Deputy Minister of Energy and Coal Didenko is doing business with Kolomoisky and Bogolyubov.

Igor Didenko

Igor Didenko

Deputy Minister of Energy and Coal Industry Igor Didenko conducts joint business with the former governor of Dnipropetrovsk region Igor Kolomoisky and Gennady Bogolyubov (Read more about it in the article Gennady Bogolyubov: What Privat's other half is keeping quiet about?). Radio Liberty journalists report this.

 

As specified, Igor Didenko, together with Kolomoisky and Bogolyubov, owns the company Proton-21, which is engaged in scientific and production activities, in particular the development of a new, safe technology for the disposal of radioactive waste.

 

It is known that Mr. Didenko became a co-owner of Proton-21 in 2008. According to the Unified State Register of Companies, Proton-21 has an authorized capital of 123 million hryvnias. Didenko's share in the company's authorized capital is 12,5%, or approximately 15 million hryvnias. It is unclear where Didenko got this amount, as as a civil servant he earns approximately 18 hryvnias per month.

 

Radio Liberty journalists attempted to gain access to the company's premises, located in the city of Vyshneve in the Kyiv region. However, they were denied entry, and Proton-21 management categorically refused to comment. As it turns out, the Proton-21 pilot plant has not patented a single invention since 2004.

 

In response to journalists' questions about Proton-21, Deputy Minister of Energy and Coal Industry Igor Didenko stated that enterprises under the Ministry of Energy and Coal Industry's jurisdiction do not have contractual relations with Proton-21 LLC. Didenko also commented that he sees nothing illegal in doing business with oligarchs Kolomoisky and Bogolyubov.

 

However, journalists claim that it was precisely when Mr. Didenko took up the position of Deputy Minister of Energy and Coal that Kolomoisky gained control over a number of strategic state-owned enterprises, such as Ukrnafta, Ukrtatnafta, and Ukrtransnafta. This allowed the oligarch to establish a full oil refining cycle and practically monopolize the hydrocarbon market in Ukraine.

 

 

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