According to ZN sources. UA in the Office of the Prosecutor General, the sprint entry and exit from the pre-trial detention center of the mayor of Odessa Gennady Trukhanov is only the beginning of the process of removing him from office. Freedom for UAH 13 million in bail, made by a party ally, “on which all taxes have been paid” is not an indulgence for “continuing parasitism on the city and its budget”.
However, it is not a matter of conspiracy, which, according to a number of observers, the prosecutors of SAP and Bankova allegedly entered into in order to finally allow the mayor of Odessa to keep company with his enterprising deputies and business partners Kaufman and Granovsky. Just who said that the president's office would not fail to take advantage of the results of the NABU investigation into the case of the Krayan plant? So that after the court takes Trukhanov out of the game, give the decapitated Odessa and the region to feed one of their influence groups?
But let's go in order.
Why Trukhanov was arrested now, and not two and a half years ago?
This is the first question that mayors ask, seeing in the colleague's case not so much a criminal as a political trace.. And you know, after Bankovaya without hesitation demolished the mayor of Chernihiv Vladislav Atroshenko, and now the heads of the city and regional military administrations (by the way, the head of the Chernihiv OVA Vyacheslav Chaus just now headed the regional cell of the Servant of the People) are breaking the Chernihiv Rada, the fears of local authorities can be understood.
But only in part. Because Trukhanov’s budget scam with the Krayan plant is not Atroshenko’s personal, exported from the country, Tesla. Even if the factory buildings did not go into private hands, but remained in the ownership of the Odessa community and the Center for the provision of administrative services was opened there. “Odessa TsNAP is recognized as one of the best practices in Ukraine, where 720 people work and receive a salary. We were taken there from all over the country to show. Well, guys, specifically in this case, NABU hit the bar,” my interlocutor, the mayor of one of the regional centers, is convinced.
Is not a fact. Recall that the building, which was once part of the complex of the State Enterprise " At the end of 2016, the Odessa City Council took out UAH 185 million from the pockets of Odessa residents and gave them to a private structure, which - attention! – at the beginning of 2016, she herself acquired this complex at an auction organized by the state liquidator for UAH 11.5 million. According to NABU, the city council, in collusion with entrepreneurs, defended the price and then was going to legalize the funds. At the same time, as the examination established, the actual cost of the building could be from UAH 34 to 92 million, but not UAH 185 million.. And not UAH 11.5 million, for which a shell company bought it from the state. All schematic details are here..
Publicly, in fact, Trukhanov's colleagues - mayors - do not comment on anything. Still, the case is too toxic, given the names Galanternik, Kaufman and Granovsky standing next to the hero. For a wave of hate in the networks, Vitali Klitschko had enough of a statement in court that he, as the head of the Association of Cities of Ukraine, was ready to bail Trukhanov. The conclusion of the outraged public turned out to be expected: “Klitschko supports Trukhanov because he is afraid that he will be next”. Maybe. But only because our local self-government, which is heroically coping with the challenges of the war, also has a downside, which is dealt with by NABU. About the number of schemes that work throughout the country, but were clearly opened in Odessa, he spoke in detail in an interview with ZN. UA chief detective of NABU Andrei Kaluzhinskiy.
Therefore, in order to answer the question why VAKS really reached out to Trukhanov just now, it is worth remembering literally one detail from the background. Since October 2018, the case of the Krayan plant has been considered by the Malinovsky District Court of Odessa. In July 2019, of course, he acquitted Trukhanov, but the SAPO prosecutors filed an appeal. On February 11, 2021, the VAKS Chamber of Appeal overturned the acquittal and sent the case for consideration to the Supreme Anti-Corruption Court. And it's been almost 2.5 years now! ) Trukhanov's lawyers do not even allow a preparatory meeting to be held in order to schedule the case for consideration. The endless absences of both the accused himself, “who sends himself on important business trips”, and his lawyers completely blocked the trial.
“Of course, we see this problem, and not only in the Trukhanov case,” our source in the VAKS comments on the situation.. - There are enough productions that have been dragging on for years like this. Against the backdrop of the passivity of the parliament, which is not ready to legally resolve the issue, judges and prosecutors began to take a more active position. After all, if the defendant has a measure of restraint that does not cause him any discomfort at all, if he deliberately and without consequences for him violates this measure of restraint, then, obviously, you need to choose another. And Trukhanov repeatedly violated the obligations that, on the basis of the Code of Criminal Procedure, the court imposes on him. This made it almost impossible to conduct a trial for two and a half years..
Why Odessa and the region were left without power?
Odessa during the war became one of the most logistically convenient places of communication for international meetings of representatives of the central government. Chisinau airport accepts planes from all over the world, and from there it takes five hours to Odessa by car. It's not from Warsaw to " A representative office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has been opened in the city, all negotiations on the grain corridor are held in Odessa. And this, not to mention the military and strategic importance of the city and the entire region for Ukraine..
At the same time - now again attention! - two months in the region there is no governor (the duties are performed by the first deputy. ex-head of the OVA Maksim Marchenko, two deputies of whom were detained for corruption), there is no regional prosecutor for three months, the head of the Regional State Tax Service for three months, and a month for the head of police: they rule everywhere and.
What's this? Disregard for the region? Center incompetence? Or the inability to sort out between the \?
