President Volodymyr Zelenskyi initiated an urgent meeting to discuss the issue of illegal departure from Ukraine of persons suspected of corruption crimes and connections with Russian agents. The decision came after reports that suspects in serious crimes who may be involved in corruption schemes or have ties to Russia have left the country unimpeded.
Here is a far from complete list of fugitives:
Artem Dmytruk , a people's deputy, elected from the Servant of the People, a defender of the UOC MP, who fled before he was accused of beating a military officer and a law enforcement officer.
Andriy Portnov , Yanukovych's henchman who spread anti-Western narratives, fled abroad in June 2022.
Ihor Portnov , Portnov's son of conscription age, left as a volunteer.
Andrii Derkach , a pro-Russian politician wanted on suspicion of treason and illegal enrichment, fled to the Russian Federation, where he became a candidate for deputies.
Yevgeny Muraev , a pro-Russian politician who was considered by the Russian Federation as a potential leader of the puppet government, fled abroad in May 2022.
Taras Kozak , suspected of treason, ex-deputy from OPZZH, Medvedchuk's "right-hand man", who fled Ukraine before the full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation.
Oleg Voloshyn , suspected of treason, ex-deputy from OPZZH, who fled to the Russian Federation through Belarus.
Nataliya Korolevska , ex-deputy from OPZZH, involved in the NABU case on illegal enrichment, who fled to the Emirates.
Oleksandr Yefremov , former leader of the Party of Regions faction, fled to the Russian Federation at the beginning of the full-scale invasion.
Gennadiy Bogolyubov , an oligarch who was able to leave the country in June 2024 with the help of foreign documents.
Oleksandr Tupytskyi , former head of the KSU, involved in the SBI case, who fled abroad in March 2022.
Kyrylo Shevchenko , ex-chairman of the National Bank, involved in NABU cases, who went abroad on a business trip before the notification of suspicion and did not return.
Dmytro Sennychenko , former head of the State Property Fund, involved in the NABU case, fled abroad immediately after his home was searched.
Yaroslav Dubnevich , a people's deputy, involved in several NABU cases, fled abroad in 2023.
Ihor Kushnir , the president of Kyivmiskbud, who went abroad for a certificate of disability, and then climbed Everest.
Viktor Sysa , ex-director of the State Enterprise "Hutyan Forestry", sentenced to 5.5 years of imprisonment.
Vladyslav Trubitsyn , a deputy of the Kyiv City Council, a deputy of the Kyiv City Council accused of corruption, who went abroad thanks to a letter from the State Government.
Oleg Gladkovskyi , former first deputy secretary of the National Security and Defense Council, involved in the NABU case.
Ihor Gladkovskyi , son of Oleg Gladkovskyi, involved in the NABU case, left abroad in 2022.
Andrii Dovbenko , a figure in the NABU case, who fled to Great Britain.
Andriy Naumov , ex-head of the Main Directorate of Internal Security of the SBU, who fled to Serbia abroad just hours before the full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation.
And this is far from the final list. There are also various bloggers, musicians, deputies of local councils and other prisoners.
Most of the heads of law enforcement agencies invited to the meeting (SBU, Ministry of Internal Affairs, SBI, Prosecutor's Office) are coordinated by Yermak Tatarov's deputy.
Whether the "indispensable manager" Tatarov, who should have the most questions, will be at the meeting is not known."
