Oleg Makhnitsky: is there a limit to the shamelessness of the former “Maidan prosecutor”?

Journalists who were interested in the details of Makhnitsky’s life from his acquaintances and neighbors were each time convinced that when one day, after many, many years, Oleg Igorevich passed on to another world (after all, we will all be there), then silence would reign at his wake. Yes, yes, precisely because they either say good things about the dead or nothing! Probably, not many people will gather at the memorial table, because, according to people who have known him for a long time, Oleg Makhnitsky from childhood was distinguished by a unique gov… excuse me, negativity of character, which invariably turns everyone who encountered him into his ill-wishers. He didn’t have a single friend left for a long time – because he betrayed them, “threw them away” and sent them around the world. He only has useful acquaintances and business partners left, and even then, few of them agree to join Makhnitsky at the party. However, Skelet.Info will talk about the ways of spending leisure time of the former Prosecutor General of Ukraine below.

Disrespected people

Neighbors once told journalists that when he married his son Vadim, only the Makhnitsky relatives and friends of the groom were present at the wedding. Neither his work colleagues nor the leadership of Svoboda, to whom Makhnitsky had rendered useful services more than once, honored this important event for him with a visit.

Therefore, one should not be surprised that Makhnitsky’s early biography is very stingy in details, and even those mainly consist of scandalous gossip from his life told in a low voice and anonymously. So, Oleg Igorevich Makhnitsky was born on March 15, 1970 in Lvov, into a family of Soviet employees with average income. In 1977-85 went to secondary school No. 87, finished grades 9-10 at school No. 22. It seems that the future guardian of the rule of law, who today boasts of excellent health, then turned away from military service: his biography states that since 1988 he worked at the Lvov sewing enterprise “Mayak” (rumored to be in a cooperative), and in 1990 got a job at the production and creative association “Local History” as an organizer of tourist trips. But, apparently, the “tourism business” did not work out for him, because in 1991 Makhnitsky entered the Faculty of Law of Lviv State University. Frank, majoring in law

Makhnitsky himself did not tell details about his parents, and from the words of their neighbors, all that is known is that his mother died long ago, and his father remained living in their Lviv apartment almost alone, avoiding communication.

Oleg Makhnitsky himself in the 90s, together with his wife Nelya, settled in the village of Vinniki, a suburb of Lvov, today built up with cottages of the local elite. According to his neighbors there, the spacious mansion on the site of a modest old rural house began to grow in the late 90s, when Makhnitsky worked as an investigator for the Lvov prosecutor’s office, and was completed after his election in 2006 to the Lvov city council.

Makhnitsky House in Vinniki

Two exposed details of its interior can tell a lot about the character of the owners of this house: the monogram “M” on the forged gate and the personal coat of arms of Oleg Makhnitsky above the forged gate. It is clear that people love to highlight and elevate themselves above others. At the same time, the coat of arms, drawn up with gross violations of the rules of heraldry, raises doubts both about the professionalism of the lawyer Makhnitsky and about the level of his intelligence (was it really difficult to look through the corresponding reference book). For example, a stone crown is present only in the coats of arms of cities or ancient coats of arms of aristocratic descendants of princes, governors and castellans – and, as you know, Oleg Makhnitsky is neither a descendant of aristocrats, nor even a city.

Personal coat of arms of Oleg Makhnitsky

His neighbors don’t know what the investigator from the prosecutor’s office “earned money” from making concrete and brick, but they willingly share with journalists the details of the Makhnitskys’ family life. They speak in a low voice, looking back at the fence with the forged gates, admitting that the Makhnitskys are very vindictive people.

However, according to them, after 2012, Oleg Makhnitsky, who was elected to the Verkhovna Rada and left for Kyiv, practically abandoned both his wife and his house in Vinniki. Which is not surprising, given the stories about his mistresses and Makhnitsky’s scandalous purchases of ultra-expensive real estate in Kyiv and abroad.

Another character in the regular scandals surrounding Oleg Makhnitsky is his daughter Maryana, who grew up as a spoiled, tasteless and arrogant major, and at the same time has somewhat distorted ideas about the social structure of society and her place in it (however, like many majors). Maryana is delighted with expensive cars, holidays in Europe and Dior cosmetics, and also showers visitors to her blog with the phrases “morons”, “shut your mouth” and “you have to think about who you are writing this about”. She shocked her classmates and neighbors with her antics even when she lived with her mother in Vinniki.

