Ivanyushchenko profited from the Ukrainian army

Yuri Ivanyushchenko

Yuri Ivanyushchenko

It seems government officials are completely oblivious to what's happening under their noses, signing financial documents without the slightest desire to delve into their details. Otherwise, there's no explanation for the fact that a group of companies controlled by the former president's controversial protégé, Yuriy Ivanyushchenko (known as Yura Yenakievsky), has successfully profited to this day from fictitious procurements from the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense, embezzling state funds totaling 446 million hryvnias.

The Main Investigative Department of the Prosecutor General's Office of Ukraine opened an investigation (November 31, 2015) into embezzlement and abuses classified under Part 5 of Article 191 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (penalty: up to 12 years' imprisonment). Several companies are implicated, including Vizit, Geus Group, Ukrprodakord, Avika, Artek Soyuz, Admet Group, and Arta Group—most of which are likely fictitious.

The only thing they have in common is that they are all under the same management, which, in turn, is clearly connected to the Interregional Investment Union (Yuriy Ivanyushchenko) and the former Minister of Defense (Mykhailo Yezhel). Yezhel, incidentally, is also charged with abuse of power (Part 2, Article 364 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine).

Member of Parliament Tetyana Chornovol cites the example of Geus Group reselling goods (canned goods) produced at Ukrprodakord facilities to the Ministry of Defense at a significant markup, while ignoring taxes. Specifically, she noted the following on her blog: "Ukrprodakord is the manufacturer (it makes its own canned goods), and therefore supplies them to the army at a lower price and with better quality. Geus Group is the intermediary – it has the largest volumes, the greatest savings on quality, high prices for the Ministry of Defense, and even tax evasion – this is all Geus Group's style. The funniest thing is that it sells products produced by Ukrprodakord at a greater profit than Ukrprodakord."

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