Prosecutor Vladimir Petrov
Pursuant to the Law of Ukraine "On the Purification of Power," Vladimir Petrov, the Sumy Oblast prosecutor dismissed by order of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine, filed a lawsuit with the Sumy District Administrative Court seeking reinstatement. This was reported by the press service of the Sumy Oblast Prosecutor's Office.
Petrov believes that he did not make any decisions, did not contribute to the usurpation of power by President Yanukovych, and did not violate the rights of citizens, and, moreover, did not carry out any actions to undermine Ukraine's national security, as defined by the Law of Ukraine "On the Purification of Power."
The prosecutor of the city of Sumy, senior justice adviser Gennady Gladkov, has been appointed acting prosecutor of the Sumy region.
But let us recall that in July 2014, at the height of military action in the east of the country, the Sumy Oblast prosecutor's office was concerned not with finding and bringing to justice separatists and traitors to the state, but with improving housing conditions.
Vladimir Petrov, then the prosecutor of the Sumy region, approached Oleksandr Lysenko, the mayor of Sumy, with a request to allocate 1,2 hectares of land on Lushpy Avenue for the construction of a high-rise building. Moreover, the prosecutor impressed the mayor with his request so much that the request was considered at a city council meeting.
The former mayor of Sumy learned of this land scam, posting a scan of the appeal and writing on July 17 that he had managed to obtain:
"I received copies of some interesting documents today. Or rather, the same document, but different copies. And quite surprising. I would never have bothered with such a trivial matter if this (such actions) weren't typical of the new city government. A typical example, so to speak.
At one time, I had to allocate quite a lot of land plots for residential construction to law enforcement agencies—the Prosecutor's Office, the Security Service of Ukraine, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs—through a session of the Sumy City Council. They would find an investor (developer) and, under an investment agreement, receive between 4% and 10% of the apartments, depending on the attractiveness of the particular plot. These agencies received apartments not necessarily in the building being built on the plot, but, as a rule, in buildings already commissioned by the developer.
For this, I was subjected to merciless criticism from the opposition at the time. I had to be patient and maneuver. Moreover, some plots (not all, but there were some) fell under the so-called infill development scheme. The process was complicated... A prime example is the SKD. Although the standards were observed there, by the way. But "living space"... I agree, there were problems. However, the "security forces" (or rather, the developers) absolutely refused to take the land on either Kovpak or Nakhimov. Of course, it was the infrastructure.
What now? Refresh your memory of the epigraph. What do we have? Or rather, what do you have, gentlemen and comrades of Sumy?
Guys, you have the same thing four months after the Revolution of Dignity and a month and a half after “Live in a New Way”.
The prosecutor's office is sending a letter with a request (see the first copy of the document). They have the right. Although our country is already new! See the epigraph again. Ideally, this topic should be over.
The Department of Urban Development and Land Relations (DGiZO) is preparing a negative response: no, it is not possible.
Because this land plot of 1,2370 hectares under the located parking lot "Psel" - the intersection of Demyan Korotchenko Street and Mikhail Lushpa Avenue - has already been provided for permanent use to the DP "Parking" of the KP "Melkooptovy" SMR: This is, firstly.
Secondly, it would be possible, in principle, to build an apartment building there in accordance with the general plan requirements by reclaiming the land "from under the parking lot," especially since it is in the hands of a utility company. But this is impractical. There is a severe shortage of parking spaces in this neighborhood (and not just in this neighborhood, but in all the surrounding neighborhoods). If anything should be built on this site, it would be a multi-story parking garage. To achieve this, "Comrade" Minaev even seized the land of four such parking lots from the "automobilists' union" (incidentally, it was not legally registered, but there were attempts to "legalize" it), and the land was transferred to the utility company. Admittedly, the time has not yet come (the economy does not permit it) for the construction of such multi-story parking garages in Sumy. But I am confident that sooner or later, investors will emerge, and the land can be registered without overcoming the indefinable obstacles of private land leases.
The gist of the answer being prepared: the land is in use, and if anything is to be built, it will only be a parking lot.
And see the epigraph again!
Mr. Lysenko is obviously not satisfied with this answer and he... (pause, hold your breath [!] and see the second copy of the document) literally a week later personally signs a COPY of the prosecutor's office letter with the signature "Voitenko V.V. For the implementation and adoption of a decision! Necessary to discuss and find the opportunity. 08.07.2014. Signature A. Lysenko."
How do you like this new paperwork? A bit of know-how, at least! However, the clerks figured it out and registered the document in the mayor's office's document management system under the same incoming number. But with a different internal incoming number. Both are correct from a paperwork perspective. All that was left for Oleksandr Krasulya, head of the Land Relations Department of the Department of Land and Land Relations, to do was to stamp his signature on his subordinate, who had prepared the response a week earlier: "Add to your reply." Because no one is going to violate Ukrainian law. The land is in use. What repeated "processing"? What "decision-making!"? What "need to discuss" here? What "possibility" needs to be found?
Nevertheless: “Voitenko V.V. For processing and making decisions! We need to discuss and find out what is possible.”
Are you out of your mind, Mr. Lysenko? What do you mean? Take away parking from drivers? Did you know that this lot has about 600 parking spaces? And it's all full!
We once changed the intended use of a 0,5-hectare plot of land belonging to Avtomobilny Hypermarket LLC, which it won in a 2007 tender, from a car dealership to a residential building (marked in red on the map, with approximate boundaries). However, design issues arose (including solar radiation from the adjacent building at 15 Demyana Korotchenko Street). So, either five stories—which doesn't comply with the zoning (Zh-4: 9-16 stories)—or a "candle" building as close to the street as possible, which is also not ideal. Building houses there is problematic. A five-story parking garage would be just right!
I remember very well the hysteria unleashed by the opposition at the time regarding the "prosecutor's" building on the SKD. What now? When they're in power? Huh?
So, "Minaev took it, Lysenko returned it"? No need to look at the epigraph anymore... We've achieved it.
As a reminder, 61-year-old Vladimir Petrov, dismissed by Prosecutor General of Ukraine V. Yarema on October 23, is appealing his dismissal in court. A hearing is scheduled for October 29 in the Sumy District Administrative Court.
Subscribe to our channels in Telegram, Facebook, Twitter, VC — Only new faces from the section CRYPT!