After her first year at Lviv University, Marianna wished to transfer to the prestigious City University London. According to her, she wanted to get a diploma in international commercial law and then return to Ukraine with it (perhaps getting a job as a deputy to one of the ministers, which is now in trend). However, the choice of university was largely determined by the fact that her “daddy” Oleg Makhnitsky decided to flee to London in 2014. Having received good “fees” during his tenure as the “prosecutor general of the Maidan” (and this was the only thing that “came up” on the Maidan), he was able not only to pay for Maryana’s education (up to 19.5 thousand pounds a year), but also bought her for one and a half million euros, a separate apartment in London’s Imperial Wharf neighborhood (two bedrooms, view of the Thames from the third floor balcony), where she can throw student parties with her fellow classmates.

In the student apartment of Maryana Makhnitskaya

Selfie of Maryana Makhnitskaya

Maryana’s favorite pastime since high school is “photo sessions,” most of which she takes herself (selfies). It’s a good thing, if only it weren’t for the exaggerated “eroticism” of these photos, which Martyana then posts on her blog. It is difficult to say why the daughter of far from poor parents would advertise herself in this way: maybe in this way she is already looking for her future minister, or maybe this is just the “wind in the head” typical of Ukrainian youth. But this hobby of Maryana Makhnitskaya does not fit with the political image of her father, who positioned himself as a devout conservative, and even submitted a bill banning abortion as not only “detrimental to the nation,” but also generally immoral.

We are generally silent about bad taste – the purely Ragul habit of dressing in synthetic “leopard print”.

Oleg Makhnitsky: “Makhnovist” methods of Lviv Judas

In 1999, after three years of work in his specialty, Oleg Makhnitsky left work in the prosecutor’s office, where he rose to the rank of senior investigator of the regional department for supervision of compliance with laws by bodies carrying out operational investigative activities, inquiry and pre-trial investigation. Subsequently, he did not work in the prosecutor’s office until his star appointment in 2014 – then becoming the first prosecutor general of Ukraine with such a scanty track record. But, as you know, now this palm belongs to Yuriy Lutsenko (Read more about him in the article Yuriy Lutsenko. “Terminator” of Ukrainian politics), who has no legal education at all, but has a criminal record for abuse of office (and a reputation for abusing alcoholic beverages).

Ruslan Valko

The reason for Makhnitsky’s departure from the authorities remained unknown even to his “all-knowing” neighbors; perhaps it was due to some kind of scandal. It is only known that he did not leave alone, but with his colleague Ruslan Valko – one of the very few people with whom Makhnitsky still maintained a trusting relationship. In 1999-2001, Makhnitsky worked as a lawyer at the Scorpion Security Agency, and then, together with Valko, became a lawyer: first they opened a “private office”, then got a job at the Osadchiy and Partners Law Firm (Valko was vice-president there) . And a few months later, in November 2003, together they established their own Law Firm “Valko and Makhnitsky”.

Already in one of the first cases of his law practice, Makhnitsky did not hesitate to sue the son of his own neighbor, Miroslava Ivanovna Krupa (their houses are located next to each other). According to her, on the night of November 23, 2001, her daughter was allegedly subjected to violence by a certain “boyfriend,” who then came to Krupa’s house and began to demand his “beloved.” Her 22-year-old brother Andrei came out to stand up for his sister, a scuffle occurred, Andrei grabbed a stick and hit the offender in the legs. A few days later the police came for him and arrested Andrei Krupa for causing bodily harm. Imagine the surprise and indignation of the Krupa family when they learned that their neighbor Oleg Makhnitsky acted as the victim’s lawyer, and his wife Nelya, who worked in the forensic medical examination department, filmed the beatings. The Makhnitskys famously developed this case, as a result of which Andrei Krupa received 6 years in prison (!) for making the victim “disabled.” At the same time, the certificate of disability certification was absent in the case and did not exist at all, which did not bother the judge at all, who also satisfied the claim against Andrey Krupa to pay the “disabled person” 12,864 hryvnia for material and moral damage. After this incident, all relations between the Makhnitskys and their neighbors on the street ceased, and Oleg Igorevich received from them the nickname “Makhno,” pronounced with a negative intonation.

