14 years ago, the Yanukovych regime decided to extend the Russian military presence in Ukraine.
Namely, on April 21, 2010, in Kharkiv, Viktor Yanukovych and Dmytro Medvedev signed an agreement according to which the stay of the Russian Black Sea Fleet in Sevastopol was extended from 2017 to 2042. The agreement stipulated the possibility of extending the term for another five years, if the parties have no objections. The rent for the stay of the fleet was set at 100 million dollars per year.
This is reported by the editors of the 360UA NEWS
In exchange, Russia agreed to lower the price of gas imports and removed the penalty clause from the gas contract if Ukraine purchased less than the stipulated amount of fuel.
Then, in record time - in 6 days - people's deputies were offered to ratify the Kharkiv agreements.
April 27, 2010 was remembered for the fact that Lytvyn was covered with an umbrella by his bodyguards - eggs and smoke grenades flew at the speaker. In addition, during the meeting, a fight broke out in the hall between deputies from the Party of Regions and "Our Ukraine - People's Self-Defense".
Almost 40 minutes after the start of the session, despite the fight, smoke bombs and blocking of the tribune, the Verkhovna Rada nevertheless ratified the Kharkiv Agreements - 236 votes "for".
Of them:
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Party of Regions - 160 votes "for" out of 161 (only Dmytro Shentsev did not vote);
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Communist Party - 27 out of 27 "for";
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"Block Lytvyn" - 20 out of 20 "for";
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"Bloc of Yulia Tymoshenko" - 9 out of 154 "for";
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NU-NS – 7 out of 72 "for";
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non-factional deputies - 13 out of 16 "for".
And we decided to check how some of the collaborators in the council feel now, continuing social and political activities these days and whether their conscience (of course not) for what their desire has led to, will pay off in front of the growing racism.
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Ihor Palitsa
Palitsa was repeatedly elected a people's deputy, in different years he headed the Odesa Regional State Administration and the Volyn Regional Council, and during his political career he was able to become involved in scandals and criminal cases. At the time of the vote, he was a member of the "Our Ukraine - People's Self-Defense" faction, which was almost entirely opposed.
Although Palitsa is trying in every way to disavow the fact of the vote, they allegedly voted for him, but back in 2014 they wrote about him in connection with Azarov and the regionals.
And when Palitsa is asked questions on this topic, he tries to justify himself, as if it is not important that he and other deputies voted for the ratification of the Kharkiv agreements. His objection boils down to shifting responsibility to higher authorities.
"But I would like to say something else about Crimea. Did the vote of 2010 - the extension of the stay of the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Federation in Crimea - lead to the fact that Russia occupied Crimea? I think not. Or would something have changed if the agreement had expired in 2017, and in 2013 there had been events with the European Union? I was in Crimea, in Sevastopol, in the summer of 2012, I talked with Crimeans! Why did this happen? Because all the years of Ukraine's independence, each government first of all looked at who stole the sanatoriums and tried to redistribute them. She looked at the free land and wanted to steal it. We are now protecting the Crimean Tatars after 2014. And before the occupation, for some reason, they did not think about the Crimean Tatars? ", said Ihor Palitsa.
And how is the Stick doing today?
People's deputy from the party "For the Future" almost disappeared from the information space with the beginning of the war. Only in April he gave an interview to the TV channel "1+1", but then he disappeared from the TV screens again. It turned out that Ihor Palitsa traveled abroad twice during the war: he was not in Ukraine from July 18 to August 10. has been owned by his family since 2019
This is stated in the journalistic investigation of "Ukrainian Pravda" "Battalion 'Monaco' 2. Ukrainian elite refugees on the Cote d'Azur".
Journalists managed to find the luxurious villa with a swimming pool thanks to the photos published by his daughter Maria on the Instagram social network already after the full-scale invasion of Russia.
Although Palitsa himself declared to IA "Volynski Novyny" that he was not going to leave Ukraine, but judging by the way that website likes to cover the volunteer activities of the people's deputy and his numerous political statements in the mass media, the news agency belongs to Palka for PR purposes, or at least he a good friend of the editorial office.
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Sviatoslav Pyskun
Svyatoslav Mykhailovych Piskun - three times Prosecutor General of Ukraine, People's Deputy from the Party of Regions of the 5th and 6th convocations. Lieutenant General of the Tax Police, 1st Class State Counselor of Justice, Chairman of the Union of Lawyers of Ukraine, Vice-President of the International Fund of Lawyers of Ukraine, member of the Supreme Council of Justice of Ukraine. He voted as a deputy from the Party of Regions.
