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Coordinator of the state infrastructure program “Great Construction” Yurii Golik consulted on and effectively managed some contractors of the projects.
This is reported by the editorial staff of 368.media
In Golik’s phone, the ideologue of the program, there was a correspondence with the former owner of the construction company “SK “Stroyinvest,” which in the last few years received over 4 billion hryvnias from the state for various works.
In May 2023, NABU detectives seized two mobile phones from Yurii. Among the files was correspondence with “SK “Stroyinvest,” whose owner for a long time was (and presumably still remains) businessman Denis Ostrovskyi.
Denis Ostrovskyi
In the exchange, Golik gives instructions on obtaining subsidies and also demands reports on work at specific sites. The tone of this correspondence suggests that Ostrovskyi is effectively playing the role of a subordinate in this process. In particular, one of his messages sounds like “Task understood. Will be done.”
In cases where the sender spoke to Ostrovskyi about potential future subsidies, “Stroyinvest” in the future did indeed receive either additional funds for the works or wins in tenders.
For example, one of Ostrovskyi’s messages sounds like “I’m waiting for the number today. If you don’t give it today—the next subsidy in April. If you give it today—you’ll take the money in November.” The message sent in October 2021 pertained to a specific object—the new culture center in Kaneve (Kaniv), Cherkasy region.
In November, a new tender for works on this culture house was announced. The cheaper bid was rejected, and “Stroyinvest” was named the winner.
Ironically, the company continued to receive substantial state orders despite a whole string of scandals it was involved in. This includes criminal proceedings related to possible misappropriation of funds.
After the full-scale invasion began, Golik started in the Office of the President to oversee issues related to reconstruction of objects damaged and destroyed by the Russians. And already in 2023, “Stroyinvest” took on the reconstruction process. Specifically, they were the ones contracted for construction work in Zaporizhzhia and Borodianka, in the Kyiv region. Later, journalists found substantial overpayments built into Stroyinvest’s budget estimates.
This is not the only link between Golik and Ostrovskyi that journalists managed to find.
Ostrovskyi, alongside developing business in Ukraine, also created a company in Austria. The firm ODM BAU & Investition is registered in Vienna. Journalists found that a local lawyer Serhii Bahariev was overseeing it, and he confirmed that Ostrovskyi is indeed his client. Bahariev also runs another firm – DEVERTE HOLDING GMBH. It long-time co-owned, through another Ukrainian company, part of a network of coworking spaces Creative States, in which Golik owns a significant stake.
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