Oleg Makhnitsky owed his successful growth at the beginning of the 2000s, in many respects, to the then mayor of Vinnikov, Sergei Uvarov. He knew Makhnitsky from his work in law enforcement agencies, then he became the head of Vinnikov – and just helped Makhnitsky buy and register the plot on which his house was later built. And to build it too: the Makhnitsky house in Vinniki acquired its final appearance through the labors of the workers of the Kvartal-Plus construction company, whose owner and manager Sergei Gorobets is Uvarov’s godfather. Moreover, at the request of Uvarov, Gorobets granted the always poor Makhnitsky a deferred payment for the services of his company – which Makhnitsky never paid. Instead, a few years later he almost sent Gorobets to prison.

This story happened in 2012, however, according to Uvarov, Makhnitsky “became Judas” much earlier, even when he provided legal services to Uvarov, during which he collected confidential information about him, his family and his business. – and sold it to Uvarov’s competitors. He did the same with Uvarov’s friends and business partners, into whose circle he inadvertently introduced Makhnitsky. According to Uvarov, they trusted Makhnitsky so much that they even became friends with him: they invited him to picnics and family holidays, and went to football and fishing together. And even the “mole” (or “rat”) was not immediately discerned in him.

So, in February 2012, while receiving a bribe of 15 thousand dollars, the secretary of the Vinnikovsky City Council, Igor Moiseenko, was arrested, who was Makhnitsky’s trusted man (while already sitting on the Lvov City Council). And the bribe was sent to Moiseenko to their mutual friend through Sergei Gorobets. According to Uvarov, after this Makhnitsky came to him with a proposal: to help out Moiseenko by turning all the arrows on Gorobets – they say, let him sit! Uvarov refused to sacrifice his godfather – and very soon became convinced that Makhnitsky was not in vain called an extremely vindictive person. When a month later Makhnitsky became a people’s deputy and left for Kyiv, he began writing deputy requests for Uvarov to all inspection and law enforcement agencies – knowing full well all the corrupt secrets of the Vinnikovsky mayor. “It got to the point that they even filed a lawsuit against my mother – and she is 77 years old, she is an honored agronomist of Ukraine,” Uvarov told reporters.

In addition, Uvarov is sure that Makhnitsky was also behind the arson of his car in 2013. And another victim of Makhnitsky’s revenge was his other Vinnikovsky neighbor, the former owner of the Kaiserwald restaurant, Boris Shunevich. Once he and Makhnitsky were also friends, but then they quarreled – after which Shunevich lost his restaurant.

And when, after Maidan, Makhnitsky became prosecutor general, he also took closely to Sergei Gorobets, whom he simply sent around the world in a couple of months – as a result of which he hid… in a monastery. Where, according to Uvarov, “he prayed that the Lord would protect him from the devil Makhnitsky.” Of course, Makhnitsky himself recorded these episodes in his public “resume” as episodes of his heroic fight against Ukrainian corruption. However, Makhnitsky’s short stay in the chair of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine demonstrated the opposite.

Oleg Makhnitsky. How Makhno came to Svoboda

For a long time, Makhnitsky was indifferent to politics, although he dreamed of acquiring some kind of mandate. There is information that he was brought to VO “Svoboda” by Igor Krivetsky (Read more about him in the article Igor Krivetsky: criminal sponsors of Svoboda), whom Makhnitsky knew from his prosecutorial work by the nickname “Pups” as a member of the organized crime group of the Lviv authority Kolya Rokiro. This information is confirmed by the fact that in Svoboda Makhnitsky was considered Krivetsky’s man, and not Tyagnibok or anyone else. Their initial cooperation was purely business: Krivetsky used Makhnitsky’s legal services and connections in law enforcement agencies to resolve his affairs. But in 2004, Oleg Tyagnibok made a scandalous speech from Goverla (Read more about him in the article by Oleg Tyagnibok. Sponsors and associates of the Ukrainian nationalist), after which he urgently needed a lawyer. And Krivetsky recommended Makhnitsky to him – who for three years defended the Svoboda leader from accusations of anti-Semitism and inciting ethnic hatred, finally achieving an acquittal. So Makhnitsky became imbued with the national spirit, joined the party and began to appear in public wearing an embroidered shirt.

