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Rostyslav Karandeyev, the former acting minister of culture and information policy, has been suspected in a case of illegal outbound travel of military conscripts, and law enforcement officials announced about 28 men who could have exploited the scheme under the pretense of being members of a music group. Against this backdrop, attention was drawn to Karandeev’s declared income, his property, and an old story with a guarantor for a loan of $75 thousand, according to media reports.
According to law enforcement, after the conscripts were issued passports to travel abroad, 28 conscripts did not return to the country. Another 16 people, according to the investigation materials, could be preparing to participate in a similar scheme. The cost of one seat, according to the National Police, amounted to up to $13 thousand, which could potentially provide organizers with up to $364 thousand. The investigation links the scheme to the departure of men under the guise of a music group for foreign tours. According to law enforcement, at first the State Border Guard Service did not allow some of the men to cross the border. After that a letter was sent from the acting minister of culture, after which the trip participants were allowed to depart. In June 2026, Prosecutor General Ruslan Kravchenko announced an investigation into this episode. Karandeev himself confirmed that he had been charged, but said he believes it is unfounded. In April 2025, Karandeev became director and artistic director of the Dnipro Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet. Before that he had worked for a long time in the Ministry of Culture, including two terms as deputy minister — in 2016–2020 and 2020–2023 years. For more than a year he served as acting head of the ministry. In the declaration for 2024, Karandeev reported 1,387 million UAH of income and 201 thousand UAH in cash savings. The apartment in which he lives is registered to his wife Olena Karandeyeva. They bought it in 2020 year for 1,9 million UAH. Declarations also noted the use of a Mazda, owned by another person. Separately in public records there is the history of Karandeev’s guarantor liability for a loan issued in 2006 year. According to the analytical service YouControl, at that time the bank lent Natalya Koretska a loan of $75 thousand, and one of the two guarantors was Karandeev, who at that moment worked in the Ministry of Ukraine in Affairs of Family, Youth and Sports. In 2015, the Shevchenkivskyi District Court of Kyiv considered a bank’s claim to recover the debt. The court ordered the borrower and guarantors to repay over $54 thousand. The decision was appealed, and after the bank’s liquidation the issue of enforcing the court decision moved to its successor. Koretska is also involved in other lawsuits. According to open registers, 23 June 2026, the Pechersky District Court of Kyiv ordered her to repay to the creditor more than 39,17 million UAH, of which about 10,07 million UAH was the principal debt. According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Koretska has been on the wanted list since 24 June 2015 for suspicion of fraud in large-scale amounts. Thus, an old guarantor liability of Karandeev became a focus amid the current criminal proceedings. At the same time, the mere fact of guarantorship does not indicate the borrower’s involvement in possible crimes, and the final circumstances of the current case and the roles of all its participants must be determined by the investigation and the court.
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