Odesa businessmen Oleksandr Granovsky and Boris Kaufman, through their associates, are attempting to bribe activists advocating for the transfer of Odesa International Airport to municipal ownership. This was reported by Andriy Perov, a leader of the "Airport Is Ours" civil campaign, a member of the Lustration Committee, and human rights activist.
The activist reports that Valeriy Deordiyev has repeatedly offered bribes. Deordiyev is a former police officer and now a member of the Odesa Regional Council from the People's Party and a trusted confidant of Oleksandr Granovsky and Boris Kaufman. The activist reports that Kaufman and Granovsky pushed Deordiyev into the regional council to lobby for their own interests.
A civil campaign activist called on media representatives and the public to report bribery attempts by Kaufman and Granovsky.
It was previously reported that a series of provocations are being prepared against activists from the "Airport NASH" organization in order to discredit the movement to return the airport to municipal ownership.
As a reminder, the City Council's stake in the Odessa airport is only 25%, while privately owned Odessa Airport Development LLC owns 75%. Thus, the Odessa airport is controlled by a private entity linked through a number of shell companies to Boris Kaufman and Oleksandr Granovsky.
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