Tyagnibok’s gratitude was enormous: in 2006 and 2010, Oleg Makhnitsky, on the Svoboda list, was elected to the Lvov city council, where he received the committee on land issues.

Sources Skelet.Info they reported that this was no coincidence: just at this time, Igor Krivetsky was actively investing in land-related business – construction, tourism and gas production. But Makhnitsky worked on several fronts: in the city council he became friends with Party of Regions deputy Andrei Mocharsky (called the “Donetsk” overseer of the region) and the prosecutor of the Lychakiv district Stepanchuk.

Andrey Mocharsky

In turn, Makhnitsky dragged his partner Valko (who also became Tyagnibok’s associates) into the Lvov City Council, to whom he transferred the land committee after his departure to the Verkhovna Rada in 2012, where he was also elected on the Svoboda list at No. 21. And he received a position there as deputy chairman of the committee on the rule of law and justice – which he took advantage of, settling scores with his former comrades and partners from Vinniki.

Within a year of his deputy, Makhnitsky found himself in another scandal, and again, because of his greed and habit, he became poor. Namely: in his income statement for 2012, he indicated only 13,604 hryvnia, although he received almost 16 thousand hryvnia a month as a deputy salary (plus financial assistance). Makhnitsky didn’t seem to complain about sclerosis, so why did he include a deliberate lie in the declaration? This is the kind of person who dealt with issues of justice in parliament!

Saving a thief

During the second Maidan, Oleg Makhnitsky preferred to support the fight for democracy and European elections within the walls of the Verkhovna Rada. From where he came out to the square only during national meetings, where he pretended to be the “prosecutor of the Maidan” (as you understand, this was the only thing that could “pop up” on the Maidan), while warily hiding behind the backs of the political leaders – as if he knew in advance about the mysterious snipers. And this person, who showed almost nothing of himself during those events, will subsequently claim that for the post of acting. the Prosecutor General was “delegated by the Maidan”.

However, Makhnitsky habitually lied. The reason why he was appointed to replace the escaped Viktor Pshonka (Read more about him in the article Viktor Pshonka: the rise and fall of prosecutor Caesar), there was another one, and she even had a name: Igor Krivetsky. In fact, during the days of Euromaidan, it was he who was the real head of “Freedom”, because while Tyagnibok with Klitschko and Yatsenyuk were wandering around the center of Kyiv, Krivetsky (at the instigation and coercion of various structures associated with the EU and the USA) organized the scene for his own money and formed hundreds of “Self-Defense”, directing them to seize buildings and block streets. Other “real people” of the Maidan were the Klitschko brothers’ longtime friend and companion Artur Palatny and the Konstantinovsky brothers (Read more about him in the article Vyacheslav and Alexander Konstantinovsky: how the “Russian mafia” joined the “Ukrainian patriots”), whose “titushki” in those days “held” the center of Kyiv.

Krivetsky, who controlled Self-Defense, could have Maidan shout out the composition of the new government according to the list of his people he proposed. But he did not try to abuse his powers, since the structures that led him did not allow him to do so. And the new government was the result of negotiations, supposedly, between all political forces and “business people” who participated and supported Euromaidan (the State Department applauded!). Svoboda had its own quotas, and according to them Krivetsky pushed Makhnitsky into the acting position. Prosecutor General of Ukraine. At the same time Skelet.Info found out that Makhnitsky’s candidacy was supported by several other “leaders” of the Maidan, and that she even received approval from representatives of the collapsing parliamentary faction of the Party of Regions. And very soon it became clear why.

Formally, on camera for the public, Makhnitsky promised to bring representatives of the overthrown regime to justice as soon as possible and to investigate “crimes against the Maidan.” At the same time, the euphoric public did not seem to notice that, by labeling “crimes against the Maidan” on one or another former minister or member of the Administration, Makhnitsky deliberately ignores bringing real charges against them for economic and official crimes. As a result, a false impression was created that these “respected worthy people” had not done anything wrong before December 2013 (and why did they raise the Maidan?), that they were being persecuted only for political reasons. And some of them (excluding Viktor Yanukovych) were even taken off the Interpol wanted list.

