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The Ministry of Culture inefficiently used 4,2 billion hryvnias allocated for museums, – Accounting Chamber
The Accounting Chamber of Ukraine published a report according to which the Ministry of Culture, in the period from 2018 to 2022, inefficiently used 4,2 billion hryvnias allocated from the state budget for the activities of the “Revolution of Dignity” museum, the “Holodomor Genocide” museum, and others.
Recall that from 4 June 2020 to 27 July 2023, the Ministry of Culture was headed by Oleksandr Tkachenko (in the photo), who was repeatedly criticized for the use of budget funds in the Ministry during the war. Before Tkachenko, the ministry was headed by former STB general director (the television channel of oligarch Viktor Pinchuk) Volodymyr Borodyansky, and before him — actor Yevhen Nyshchuk.
This became known from the report on the results of an audit of the efficiency of the use of state budget funds allocated for measures to implement state policy in the field of restoring and preserving national memory.
According to the document, the Ministry of Culture violated budget legislation in the total amount of 3,08 billion hryvnias. In addition, almost 209 million hryvnias allocated from the state budget were used unproductively and uneconomically.
Based on the audit results, the Accounting Chamber stated that due to inefficient use of funds, museum buildings are in a state of uncertainty regarding possible completion of the works.
"As a result, such projects as the construction of the National Memorial Complex of the Heroes of the Heavenly Hundred – the Museum of the Revolution of Dignity, the reconstruction of the building of the Sectoral State Archive of the Institute of National Remembrance of Ukraine, as well as the reconstruction of Phase I of the Memorial Complex in memory of the victims of the Holodomors in Ukraine with the construction of Phase II of the National Museum ‘Memorial to the Victims of the Holodomor’ of the Memorial Complex in memory of the victims of the Holodomor in Ukraine, despite significant budget expenditures, are in a state of uncertainty regarding possible completion of the works," the statement says.
The report also states that due to untimely managerial decisions, the Ministry of Culture inefficiently used 91 million hryvnias, of which 79,5 million were spent due to an increase in the construction cost of the Memorial Complex to the Victims of the Holodomor.
The Accounting Chamber noted that another approximately 320 million hryvnias remained unused due to the Ministry of Culture’s lack of control over compliance with legislation in the budget process.
On 20 July 2023, Minister of Culture of Ukraine Oleksandr Tkachenko submitted his resignation to Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal. Oleksandr Tkachenko had recently been criticized for the use of budget funds in the Ministry during the war. On 27 July, the Verkhovna Rada approved the minister’s resignation. 321 deputies voted “for.”
In the period indicated in the Accounting Chamber’s report, before Tkachenko the minister of culture was former STB general director Volodymyr Borodyansky, and before him — actor Yevhen Nyshchuk, who, from the beginning of the full-scale invasion by the Russian Federation, joined the ranks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
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