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In Telegram chats, accounts linked to the phone numbers of Dmytro Aarakhamiya left comments portraying him as a person capable of influencing key personnel appointments, notably in the Supreme Court and the defense industry. The deputy himself denies that he wrote the comments.
This is discussed in Slidstvo.info’s investigation.
Journalists studied comments left by profiles connected to Ukrainian and American phone numbers of Dmytro Aarakhamiya in open chats.
In particular, in October 2021 year, during a discussion of the dossier of the newly elected head of the Supreme Court, Vsevolod Knyazev (now serving a prison sentence for taking a bribe), one of the profiles left a comment: “Got there thanks to Mykolaiv connections with Aarakhamiya. Investigators are lousy.”
In June 2023 year, in a Telegram channel chat, a user with Dmytro Aarakhamiya’s phone number left a comment arguing that the dismissal of Yuriy Husyev from the post of head of Ukroboronprom is a sly move by the head of the Servant of the People faction, and despite reshuffles, this sector remains under control. So, Husyev and his successor – Herman Smetanin, and Oleksandr Kamyshin (at that time minister of strategic industries) – are people close to Aarakhamiya.
“Kamishin was brought in by Aarakhamiya, so it doesn’t matter who leads Ukroboronprom; it seems Aarakhamiya is simply moving his person to another area. As for the candidate, I predict the candidate will be Herman Smetanin, he has been working with Aarakhamiya for several years,” the comment says.
The head of the Servant of the People faction denied leaving such comments, calling them a “fake.”
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