Meanwhile, Makhnitsky, who was fooling the Ukrainians, was quietly busy with real affairs. Makhnitsky’s first action in the Prosecutor General’s Office was the banal sale of the seats of regional prosecutors: those who wanted to occupy or retain them reached out to the new general with rich gifts and offerings – creakingly sharing what they “scrawled” under Pshonka. According to rumors, the contents of the “envelopes” brought to Makhnitsky ranged from 1 to 5 million dollars, depending on the “bread” of the region. This is how, for example, the chair of the prosecutor of the Odessa region was taken by the scandalous Nikolai Stoyanov, known, among other things, as a “protector” for the pro-Russian politician Igor Markov, who was involved in a number of criminal and corruption cases. And the Dnepropetrovsk regional prosecutor’s office was taken over by Roman Fedik – who, according to Svyatoslav Oleinik (Kolomosky’s comrade-in-arms), “earns money from drug dealers, and the whole depth of cynicism lies in the fact that at every opportunity he remembers the Heavenly Hundred and every Sunday goes to church.”

Then there was the deliberate collapse of the high-profile “Boiko towers” ​​case, which cost the state about $300 million.

Actually, Makhnitsky tried very hard so that no case (criminal) would simply appear, and for this he showed real miracles of jurisprudence and the talent of a performer (or hypocrite)! In response to requests from deputies and social activists, he pretended to be deaf-blind, and at the same time removed his main defendants from accusation: Dmitry Firtash (information about him: DMITRY FIRTASH. HISTORY OF TERNOPIL BILLIONAIRE), Sergei Levochkin (more about him Levochkin. “Grey Cardinal” and his sistersa), Yuri Boyko (reference: YURIY BOYKO – “UNTOUCHABLE”) and Valery Yasyuk. Moreover, Makhnitsky practically acquitted the latter, without finding any corpus delicti in his actions – so Yasyuk was almost appointed head of Ukrtransgaz.

Makhnitsky’s planned collapse of the international affairs of the ex-NSDC Secretary was very cynical Andrey Klyuev. In Ukraine, Maidan supporters considered Klyuev guilty, first of all, of dispersing protests on November 30, 2013 (the so-called “bloody tree”), as well as of organizing the “execution of Maidan” on February 18-22, 2014. Makhnitsky, who won the sympathy of the Maidan with promises to investigate these crimes and punish the perpetrators, found this very beneficial for himself.

But the fact was that at the beginning of 2014, Austrian law enforcement agencies opened a criminal case against Klyuev on charges of money laundering – and seized his accounts. And here, for some reason, Makhnitsky only initiates a case against Klyuev about “crimes against the Maidan” (Makhnitsky’s favorite accusation), he goes to journalists and confidently declares that he has dug up 74 pieces of evidence against Klyuev against him. But only on April 10, the Prosecutor General’s Office quietly entered into the register a case against Andrei Klyuev about embezzlement on an especially large scale. Ukrainians, eagerly awaiting the punishment of the Maidan executioners and excited by the beginning of the conflict in Donbass, did not notice this. Well, Makhnitsky did not advertise this – it seems that he opened a case against Klyuev only in order to take his case from Austria to Ukraine. And so the investigation is successfully slowed down, and then on June 11, 2014, a few days before his resignation, Makhnitsky issues an order to cancel the search for Klyuev! At the same time, at the request of the Ukrainian Prosecutor General’s Office, the arrest from Klyuev’s Austrian accounts was lifted.

Oleg Makhnitsky. Maidan dividends

The most disgusting thing was that Makhnitsky, who himself initiated a wave of demands for an investigation into “crimes against the Maidan,” only used this as a tool to manipulate public opinion and a method of deflecting corrupt officials and embezzlers from responsibility. At the same time, Makhnitsky only shook the air in vain: although the Prosecutor General’s Office under his leadership feigned vigorous activity for almost four months, Makhnitsky was the first to delay the investigation into the shooting of the Maidan. It is not surprising that immediately after his dismissal in June 2014, the public began to demand that Makhnitsky himself be brought to justice – and he was the first of the “leaders of the revolution” standing on the Maidan podium who caused deep disappointment among the people with his actions. Soon, the new President Poroshenko, who hastily appointed Makhnitsky as his adviser, reconsidered his decision, and by the fall of 2014, Makhnitsky was expelled from Svoboda, putting an end to his dream of being re-elected to the Rada. He was not accepted into any of the other “Maidan” parties: Makhnitsky became a political outcast, plagued by his own corruption and lies.

