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You won't believe it — after public disclosure, the Cabinet actually provided the biography of Interior Minister Vyhivskyi. However, for some reason they decided to hide that the scientific advisor of his dissertation was the new head of the police, Tsutskiridze. They even scrubbed the title of his dissertation.
So we became curious — what did the Cabinet want to hide.
So. According to public records, Vyhivskyi defended in December 2021 a dissertation titled “Investigation of Hostage-Taking.” He defended it at Kharkiv National University of Internal Affairs.
Vyhivskyi’s scientific advisor during the writing of the work was Maksym Tsutskiridze — recently appointed head of the National Police of Ukraine.
20 January 2023 Vyhivskyi was appointed acting head of the National Police, and 14 July 2023 he was officially confirmed by the government as the head of the agency.
A few months later — in September 2023 — Tsutskiridze was promoted to first deputy head of the agency. He was appointed to that position in the Ministry of Internal Affairs on the recommendation of Police Head Vyhivskyi. Vyhivskyi could not have failed to support his promotion.
Vyhivskyi’s opponents were also very interesting people who have already appeared in journalists’ investigations:
🔹 Valentina Drozd — who, according to hromadske, is part of the so-called “law-enforcement Drozd dynasty,” which owns a lot of luxury real estate. In 2019 she defended a doctoral dissertation with the opposition by Deputy Head of the Presidential Office, Oleh Tatarov.
Interestingly, already after opposing Vyhivskyi and his appointment in 2023 to a high position, Drozd began working in the National Police. And not in a random unit, but in the Department for Ensuring the Activities of the Head. That is, effectively in the office of the head of the National Police (that is, Vyhivskyi’s office).
🔹 Oleh Tarasenko — was featured in the investigative program “Skhemy” about Oleh Tatarov’s fellow townsmen from Novoukrainka in government. He is a vice-rector of the National Academy of Internal Affairs. His biological brother, Oleksandr, holds the position of director of the Department of Education, Science and Sports in the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Both previously crossed paths with the same Tatarov in academic circles.
Overall, many other details in the biography have been scrubbed that should not be secret at all. For example, the university where Vyhivskyi studied. Well, of course — why should the public know where their ministers were educated.
Vyhivskyi’s declaration, by the way, is also closed. The NACP removed it from the public portion of the register.
It seems the case with 143 Sukhachov’s properties has taught the authorities nothing. If you try to hide something — it only arouses extra public curiosity.
🔗 Details: https://antac.org.ua/news/kabmin-z-druhoho-razu-nadav-tspk-biohrafiiu-ministra-mvs-vyhivskoho-ale-sprobuvav-prykhovaty-shcho-yoho-naukovym-kerivnykom-buv-holova-politsii-tsutskeridze/
