Yuri Sevruk
There is not a single state institution left in Ukraine that is not susceptible to corruption. And, perhaps, the most corrupt structure today is the Prosecutor General’s Office.
Lustrated prosecutors, involved in shady deals to shield the right people, through decisions of no less corrupt courts, return to their positions and continue to work for the benefit of friends in criminal circles.
And in general, against the backdrop of today’s reforms in the law enforcement system, it is quite difficult to notice dark spots on the “bright” reputation of prosecutors and the immediate leadership of the GPU. Thus, with each “new” person at the top of the Prosecutor General’s Office, Ukrainians are promised with an oath that now the department will begin to transparently and openly implement the main motto “law, honor and dignity,” but, in fact, the prosecutors have long sold their honor and dignity, and the law turned into a tool for enriching corrupt officials.
Thus, Yuri Sevruk, the current acting prosecutor general, whom experts call Shokin’s man, having acquired a new position, did not dwell on his past experience in closing the criminal cases of his friends, but continued this activity with new strength and powers.
Back in 2011, when Sevruk was working in the Podolsk district of Kyiv, he became the hero of a rather funny story. One man was attacked by four hooligans while walking in Vinohradar. Not only was he thoroughly beaten, but his fighting Staffordshire terrier was also set on fire. The local police tried for six months to understand all the circumstances of the case and, ultimately, refused to initiate criminal proceedings against the hooligans. Prosecutor Sevruk decided this was illogical and, based on the testimony of these same hooligans, opens a case against the man. In his opinion, this citizen single-handedly beat four people, one of whom was taken to the hospital after the fight… in a state of severe alcoholic intoxication, he, by the way, turned out to be an employee of the Ministry of Emergency Situations.
And already in 2014, interesting details of a popular scheme for obtaining large sums through bank loans surfaced, which also involved Yuri Sevruk.
During the period 2011-2012, when lending in Ukraine was essentially frozen, in certain business circles legal entities received millions in loans with ridiculous collateral that did not provide even a tenth of the principal amount of the loan. Everything was thought out to the smallest detail, right down to the pocket notaries who formalized such transactions.
One of these notaries is Inessa Vladimirovna Kravchenko, who works in the Kiev notarial district. She was repeatedly involved in obtaining “left” loans, for which she regularly received her share. But everything secret sooner or later becomes clear, and in 2014, law enforcement officers discovered facts about the notary’s illegal activities, which allowed them to open a criminal case against her.
Inessa Kravchenko
According to the documents, it turned out that in June 2011, Inessa Kravchenko certified several loan transactions, including transactions with UniCreditBank, but she could not physically do this, since at the time of concluding the agreements she was on vacation in Antalya, Turkey.
Based on this fact, the Pechersk district police department began criminal proceedings, during the investigation of which it was truly established that Kravchenko was indeed abroad at the time of the transactions. This is confirmed, including letters received from the hotel where the notary lived, as well as evidence from travel agencies about purchased vouchers and air tickets.
The Ministry of Justice stated that during her vacation, Kravchenko used 43 notary forms on which her stamp and signature were. According to the law, in the event of the actual absence of a notary when making a transaction, it is considered illegal, and such a document is invalid. As a result, Kravchenko should have been deprived not only of his license to practice, but also brought to court for forgery of documents. However, as often happens in our country, the criminal case was hushed up, and the most compelling evidence mysteriously disappeared.
One of those who helped Kravchenko avoid responsibility is the current acting acting director. Acting Prosecutor General Yuri Sevruk. After the Prosecutor General’s Office became involved in the investigation of the case against Kravchenko, information about citizen Kravchenko crossing the state border within the specified period disappeared from the border service database, and the prosecutor’s office never received an official letter from the hotel. In the absence of key evidence, the case was closed, and Inessa Vladimirovna continued to work as a notary.
By the way, in 2010, the then President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych awarded Sevruk the medal “For Labor and Valor.” This became known only in 2015, after some personnel rotations. The news, as usually happens, instantly spread throughout the blogosphere, and Sevruk decided to reassure the public, saying that he really received a medal from Yanukovych, since “there was a reason for it.” In 2014, from the hands of the current government, Yuriy Sevruk received the badge of an Honorary Worker of the Prosecutor’s Office of Ukraine. In June 2015, President Petro Poroshenko awarded Sevruk the rank of State Counselor of Justice, 3rd class, which is equivalent to the rank of “major general.”
And, before he had time to sit in the chair of the first deputy, Sevruk hastened to give a briefing in which he said that he was not subject to the law “On the Cleansing of Power” and had even already received the conclusions of all departmental authorities, except for the conclusion of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
It turns out that from the very beginning of his career in the prosecutor’s office, Sevruk acquired extensive operational experience in matters of falsifying facts, ranging from the low-profile cases of his comrades in trouble to the widely publicized cases of “diamond prosecutors.”
By the way, on May 3, Sevruk’s powers as acting prosecutor general officially ended, but for some reason the authorities are in no hurry to provide Ukraine with a new prosecutor general.
Ruslan Yakushev, Anticorrosive