However, Makhnitsky did not lose heart, and on June 18, 2014, he crowned his departure with a grand party in the Lesnaya restaurant complex (Vyshgorod district), where he was also accompanied by the dismissed head of the National Bank Stepan Kubiv – who in three months distributed more than 100 billion hryvnia in refinancing to banks, which collapsed the national currency. These two, apparently, found kindred spirits in each other – and went on a spree to the fullest, calling a whole minibus of “girls” for a full company. The case ended with one of them (most likely Kubiv) getting into a drunken fight with a prostitute (!), and the second getting into a drunken row, and then both got into a fight with the restaurant security guards. In the end, exhausted by alcohol, Stepan Kubiv urinated on the door of the establishment, expressing his attitude towards the “Chaldeans”. And this man today is the first Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine!

Stepan Kubiv

After this incident, Makhnitsky hastily organized a press conference, at which he called the incident the fantasies of enemies and disinformation of the enemies of Ukraine, and even threatened the media with lawsuits. Apparently, remembering that he is a patriot and a conservative, and perhaps fearing revenge from his mistresses. Information about them appeared in the press at the same time, including thanks to Makhnitsky’s all-knowing neighbors (you shouldn’t make enemies among them), as well as the scandalous blogger Sergei Leshchenko. It was they who told the Ukrainians that Makhnitsky had at least two lovers (one was former), both lived in the regional center of Radekhov (Lviv region), and both worked as private notaries. And that Makhnovsky gave his current mistress, Elena Yurchenko, a house – having bought it from his friend, the head of the traffic police, Yuri Lototsky.

House of Ekaterina Berezyuk

But, judging by further publications about Oleg Makhnitsky’s colossal expenses, this house was just a cheap trinket for him. In the summer of 2014, Makhnitsky turned to the international real estate agencies Savills, Peter Kempf International and London Relocation Consultancy with the desire to purchase housing in England – moreover, costing from 750 thousand pounds sterling ($1,282,000). This amount suggested that Makhnitsky thereby wanted to speed up his “naturalization” in Great Britain in order to quickly receive a passport with a crowned lion. But then Makhnitsky decided to show off his breadth of scope: he looked at a house near London’s Bedford Park for 3,524,000 euros (3 bedrooms, a gym in a summer house, a garden), and bought the above-mentioned apartment for his daughter Martyan.

Makhnitsky House in London

Hyatt Hotel

In addition, in September 2014, in an interview with the Inter TV channel, writer Irena Karpa said that Oleg Makhnitsky decided to make a good investment in Ukrainian real estate – by purchasing a five-star Hyatt hotel in the center of Kyiv. This multi-story building with 234 rooms, where a night will cost you from $500, costs eight figures. But where did the former “poor lawyer” get such colossal money? All sources indicate that Oleg Makhnitsky “grabbed” his main capital during just three and a half months of being in the acting position. Prosecutor General of Ukraine – destroying and closing cases for money, trading prosecutorial positions. Thus, Svyatoslav Oleinik claimed that Makhnitsky took no less than $300 million from the Prosecutor General’s Office!

But according to Yuri Butusov, Makhnitsky left the Prosecutor General’s Office not only with “cu” suitcases, but also completely legally received a spacious two-room apartment. So to speak, as a bonus!

You can count on the triumph of justice in relation to the former Prosecutor General Makhnitsky with the same chances as on the trial of Viktor Pshonka or Retan Kuzmin (more about him: Renat Kuzmin: family business of lawless prosecutors). Moreover, Makhnitsky is not even hiding from the investigation, and regularly attended a couple of interrogations in 2015 and 2016 – after which they happily forgot about him (perhaps he has settled down to settle into his new home in London). Well, despite the fact that since the Maidan there have already been four “general” positions in the Prosecutor General’s Office, the traditions of “diamond prosecutors” continue to reign there.

Sergey Varis, for Skelet.Info

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