Although already after the Maidan, he cried to the media that his family was terrorized by the Yanukovych regime. So much so that he had to buy a villa on the Cote d'Azur as a "shelter".
Likewise, Piskun casual friend.
Studying his public activity during the war, one can come to ambiguous conclusions. Although the former Prosecutor General has already retired from the case.
Even at the beginning of the war, Piskun decided to promote the unity of Ukrainians against the threat of the Rashists - he posted a photo with a weapon on his Facebook page, but received only ridicule .
And already in 2023, when the front rose and for many Ukrainians the war became something distant in the east, Piskun decided to shine in the media. Then he will talk about his complete loyalty to the current government, although he does not completely agree, then he will begin to accuse the military commissars of bribery sent his 24-year-old son Piskun to London early).
But the old habits - to serve the Russians - are showing signs, and now the patriot and kitchen "orc hunter" Piskun talks about the terrible losses in the 47th brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
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Serhii Golovaty
Judge of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine, and since December 29, 2020 acting Chairman of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine. People's Deputy of Ukraine of the I-VI convocations, Minister of Justice of Ukraine in 1995-1997 and 2005-2006. Former member of the CPSU. As you might guess, he voted for the Kharkiv Agreements from the Party of Regions.
Despite the war, he lives a completely peaceful life, declares land plots, real estate and even a temple .
And he evaded the prospect of being held responsible for allowing the occupiers to base themselves in Crimea very elegantly - according to the principle "you can't win - you lead." Holovaty is a judge-rapporteur in the case of the Kharkiv Agreements. Neither coverage of this fact in the mass media, nor applications for withdrawal can in any way affect this situation.
And in cases related to corruption, Holovaty is processed even if the punishment for him is ridiculous, for example, the Holosiivsky District Court of the city of Kyiv found the head of the Constitutional Court (KSU) Serhiy Holovaty guilty of an administrative offense and ordered him to pay a fine of UAH 1,700.
Already on April 1 of this year, the Kyiv Court of Appeal considered Holovaty's appeal against the decision of the court of first instance, which found him guilty of corruption and sentenced him to a fine.
And... the appellate court overturned the decision of the first instance and adopted a decision to close the case, including due to the absence of an event and the composition of an administrative offense.
Ironically, Golovaty is the president of the subcommittee on the rule of law ("rule of law"), a member of the Extended Bureau of the Venice Commission, whose mission is to draw conclusions on the compliance of draft legislative acts with European standards and values.
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Lytvyn Volodymyr
The Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada, the one who had eggs and smoke grenades flying at him during the voting. Like Palitsa, he tried to justify such a decision, but the reason was the lack of alternatives and the coercion of the Russian Federation.
Lustrations bypassed him, and in the fall of 2014 he was elected to the Verkhovna Rada as a self-nominated candidate in the extraordinary elections. He was a member of the People's Will parliamentary group. On October 20, 2017, Volodymyr Lytvyn announced his withdrawal from the People's Will parliamentary group in the meeting hall of the Verkhovna Rada.
Took part in early parliamentary elections of 2019 as a candidate in the majority district No. 65 (Zhytomyr Region). According to the voting results, he lost.
Earned by the hard work of a deputy, for example, Volodymyr Lytvyn declared a million-dollar fortune both in cash and in bank accounts. According to the declaration, in 2018 People's Deputy Volodymyr Lytvyn received a salary of 570,965 UAH at his main place of work, and the deputy earned almost 769,615 UAH at the Institute of History of Ukraine. Also, the parliamentarian received reimbursement of expenses related to the performance of parliamentary powers in the amount of UAH 512,880. In addition, in 2018, Volodymyr Lytvyn received a scholarship for an academician of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine in the amount of UAH 61,344, the deputy's pension was UAH 121,819. The amount of interest from deposits was about UAH 90,000, and the income from renting out property was UAH 1,200,000. Also, the elected official declares interest on domestic state loan bonds in the amount of UAH 442,002.
The elected official's bank accounts contain funds in various currencies, namely 3 million 804 thousand 467 hryvnias, 199 thousand dollars. and 50,124 euros. Volodymyr Lytvyn declares UAH 90,000 and $85,000 in cash. Also, in June 2018, Volodymyr Lytvyn purchased 1,577 bonds of JSC "UkrSybbank" with a total value of 12 million 972 thousand 424 UAH. The owners of JSC "UkrSibbank" are foreign companies: BNP Paribas (France) owns 58.2% of the shares, EBRD (Great Britain) - 38.8%. And already on September 10, 2018, the people's deputy announced changes in his property status: the politician became the owner of 1646 bonds of the aforementioned bank, the value of which is 1 million 564 thousand 967 hryvnias.
