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“Pasha 500,” an ex-Regionals member and a candidate without specialized maritime education: who Kalashnyk wants to see leading shipping administration
The Minister for Restoration, Infrastructure and Transport of Ukraine, Mykola Kalashnyk, is considering interesting citizens for leadership positions in the Shipping Administration.
This is reported by the Telegram channel "ORD. Criminal Forum."
Among them are Nataliya Dralova, Pavlo Bulanovych, known by the nickname “Pasha 500,” and Anatoliy Yablunovskyi.
We looked into who these people are, what professional and political experience they have, and which areas they might be responsible for in the Shipping Administration.
1. Nataliya Dralova — a “convenient person” to cover schemes?
Dralova, who, according to available information, does not have a specialized maritime education, is being considered for the position of head of the Shipping Administration.
Nataliya Dralova’s professional path is connected both to private business and to the public sector. In particular, in 2018–2020 years she headed Risoil Port, worked at the State Hydrography Service in a managerial position related to audit, procurement and legal support, and was also director of the company Anser Logistic.
A candidate without obvious merits but with ambitions to lead the sector is apparently a “convenient person” behind whom others’ decisions and possible schemes can be hidden.
2. Pavlo Bulanovych, “Pasha 500” — for seafarers’ certification?
The next candidate Mykola Kalashnyk is considering for a leadership position in the Shipping Administration is Pavlo Bulanovych, better known as “Pasha 500.”
He is being considered for the position of first deputy head of the Shipping Administration, responsible for seafarers’ certification, oversight of educational institutions and simulator centers, and coordination of the state enterprise Morrichservice.
In 2021–2022 years, while serving as director of the ecology department of the Odesa Regional State Administration, he worked under Serhiy Hrynyevetskyi, the former head of the Odesa RSA. In the media he was [criticized] for supporting Viktor Yanukovych in the 2004 elections and for participating in the Sievierodonetsk congress. He was also a co-author of a language bill in 2010, and publications mentioned his ties to Borys Kaufman.
The outlet [“Zelenyi lyst”] criticized decisions related to Pavlo Bulanovych’s activities in the environmental field. These included removal of fir trees in front of the Odesa Regional State Administration building, as well as the content and financial calculations of the regional environmental program for 2024–2028 years:
“As for ecology, he was remembered as an unprincipled ‘schemer’ and a hater of all living things. In 2023 he ‘got burned’ on a scheme involving illegal logging of more than 1200 trees in the newly established Kuyalnytskyi National Park (losses over 100 million hryvnias) and was dismissed from his position,” the publication says.
He repeatedly came under the attention of law enforcement agencies for various reasons, such as abuse of official powers, malpractice in tender procurements and receiving illicit benefits.
3. Anatoliy Yablunovskyi — an ex-Regionals member, “Avlita” and multi-million procurements
Anatoliy Yablunovskyi, according to our information, is being considered for the position of deputy head of the Shipping Administration, who could be responsible for state supervision and control, as well as the work of specialized enterprises.
In 2010 he was elected a deputy of the Yuzhne City Council from the Party of Regions. After its dissolution he joined the Opposition Bloc faction. In 2020 he ran for the Odesa regional council from the Ukrainian Maritime Party of Serhiy Kivalov.
A separate episode of his career is his work at the stevedoring company Avlita in Sevastopol. According to the published biography, Yablunovskyi managed the company’s production in 2012–2016 years. Part of that period coincided with the Russian occupation of Crimea.
In October 2019 Yablunovskyi, as acting head of the port of Pivdennyi, signed a contract to purchase a video surveillance system worth 65 890 692,94 UAH.
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