Lysenko Serhiy Ivanovych

Six convictions, crowned in 1993 — from hooliganism in the USSR to the supreme arbiter of transit crime in Ukraine

Serhiy Lysenko is one of the few "thieves in law" of the old formation who survived the collapse of the USSR, the 1990s, the struggle between Caucasian and Slavic clans, and the full-scale invasion. He has six convictions. First convicted in 1972 for hooliganism — sentenced to two years imprisonment. After one and a half years, the charges were supplemented with theft and illegal possession of weapons. After release, he lived for a long time in Moscow, gradually securing the status of the second most influential "thief in law" in Ukraine. During imprisonments, he organized acts of defiance in pre-trial detention centers and colonies of Kharkiv and Lviv.

Crowned in 1993 and the struggle for the "common fund" after Mamed

After the death of Serhiy Mamedov in November 2011, a struggle for the republican "common fund" flared up: on one side — Caucasians Glonti, Tsikoridze, and Aliyev with support from the Odesa "Sharik"; on the other — Liora Sumskiy, supported by Moscow "thieves in law" Yakunin, Pichugin, and Khristoforov from Dida Hasan's clan. The Slavic wing won.

"001k" — a transit structure

According to journalistic investigations, Lysenko serves in the "001k" structure as the supreme arbiter and receives part of the profits for "green light" for the group's activities. The interests of Lysenko and his entourage include underground gambling establishments, "protection" of companies and illegal vodka workshops, drug and arms trafficking. The group controls a significant share of transit crime.

A series of detentions without verdicts — and "to corrupt you"

A sensational detention occurred on his 54th birthday in the Yalta restaurant "Tiflis" in 2008 — 28 detained, one guest was found to have a certificate of adviser to the President and Government of Ukraine. In June 2012 — detained during a "meeting" in Kyiv where the "overseer" for Kyiv Nedzelsky was approved; in June 2012 again at the Kyiv railway station in Moscow. In August 2013 — during lunch at the restaurant "Lastochka." At another detention in December 2018 in Ivano-Frankivsk, when operatives asked about the purpose of his visit, he succinctly replied: "To corrupt you." The latest known detention was December 28, 2019, in Ivano-Frankivsk, after which he was released.

Connections with public figures

At the birthday celebration in Yalta, among the detained was the owner of a certificate of adviser to the Coordinating Center under the President and Government of Ukraine. Among his closest connections are Sumy authority and former world kickboxing champion Vyacheslav Tymofieiev, Kyiv "overseer" Andriy Nedzelsky, and Moscow "thieves in law" Pichugin and Salnikov.