Viktor Leshchynskyi, the founder of the charity fund of the same name, during the Yanukovych-Azarov era, was engaged in solving various "issues with a corruption component". After Yanukovych fled to the Russian Federation, Leshchynsky was left with "earnings" and was forced to look for a new "political shelter", which he found in the person of Mykola Tyshchenko.
Viktor Leshchynsky managed to enter the "topics" and work "under Tyshchenko" through close People's Deputy Mykhailo Laba, in whom Leshchynsky was listed as an assistant consultant.
How multifaceted and omnivorous Mykola Tyshchenko's personality is, so diverse are the "topics" in which Leshchynsky took part together with Tyshchenko. For example, Viktor Leshchynsky came to the attention of Ukrainian law enforcement officers when Tyshchenko involved the BF "Ukrainian Reconstruction Fund", which belonged to Leshchynsky's wife, to launder funds stolen from the bank accounts of natural persons of US citizens . Taking advantage of his status as a people's deputy and the trust of the head of the OP Andriy Yermak, Tyshchenko was able to put the investigation "on pause", but the folder with the case materials remained.
Thanks to connections with Mykola Tyshchenko, companies affiliated with Viktor Leshchinsky often win tenders and receive large state contracts without bidding at all, having access to budgets at all levels. At the same time, the estimates for the performance of works are overstated by 5-7 times.
It is worth noting that despite the incriminating publications in the press, law enforcement officers ignore the corruption schemes in which Leshchynsko's companies appear. In any case, this was the case before the arrest of Mykola Tyshchenko.
For example, during the construction of a school shelter in Ladyzhyn for 77 million hryvnias, only the prices for tiles were overstated by 4 times. As reported by the journalists of Our Money, the project was ordered without bidding by All-Ukrainian Center of Public-Private Partnership LLC for UAH 1.45 million . It included a sports field: a football field of 4,536 square meters. m and a running track on 575 square meters. m. The expert report was issued by Proexp LLC.
The capital designer "All-Ukrainian Center of Public-Private Partnership" belongs to the "volunteer" of the "Victor Leshchynskyi" Foundation Ilya Sitkar and Valentina Nikityuk. Previously, the founders were Ivan Bocharov and Viktor Leshchynskyi. Leshchynsky is also the owner of the company "Proexp" , together with Serhii Kuchai and Petro Sydorenko.
Another demonstrative case - the construction of the Leshchyna school shelter by the companies in the village of Kryukivshchyna near Kyiv will cost the budget a record 169 million hryvnias. The school shelter in Kryukiv Oblast is officially the most expensive in Ukraine, but Viktor Leshchynskyi and Mykola Tyshchenko are not at all concerned that they are profiting from the safety of Ukrainian children.
Of course, the shelter in Kryukiv region could be built at least twice as cheaply, but other companies were never able to get full access to participate in tenders.
According to our sources in the President's Office, Mykola Tyshchenko was given the "topic of repairing schools and shelters", and Tyshchenko engaged Viktor Leshchynskyi to carry out the work. The tender conditions are signed for Leshchynskyi's company, the work is carried out according to an inflated estimate, Tyshchenko and Leshchynskyi receive excess profits, because "budgets for education" can be up to 80 percent of the district's total budget.
It is worth noting separately the work of the so-called Viktor Leshchynsko Charitable Foundation - a gathering point for compromised ex-regionals and various "lookers" from Mykola Tyshchenko.
Journalists of our publication inquired about the biographies of this group, whose names and photos are posted on the Foundation's website .
We can single out Anri Veremiychenko and Eduard Kodzaev among the ex-regionals who are well remembered by Ukrainians from the Yanukovych-Azarov era.
Anri Veremiychenko is a functionary from the time of Viktor Yanukovych, just like Viktor Leshchynsky was abandoned by the "masters" in Ukraine and forced to look for a new "political roof". Veremiychenko is one of the co-owners of Radical Bank, connected to Viktor Yanukovych's entourage. In order to understand the degree of closeness of Anri Veremiiychenko to the "family", it is worth noting that Radical Bank handled the raiding of assets of interest to Viktor Yanukovych.
The story of another ex-regional, "volunteer" of Viktor Leshchynsky's charity fund - Eduard Kodzaev is also illustrative. Ivano-Frankivsk Eduard Kodzaev was the owner and director of JV "Avalon" LLC, "BK PK-invest" LLC and "Troika invest" LLC. In 2010, he ran for the Frankivsk City Council from the Party of Regions. He was an assistant to "regional" people's deputy Elbrus Tadeev.
Eduard Kodzaev became known to the general public after he squandered millions of so-called "Kyoto money" that were supposed to be sent to social infrastructure facilities in the Zaporizhzhia region. Kodzaev admitted his guilt in the embezzlement of funds, but was not actually punished. After 6 years of court proceedings, Kodzaev received a one-year suspended sentence and used the stolen funds to widely celebrate the "loyalty of the court" by organizing a party in the Dominican Republic .
Kodzaev's case, in the context of the latter's participation in Viktor Leshchynskyi's BF, is interesting in several ways. First of all, Kodzaev did not just "steal millions", he actually stole funds intended for children, because we are talking about "repair and insulation of schools".
Secondly, it is worth paying attention to the geography of the tenders won by Kodzaev - according to the materials of criminal cases #12016080360000300, #12015080130002280 - this is the city of Berdyansk.
According to our sources in the prosecutor's office of the Zaporizhia region, Kodzaev could not win the tender for the restoration of schools in Berdyansk, without the protection of the ex-people's deputy Oleksandr Ponomaryov, who was convicted of treason.
Separately, we should mention the "watchers from Tyshchenko", who, coincidentally, are also "volunteers" of the Viktor Leshchynsky charity fund. We are talking about Volodymyr Pryglyad and Arsen Melkumyan.
Volodymyr Pryglad, the ex-husband of the singer Natalia Valevska, is known for his actions of a pro-Russian nature . Priglyad openly supported Antimaidan in Kyiv and organized rallies in support of Yanukovych in Donetsk region. He was previously convicted of fraud. Pryjad is a freelance consultant of Mykola Tyshchenko, whom he openly introduced as "watcher of Transcarpathia". As a "watcher from Tyshchenko", Volodymyr Pryglyad collected tribute from contractors who performed work for budget funds in the region .
The personality of ex-secretary of the Uzhhorod City Council Arsen Melkumyan - "looking after Tyshchenko" in forestry . Arsen Melkunyan was appointed on the instructions of Mykola Tyshchenko, later he was removed by the head of the OVA Viktor Mykyta . Melkumyan's functionality included "implantation of Transcarpathian foresters" according to the scheme , according to which Mykola Tyshchenko later began to immobilize call centers.
As you can see, the Viktor Leshchynsky Charitable Fund is not so much about help as it is about access to budget funds. And while Mykola Tyshchenko is under house arrest, Viktor Leshchynskyi continues to generate cash by winning a tender for the quotas of the ex-best man of the OP chairman.
