Reznikov Oleksii Yuriyovych

Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine

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Former Defense Minister under NABU searches for "eggs at 17 UAH" and non-winter jackets

Born on June 18, 1966, in Lviv. Lawyer, founder of Magisters (formerly “Pravis”), two-time winner of the Chambers Europe Awards ranking. From April 2016 to September 2018 — Deputy Head of Kyiv City State Administration under Klitschko. Since November 2021 — Minister of Defense. In 2023, media revealed that the Ministry of Defense purchased eggs at 17 UAH per piece at a retail price of 7 UAH, as well as summer jackets disguised as winter ones — with a triple price increase during delivery. Reznikov initially denied, then admitted excessive emotionality and promised to investigate. Deputy Minister Shapovalov resigned. Following scandals in September 2023, the Verkhovna Rada voted for Reznikov's resignation.

NABU searches without suspicion, "broken invoice scheme," and open proceeding

On July 3, 2025, NABU conducted searches at Reznikov's premises without issuing suspicion; Vitalii Shabunin suggested involvement of a broken invoice scheme through a shell company. As of April 2025, NABU notified suspicion to five persons in the case of procurement of products for the Armed Forces, but Reznikov is neither a suspect nor a witness; pre-trial investigation continues. Currently — Director of Security and Defense Programs at the Institute for the Future.

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🔎👀The firm of a former subordinate of Yermak, Andrew Mack, and Reznikov will search for members of AOZ’s supervisory board For this work they will pay 948 thousand UAH. The contract was awarded to the Kyiv company "Friisberg and Partners International," headed by Olena Maisyura — a former employee of the Office of the President. This was already AOZ’s third attempt to hold a tender to find supervisory board members. In it, "Friisberg" became the sole participant in the tender. Note that Olena...

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According to the information that Olena Maisiura lists on LinkedIn, in the years 2004–2008 she worked as HR director at the law firm Magisters (Medzhysters). At that time among the founders of Medzhysters were former defense minister Oleksii Reznikov, Ukraine’s ambassador to Israel Yevhen Korniichuk, and lawyers Andrew Mak and Serhii Svyryba. 😎 Yermak personally defended Reznikov against dismissal over procurement scandals at the start of the invasion. 😎 Korniichuk personally met Yermak’s lawy...