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Andriy Rubel is a trusted associate of Deputy Head of the Office of the President Oleg Tatarov.
The head of the Main Directorate of the National Police in Kyiv region, Andriy Rubel, was among those whom NABU and SAP searched yesterday as part of the “Carthage” case, sources told ZN.UA. According to an interlocutor, Rubel was not detained.
Investigators were likely more interested in Rubel’s activities as head of the Department of Strategic Investigations of the National Police. He held that position from 12 October 2022 until the end of April 2026.
Before the DSI — in 2020–2021 — Rubel was head of the Main Directorate of the National Police in Kharkiv region. Prior to that he worked in the Kyiv city and region police and in the Main Directorate for Combating Organized Crime of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, the Criminal Investigation Department, internal security, and strategic investigations of the National Police of Ukraine.
Also, in 2019 Rubel participated in a competition for the position of head of the internal control department of the State Bureau of Investigations, but failed the legislation test — he answered only 42 out of 100 questions correctly. That was the second-worst result in the competition. Nevertheless, a year later he headed the Department of Strategic Investigations of the National Police.
Despite the fact that his entire career has been connected to law enforcement, as early as 2020 journalists from Bihus.Info found that he lives comfortably.
According to the declaration, in 2018 he bought an apartment in Kyiv of 171 sq. m. for 3,9 million UAH. However, journalists found that at the time of purchase the market value of the apartment was significantly higher than the price the policeman declared. Moreover, the father—Mykola Rubel, who also served in the authorities—gave most of the amount to his son as a gift shortly before the transaction. The outlet calculated that over 20 years before buying the apartment he earned about $82 thousand.
In addition to the money for the apartment, Rubel Sr. also bought two AUDI cars, which he gave to his son to use.
Rubel’s mother-in-law also turned out to be very wealthy; journalists found she owns a HONDA CR-V, a PORSCHE CAYENNE, a house in the village of Vita-Poshtova near Kyiv, and 17,5 sotkas of land in the Carpathian resort area. Interestingly, the owners of neighboring plots of that land were relatives of Rubel’s colleagues from the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
At the same time, ZN.UA sources confirmed the detention of other figures in the episode concerning a criminal organization that systematically paid law enforcement officers for the unhindered operation of fraudulent call centers, drug sales, and the illegal production of counterfeit cigarettes and forged foreign currency. These include:
Volodymyr Tsenov (Prais) — first deputy head of the Department of Strategic Investigations of the National Police, who currently acts as its head and, according to the investigation, was responsible for covering up the activities of call centers;
Oleksandr Demyanchuk (Konsultant) — deputy head of the department of the Criminal Investigation Directorate of the Main Directorate of the National Police in Kyiv region, who, according to investigators, covered criminal activities and coordinated some of its directions;
Oleksandr Rybalka (Boxer) — an executor of dirty work who also, according to the investigation’s version, may be connected to the activities of the Russian drug cartel “Khimprom.”
4 in November, NABU stated that during the investigation of the “Carthage” case they uncovered another criminal organization whose organizers paid high-ranking law enforcement officials for the unhindered operation of fraudulent call centers, drug sales, and the illegal production of counterfeit cigarettes and forged foreign currency. Investigators also confirmed the involvement of members of the criminal organization in assaults, kidnappings, and inflicting bodily harm on persons in the interests of the criminal organization. Among at least 12 members of the group were Tsenov, Demyanchuk, and Rybalka.
Overall, ZN.UA reported that about 70 searches were conducted across Ukraine in the case concerning the protection of call centers. In particular, from the morning NABU searched First Deputy Head of the Department for the Protection of National Statehood of the SBU, General Serhiy Duka, and Head of the Main Directorate of Internal Security of the SBU, Colonel Anton Kravchuk, as well as First Deputy Head of the “D” Main Directorate of the Department for the Protection of National Statehood, Oleksandr Kovalchuk.
These investigative actions intersect with the case of Andriy Osipov, whom NABU and SAP suspect of extorting a million dollars from a Russian citizen for “resolving the issue” of criminal prosecution and extradition to Russia. Sources say that law enforcement officers reached top SBU officials after they examined Osipov’s phone.
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