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🧩 Ex-assistant of Dubnevych appears in multimillion procurements
The head and owner of JSC Dnipro Switch Plant, Serhiy Taranenko, a former official assistant to Member of Parliament Yaroslav Dubnevych, has again come under scrutiny over public procurements. He is linked both to the old case about possible losses to Ukrzaliznytsia of 93 million UAH and to new tenders of the Port of Pivdennyi.
Old scheme at Ukrzaliznytsia
According to NABU and SAP, in the years 2015–2017 Yaroslav Dubnevych (then chair of the Verkhovna Rada Transport Committee) organized the supply of switch products for the Center for Production Support branch of PJSC Ukrzaliznytsia through intermediaries — LLC KRT Corporation and LLC Argo. Although the railway could have bought the products directly from the manufacturer — the Dnipro Switch Plant — the goods passed through a chain of companies with markups.
The investigation believes the losses reached 93,28 million UAH. Among the accused are Dubnevych himself, his former assistant and first deputy head of the branch Eduard Pushkarenko, as well as Serhiy Taranenko (chairman of the switch plant) and his deputy Valeriy Kryachko.
In May 2026 the High Anti-Corruption Court closed the case for the second time due to procedural issues with the pre-trial investigation deadlines. The SAP appealed the decision. The next appellate hearing is scheduled for 18 November 2026. According to media reports, Dubnevych is abroad.
New tenders at the Port of Pivdennyi
In 2025 the State Enterprise Sea Commercial Port Pivdennyi held three tenders to purchase switch, rail, and joint products (March, July, and September). The total expected cost was nearly 21 million UAH excluding VAT. The sole participant and winner was LLC VKP TAKO.
42,2% of that company belongs to Serhiy Taranenko, who is simultaneously the beneficiary of the Dnipro Switch Plant — the manufacturer of the same products. BEB detectives found price overstatements of 1,5–2 times, which, in their estimate, caused losses of around 4,9 million UAH.
In March 2025 the port also announced a procurement of railway equipment with an expected value of over 6 million UAH including VAT. According to publications, the scheme was repeated in 2025.
“Technical error” with an award
Earlier, Taranenko’s name appeared in a draft decree proposing to award the Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise. After his role in the 93 million UAH case was mentioned, the award was declared a “technical error.”
As of the end of October 2026 the old Ukrzaliznytsia case is at the appellate review stage, and the new procurements at the Port of Pivdennyi have already become the subject of an investigation. Taranenko remains a key figure in both episodes — as the product manufacturer and beneficiary of the supplier companies.
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