The triumph of the Maidan victory has become so ingrained in Ukrainian consciousness that the speculation of revenge by the "Family" entourage doesn't bother minds already troubled by the events in the east of the country. And while all attention is focused on the unprecedented bloodbath in peace-loving Ukraine, in the quiet "hinterlands," the ground is being laid for a political revenge—a "rot," I dare say, of the kind that devoured our state from within before the Revolution of Honor.
We will talk about the candidate for People's Deputy of Ukraine in the 138th single-mandate electoral district, the protégé of Yuriy Ivanyushchenko, former general of the Security Service of Ukraine, head of the SBU Directorate in the Odessa region, Volodymyr Turytsya.
For consistency's sake, let's begin with the dawn of our hero's "corrupt" career. The rot of the parliamentary candidate began while he was still in Mykolaiv. At that time, preparing the sale of the Mykolaiv Alumina Refinery to an oligarch was the most important and profitable task for Volodymyr Turytsa, then head of the counterintelligence department for the protection of the national economy at the SBU Directorate in Mykolaiv Oblast. At that time, few were afflicted with such a terrible disease as corruption. Volodymyr Turytsa was already terminally ill.
Further, Odessa, Kyiv, Odessa (three times in total!) in the positions of heads of regional departments of the SBU brought Turitsa a multi-million dollar fortune.
Volodymyr Turytsia had no intention of stopping there, and in order to preserve his assets and influence, with the help of Yuriy Ivanyushchenko, he was appointed head of the Ovidiopol District State Administration by decree of Yanukovych in December 2013.
It is necessary to give credit to the current government for addressing the region's pressing issues, but not examining who is "for the people" and who is "against" among district leaders from December 2013 to the present day is at the very least inconsistent, and in fact risky, if not criminal.
It's risky primarily because the scale of corruption in the position of head of the regional SBU will seem insignificant compared to what Volodymyr Turytsia could steal as the head of the Ovidiopol district or, God forbid, as a people's deputy.
To avoid sounding unfounded, I will provide examples of a small portion of Turitsa's stolen assets during his time with the Odessa SBU.
For example, a 340 sq. m. house in the Sauvignon residential complex with a 15-hectare plot (14 Brizovaya Street, Sauvignon) that was "squeezed" from a developer and registered to his wife Oksana was successfully sold.
After this, three “squeezed” plots of land in an elite area of Odessa (Z. Kosmodemyanskoho St., 1/25, 1/25a, 1/25b) with an area of 4, 6 and 8 acres, respectively, were registered to Vladimir Turitsa’s mother-in-law.
A plot of 10 acres in Sauvignon registered to a relative named I.D. Yanushkevich. An identical plot of land is registered to his son, Andrey Turitsa, on the sea coast in the village of Burlachya Balka.
Two plots of land on the sea in Karolino-Bugaz, 10 acres each (Karolino-Bugaz village, block No. 2, No. 50, 51) are registered to the same relative of Yanushkevich T.D. and his son Andrey.
Further examples include apartments successfully "squeezed" from developers on Dovzhenko Street (ZARS building, two apartments), Kirpichny Lane 9, apt. 85 (three levels, registered to Andrey's son).
These are just a few examples of what Vladimir Turitsa has stolen over the last few years of his service, not counting the new Range Rover.
Having been absent from work for weeks at the Ovidiopol District State Administration, it's difficult to count on public support. He's completely unknown there, so it's no coincidence that Volodymyr Turitsa chose a different constituency, hoping to deceive voters in those districts with tales of his own "exploits."
In summing up the first part of this essay about the candidate for the people's elected office, I would like to convey one simple thought to readers: no amount of lustration can cleanse our government of crooks and thieves. The best lustration is a people's court for people like Vladimir Turitsa.
In support of these words, I can cite an example from the program of the candidate for people's deputy, Volodymyr Turitsa, who named one of the key positions as "... cleansing the state power from corrupt officials and unprofessionals, merciless punishment for bribery and embezzlement..." (cit. https://www.cvk.gov.ua/pls/vnd2014/WP033?PT001F01=910&pf7331=138 program of candidate V.V. Turitsa).
A simple question arises: what prevented Vladimir Turitsa from implementing the above-mentioned program position while in the SBU, especially considering that under his leadership, not a single significant result was achieved in the fight against corruption and embezzlement, and the department he headed at the time was bursting with crooks and unprofessionals?
The answer to this question, as well as other equally interesting facts, will be discussed further...
Ilya Ignatov, Chief Correspondent
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