❗️ Beating, death in the hospital, and a suspended sentence: the story of the son of the candidate for head of Energoat...

❗️ Beating, death in the hospital, and a suspended sentence: the story of the son of the candidate for head of Energoatom that shocked the whole country

Previously we reported that Pavlo Pavlyshyn — former director of Rivne NPP and today the first deputy mayor of Varash — is currently one of the candidates for the position of chairman of the board of Energoatom. However, one of the most high-profile episodes of his recent years requires a much deeper examination: the criminal case of his son, Yevhen Pavlyshyn.

This story began on 18 June 2022 at the Kholodok recreational base in the village of Rudka in the Rivne region, whose director at that time was Pavlyshyn Jr. As the court established, Yevhen Pavlyshyn was intoxicated. The conflict arose after a 64-year-old vacationer, Tamara Leus, made a remark to him.

According to the case materials, Pavlyshyn hit the woman in the head. She fell, after which he continued to strike her. When the victim’s daughter tried to protect her mother, she was hit as well. Tamara Leus was hospitalized with numerous injuries. And on 22 June, four days after the beating, the woman died in the hospital.

One would think the central question of the investigation would then be the causal link between the beating and the death. And that is what happened. But here the case took a sharp turn. According to information given in the court materials, the forensic medical examination concluded that the immediate cause of death was not the beating at the recreational base. According to the version accepted in the case, while already in the hospital the woman allegedly fell in her ward, struck the back of her head on the floor, and sustained another head injury. The experts allegedly "linked" the death to this fall…

As a result, this circumstance effectively determined the subsequent fate of the criminal proceeding. At an early stage law enforcement considered much more severe charges, including intentional homicide and serious bodily injury. However, by the time the case reached court it was brought under Part 1 of Article 122 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine — intentional bodily injury of moderate severity — and Part 1 of Article 296 — hooliganism.

Yet the outcome of the case still proved sensational. Yevhen Pavlyshyn pleaded guilty to the charges brought against him. The Volodymyrets District Court sentenced him to two years’ imprisonment but released him from serving the sentence, setting a two-year probationary period. The court awarded the victim’s relatives a total of 100 thousand hryvnias in moral compensation…

So after beating two women, the hospitalization of the 64-year-old victim, and her death, Pavlyshyn Jr. remained free.

Certain questions also arose during the trial itself. The victims’ side sought the recusal of the judge and the transfer of the proceedings to another court. The victims’ representatives expressed concerns about possible influence and bias. The court did not uphold these arguments…

At the same time, OBOZ.UA journalists established that Yevhen Pavlyshyn owns real estate and runs businesses, and after the events in question he bought a Toyota Hilux for approximately 50 thousand dollars. He is also linked to real estate in Kyiv region and business in the Varash district.

In other words, we have a fairly telling picture: the criminal proceeding drags on for years, the victim dies after the beating, the son of an influential local official receives a suspended sentence, and at the same time continues to do business and grow his assets.

There is something else interesting: Pavlyshyn Sr. has repeatedly boasted since the fall to his circle about an upcoming appointment at Energoatom. And here the following — perhaps the most important — question of the whole story arises. Who can help Pavlyshyn return to the big nuclear energy sector?

And as has become known, among his circle of supporters are the names of former head of Derzhatomrehulyuvannia Hryhoriy Plachkov, expert Olha Kosharna, and further — old staffing ties that lead to the former leadership of Energoatom and the circle around Andriy Derkach…