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The name Ihor Klymenko appeared in conversations of participants in the large-scale NABU-SAP special operation “Carthage.”
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The secretary of the National Security and Defense Council stated that an attempt to remove him was discussed in the recordings published in April.
Former interior minister and now secretary of the National Security and Defense Council, Ihor Klymenko, commented on mentions of himself in the Carthage case recordings. He said this during a closed meeting with journalists attended by Glavkom.
When asked whether hearing his surname on the released recordings was a surprise, the secretary of the NSDC replied: “I’m shocked, honestly.”
Klymenko stated that the April-release recordings did mention an attempt to remove him, but that story did not attract much attention. “ChemProm” created a network of Telegram channels and news sites where they published various fakes, and in the recordings you can hear the Mexican saying that information has come out, so let’s press them again in the background and strike a deal. In other words, they used such information bombs to reputationally pressure officials amid this information noise. It was a pressure tactic,” he added.
As a reminder, Ihor Klymenko’s name appeared in conversations of participants in the NABU-SAP ‘Carthage’ operation. The head of the transnational drug cartel “ChemProm,” Yegor Burkin, known by the nickname Mexican, discussed the possibility of bribing the then interior minister. The goal was to hinder the inclusion of new chemical formulas of narcotic substances in the list of prohibited substances.
As known, 4 in November NABU and SAP announced the exposure of a criminal organization within operation “Carthage,” whose participants, according to the investigation, ensured the uninterrupted operation of fraudulent call centers and other illegal businesses. Government officials from the SBU, National Police, Office of the Prosecutor General, and representatives of the criminal milieu could have been involved in its activities.
Among the persons identified in the recordings by journalists were:
Andriy Osipov (Criminalistics) – one of the likely organizers of the criminal organization.
Yegor Burkin (Mexican) – whom the investigation links to the narcotics business and the U420 network.
Serhiy Duka (Akim) – major general, former first deputy head of the Department for the Protection of National Statehood of the SBU. According to the investigation, he provided cover from the security service.
Volodymyr Tsenov (Price) – an official of the Department of Strategic Investigations of the National Police, linked to covering up call centers.
Oleksandr Demianchuk (Consultant) – a Kyiv region criminal police employee, linked by investigators to passing information and aiding the perpetrators.
Vitaliy Rybalko (Boxer) – according to investigative materials, carried out forceful assignments for CrimProm. In particular, he participated in beating people and other violent episodes connected with the criminal organization’s activities.
In total, at least 12 people were involved in the criminal organization.
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