The state-owned company “Gas Transportation System Operator of Ukraine” (GTSOU) is going to make a payment of UAH 1.2 billion to LLC “KB Teploenergoavtomatika”. This company won the tender for the reconstruction of the compressor station, but its reputation raises serious questions due to past corruption allegations.
Former People's Deputy Maksym Mykytas drew attention to the tender on his Telegram page.
According to Mykytas, “Teploenergoavtomatika” is controlled by Viktor Braginsky, the former director of the Kyiv Metro, who is currently wanted. According to businessman and former MP Maksym Mykytas, the company acts as a “gateway” through which the metro’s funds were laundered.
According to an investigation by Bihus.Info, LLC “KB Teploenergoavtomatika” received multi-million contracts for repairs in the metro during the time of Braginsky’s leadership. The main owner of the company since 2020 is Tetyana Beletska — People’s Artist of Ukraine, ballerina of the National Opera and head of the classical choreography department of the Kyiv Municipal Academy of Dance.
However, journalists indicate that Beletskaya is most likely only a nominal owner. She may be the mother-in-law of Kyrylo Kryvets, a longtime colleague of Braginsky. In the mid-2000s, Kryvets and Braginsky worked in the structures of Naftogaz, and later engaged in business together. After Braginsky was appointed director of the Kyiv Metro Enterprise in 2014, Kryvets became the owner of several contracting companies that performed work for the metro.
According to Mykytas, “Teploenergoavtomatika” never had its own labor or material resources to perform contracts. The company served as a “gateway” through which state funds were laundered. Several criminal cases have been initiated against the company for embezzling money from the “Kyiv Metro.”.
Previously, the company received UAH 1.5 billion for repair work in the capital's metro, although the cost of services and materials was overstated.
Despite its dubious reputation, LLC “KB Teploenergoavtomatika” won the tender of the “GTS Operator” for the reconstruction of the compressor station. The project involves the allocation of 1.2 billion UAH, which may become another stage in the use of the company for money laundering.
Tender. Screenshot of Prozorro
The state-owned company has not yet commented on the possible deal, but society is demanding an investigation into Teploenergoavtomatika's ties to suspects in corruption schemes in Kyiv.