How is it even possible that in such an important region during the war there is practically no power? Of course, in Odessa, a city rich in combinations, nominal power has always been closely intertwined with shadow power.. But at the moment, both the shadow (Galanternik, Kaufman, Granovsky) and official authorities are “cut down”. Region - ownerless.
The comrades on Bankova Street are either wildly irresponsible (which we do not rule out at all), or they really cannot decide within themselves who to “unsubscribe” Odessa to. After all, the one who becomes the beholder will fill all these vacancies with his people?
Who will lead the city if the court removes Trukhanov from office?
On Saturday, the mayor of Odessa, Gennady Trukhanov, left the pre-trial detention center on bail of UAH 13 million.. Now the question is: will the SAPO apply for his removal from office under Art.. st. 154–158 Code of Criminal Procedure? According to our sources in the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office, this option is not excluded.. It was considered earlier, but was in no hurry to implement it due to possible accusations of politicization and war. But now the appeal will decide. Trukhanov's defense has already announced that he will appeal the measure of restraint. SAP seems to be appealing too, demanding even more bail. “And after the decision of the appeal in process of restraint, suspension may be one of the options,” says the source..
By deadline. Consideration of the appeal will begin no earlier than in a week. How long it will last, it's hard to say - it happens in different ways. There is a reason for the subsequent removal, because it was the position of the mayor that contributed to the commission of the crime and criminal activity can continue. The Granovsky / Kaufman scheme is proof of this. Although Trukhanov himself is not yet in their file, only his deputies. According to the Code of Criminal Procedure, the dismissal of the mayor is possible for two months with a subsequent extension based on a court decision..
“But the bail has been paid, the mayor is at large and must continue to work! - my interlocutor, the mayor, reacts to the information. - Otherwise, he will easily win the case of his illegal suspension in the European Court. And this will be a big minus for our anti-corruption authorities.. We want the rule of law, like in Europe and America? Then you should not seek justice in an unjust way..
OK. fixed. But then there is another difficult question: who should / will manage the city if Trukhanov is nevertheless removed? “Even if the court satisfies the conditional petition of the SAPO prosecutors, there is a formed executive committee in Odessa, there are deputies plus a working local council. And there is no reason to introduce a military administration, which, of course, the office of the president will claim,” the mayor added..
Before going to the meeting of the Supreme Anti-Corruption Court, where he was taken into custody, Trukhanov signed an order that the " While First Deputy Sergei Tetyukhin is on vacation. (And three more former deputies - Mikhail Kuchuk, Oleg Bryndak and Svetlana Bedrega - are involved in the Kaufman/Granovsky case. NABU suspects all three of participating in a criminal organization and using their official position). But in case of suspension, the option with the deputy is non-working.
Because, according to. 3 st. 50 of the Law " 1 st. 42, the powers of the village, township, city head are exercised by the secretary of the council. The viability of this option is evidenced by the experience of the current mayor of Kharkiv, Igor Terekhov, when he acted as the deceased mayor Gennady Kernes. Although in the case of Odessa, such a compromise figure is unlikely to be the ex-rector of the Odessa National University named after. Mechnikova Igor Koval. Although he went on the list of "
Therefore, in connection with the current martial law, Bankova is quite legal (h. st. 4 of the law on the legal regime of martial law) can take advantage of the situation to introduce military administration in Odessa. Which, in fact, was confirmed to us by sources in the president’s office: “if the court removes Trukhanov from office, the office will go to VA”.
Here, perhaps, it is worth quoting a local deputy, published on the Dumskaya website: “We will arrange kipish - it will not seem enough. There is no reason to introduce military administration in the city. We have a normally functioning city council, we have approved vice-mayors. And the military situation is normal. Odessa is a deep rear, which is sometimes lightly shelled. Listen, in Kharkov, which is very close to the front line, which they are trying to wipe out from the face of the earth, there is a normal mayor and city council. No military administration was created there. What's the point of doing it in Odessa?
... So, firstly, it is obvious that Trukhanov's case will become an important marker of the viability of the anti-corruption bloc, which, no matter how anyone wants to tie it to Bankovaya, is still working independently. And even after the unclear Semyon Krivonos entered the NABU (who began a large-scale reorganization of the Bureau with consequences that have not yet become clear), we can unequivocally state that opening the Odessa abscess is the merit and responsibility of the team of the old configuration.
Secondly, it can be stated that representatives of local self-government are absolutely not ready and do not know how to publicly communicate the problem of corruption in their ranks.. And it's not just about Odessa. Until now, the mayors have lived in the paradigm of a short power leash, which each new government on Bankova pulled when it was beneficial for them.. Usually on the eve of elections. But it was also convenient for mayors to drape their schemes with a political order.. NABU broke this familiar game. Therefore, sooner or later local self-government will have to parallel processes, on the one hand, continuing to repel Bankova’s authoritarian attacks, on the other hand, to undergo self-purification. If not in the elections (Trukhanov was elected three times! ), then with the applied help of NABU, SAP and VAKS. Even during the war and in the conditions of the actions of the central government, which has its own views on Odessa.
Thirdly, in the current situation, the central government should not think about which of its own “unsubscribe” Odessa, but about how to keep the strategic region during the war. Such a personnel policy is unacceptable today! And no matter what scenario is eventually chosen (if the SAP and VAKS go to remove Trukhanov), it is hardly worth forcibly imposing a stranger on the city. This monastery demands respect for its charter. Odessa has changed over the year of the war, but it can still become a trigger that can activate the silted " What Russia will definitely use.
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