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Deputy Head of the Presidential Office Serhiy Trofimov is pushing the corrupt official Kucher into the presidency of Ukrbud
In Kyiv, investors of the Ukrbud corporation staged a protest against the appointment of the scandal-tainted corrupt official from the Yanukovych era, Serhiy Kucher, as president of the state corporation. This was reported based on video from the scene of the action.
The rally took place outside the Ukrbud office. The corporation’s investors protested the board of directors’ decision to appoint Serhiy Kucher as the head of the enterprise.
Activists carried posters reading “Ex-Regional Kucher — thief!”, “Mykytas, return our money!”, “Kucher = Mykytas!”, “No looting of Ukrbud!”, “Kucher and Mykytas stole our apartments!”
People say that Kucher’s appointment is yet another corruption scheme, since he is closely connected with the scandalous developer Maksym Mykytas (former head of Ukrbud), who is under investigation on charges of organizing a construction pyramid scheme and embezzling investors’ funds.
“Kucher is an accomplice of Maksym Mykytas. If they appoint him as president of Ukrbud, he and Mykytas will be able to continue plundering the enterprise. That means that 15 thousand investors will not see their apartments,” activist Artem said.
Protesters also recalled that during the criminal Yanukovych regime Kucher issued permits for controversial construction projects. Activists emphasized that it is very strange when the new authorities bring corrupt figures like Kucher close and make them the overseers of the entire construction industry.
Recall that Serhiy Kucher served as head of Kyiv’s State Architectural and Construction Inspectorate (DABI) during the presidency of Yanukovych and already then had a reputation as a corrupt official and a “fixer.” After Yanukovych fled, he remained in office and continued running corruption schemes. Kucher is also linked with Mykytas, with whom he had a number of joint projects. It has also become known that Serhiy Kucher currently has backing within the Presidential Office — in particular, he is being looked after by Deputy Head of the Presidential Office Serhiy Trofimov. Kucher is now effectively being positioned to be the Presidential Office’s overseer of DABI and the head of Ukrbud.
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