According to the declaration, Volodymyr Mykhailovych is the owner of an apartment with an area of 259.8 square meters in Kyiv worth 9 million 435 thousand UAH, in addition, the people's deputy rents a residential building with an area of 550.3 square meters and a non-residential premises of 421.6 square meters in Koncha - Fall asleep
As for valuable real estate, the people's deputy owns a Zenit and Hublot geneve collection watch, a complete collection of books (4.5 thousand items), 35 paintings and weapons of such brands as BD-880, Blaser and Craighof , the cost of which is not specified.
Among valuable movable property, the deputy of the Verkhovna Rada declares one passenger car Toyota Land Cruiser 200 (year of manufacture - 2003) worth UAH 864,000. As for intangible assets, Volodymyr Mykhailovych has the copyright to the work (#2506-2514). Tetyana Kostyantynivna, the wife of the people's elected representative - Lytvyn, declares two land plots (share - 44.5 thousand square meters and homestead plot - 5.7 thousand square meters) in the village of Yemchiha, Myronivsky district, Kyiv region.
Among the valuable movable property owned by Lytvyn's wife are 32 icons. In 2018, Tetyana Kostyantynivna's salary for her main job at PJSC "Salivonkivsky Sugar Factory" amounted to almost 582,000 UAH. In addition, Tetyana Lytvyn received income from the rental of property in the amount of UAH 25,697, interest – UAH 10,571. The parliamentarian's wife also declares cash in the amount of UAH 950,000.
That's how Lytvyn's measured life would go until the case of "Avakov's Backpacks" appeared. When in February 2015, the Ministry of Internal Affairs concluded contracts with the Dniprovend company for the purchase of 5,000 backpacks worth 14.5 million hryvnias (2,898 hryvnias per piece) and with the Pligachiv FOP for the purchase of 1,000 backpacks worth 2.1 million hryvnias (2,100 UAH per piece).
When "Dniprovend" won the tender at the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the investigation of their work as a conversion center, which has been ongoing for almost a year, did not prevent officials from directing budget funds to this firm. In June 2015, it became known that the backpacks were purchased at inflated prices through companies controlled by Arsen Avakov's family.
In the fall of 2017, law enforcement officers arrested three people in this case: Oleksandr Avakov, son of the Minister of Internal Affairs, Serhiy Chebotar, former Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs, and businessman Volodymyr Lytvyn. In July 2018, the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office closed the case against Avakov and Chebotary. The third person involved in the case, Volodymyr Lytvyn, decided to take the blame.
On September 1, 2018, the court approved a plea agreement between SAP and Lytvyn. He fully admitted his guilt in fraud and falsification of documents, exposed another person involved in the case, who has already died, and agreed to compensate damages of 4.8 million hryvnias. Lytvyn was sentenced to 2 years of probation.
When "Dniprovend" won the tender at the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the investigation of their work as a conversion center, which has been ongoing for almost a year, did not prevent officials from directing budget funds to this firm. In June 2015, it became known that the backpacks were purchased at inflated prices through companies controlled by Arsen Avakov's family.
In the fall of 2017, law enforcement officers arrested three people in this case: Oleksandr Avakov, son of the Minister of Internal Affairs, Serhiy Chebotar, former Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs, and businessman Volodymyr Lytvyn. In July 2018, the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office closed the case against Avakov and Chebotary. The third person involved in the case, Volodymyr Lytvyn, decided to take the blame.
On September 1, 2018, the court approved a plea agreement between SAP and Lytvyn. He fully admitted his guilt in fraud and falsification of documents, exposed another person involved in the case, who has already died, and agreed to compensate damages of 4.8 million hryvnias. Lytvyn was sentenced to 2 years of probation.
Lytvyn decided not to make a statement about himself in such a high-profile scandal. Everything changed when the war started. At that time, Lytvyn signed up for the volunteers , hoping that the transfer of two dummy machine guns would correct his treason.
"Went to Novoromanivska secondary school. At the request of the team, he handed over 2 units of training weapons for classes at the military school. I talked with the teachers," the ex-speaker noted.
What do we have as a result - now the former head of the party represented in the parliament, the Chairman of the Constitutional Court, a friend of Stolar and the former Prosecutor General and ex-speaker of the council, at the same time involved in a high-profile corruption scandal, who has not been brought to justice for treason, are quietly leaving for the border for rest and declare funds that can seriously support the regiments of the Armed Forces at the front. At the same time, our characters do PR in the war, "helping" people for a good picture. The war, the prerequisites of which they themselves had a hand in, or they do not pay attention to it at all. And the investigation of the Kharkiv agreements was apparently abandoned, which is madness considering what this act of selling sovereignty led to.
