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🔴 Former SBU chief Malyuk might have received a cut of $1 million for not extraditing a Russian to the Russian Federation? Details of the high-profile bribery case involving SBU officers.
30 July, NABU and SAP announced suspicions in a high-profile bribery case of $1 million against SBU employees for not extraditing Russian national Oleksandr Kuznetsov to the Russian Federation.
The suspect Andriy Osipov allegedly acted as an intermediary between Kuznetsov and the SBU. Another figure — Eduard Lozovskyi — introduced Kuznetsov to Osipov.
Both Osipov and Lozovskyi convinced Kuznetsov that the SBU would extradite him, intimidated him, and boasted about the suspect’s connections with top law enforcement officials, among them — former SBU head Vasyl Malyuk.
❔ Here are the details: what Malyuk’s role in this case was, how Kuznetsov was threatened with violence, and which other agencies “did not touch” Kuznetsov thanks to Osipov.
Eduard Lozovskyi convinced Kuznetsov of Osipov’s connections with Malyuk (then acting head of the SBU) and that he was personally involved in “resolving his issue.”
Kuznetsov: “Hey, are you sure that Andriy is handling this with V.V. (ed. — meaning Vasyl Vasyliovych (Malyuk))?”
(...)
Lozovskyi: “I’m not just sure, I can give you my head on a stake! You just thought that I call… they asked me for the password when you had the SBU. They asked me for the password, I give the password, and they put you on the line. Nothing to worry about. Who came to you? The SBU.”
Kuznetsov: “I just… I have doubts that Andriy is in contact there with someone high, with Malyuk…”
Lozovskyi: “I tell you again, I was personally in his office.”
👀 The investigation suggests that even part of the bribe, $200 thousand, could have been for Vasyl Malyuk.
Lozovskyi: “Before the war, before his dismissal, I was personally in his office. That’s one. Secondly, I tell you again: from these 800 000 specifically 200 000 — that’s personally his, I give you my head on a stake.”
It also appears that NABU detectives managed to record a conversation between Osipov and Malyuk shortly after the latter’s appointment as acting head of the SBU for the second time.
Osipov: “Hello, brother. Hello. It’s okay, bro, I only recently got home… Well, I understand you’re in the heat of it there. Brother, I get it… (...) Also, big greetings to the madam general’s wife! Do you hear, brother? Do you hear? Well, she could have thought, brother, that this thug from Korostyshiv would reach such a level now?”
In addition, NABU recorded a meeting between Osipov and the then-head of the Department of Strategic Investigations (DSR) of the National Police, Andriy Rubel. Later Osipov assured Kuznetsov that the DSR would not touch him either.
‼️ Another top SBU official appeared on the recordings — Serhii Duka — currently first deputy head of the Department for the Protection of National Statehood (DZND) of the SBU. It was Duka who oversaw the attack on NABU and SAP in July 2025.
31 July, VAKS sent Osipov into custody without the possibility of bail.
The SBU has not yet commented on the case. While thousands of SBU employees are defending Ukraine at the front, some rear SBU staff, it seems, for $1 million could help a Russian stay safe on Ukrainian territory.
🔗 More about Kuznetsov himself, why he could have been extradited, case details, recorded conversations, and the possible ties of the figures involved: https://antac.org.ua/news/pov-iazani-z-sbu-osoby-vymahaly-1-mln-dolariv-khabaria-za-vidsutnist-ekstradytsii-shcho-treba-znaty-pro-novu-spravu-nabu-ta-do-choho-tut-vasyl-maliuk/
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