members of the "family" is confirmed by the fact that people close to Igor Grigorievich claim that in September 2013, he intended to leave the tax service and work for Serhiy Kurchenko. The change of employment did not occur, as the decision was made to retain his man in the Ministry of Revenue and Duties.
And now the logical question arises: "Why did the new leadership of the capital's tax office turn a blind eye to Mr. Bondarenko's clearly corrupt past, appointing him to head one of Kyiv's largest districts? Or, more precisely, how much did Serhiy Kurchenko pay Vyacheslav Busarev for the aforementioned position?"
P.S. A few days before his pay raise, to demonstrate his commitment to the new government and its ideas, Igor Bondarenko forced the Dnipro Tax Administration staff to donate half their salaries to support the Ukrainian army. His press service presented the move as a voluntary decision, while the rank-and-file tax officials themselves admit they were given a strict condition: either donate or resign.
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