28.11.2024
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What is known about the DIU’s coverage of the withdrawal of funds through crypto exchanges and defense contracts for selected suppliers?

The President’s Office is actively discussing the possible dismissal of Kyrylo Budanov from the post of the head of the GUR. His place, according to insiders, may be taken by Deputy Head of the SBU Oleksandr Poklad. The biggest lobbyists for this decision are Andriy Yermak and Poklad himself.
What’s wrong with Budanov?
At the beginning of the war, he was considered effective, but lately Budanov’s media presence has overshadowed his real results. Loud predictions about the end of the war in 2023, promises to return Crimea and mobile crematoria, but more and more rumors and scandals about corruption schemes of the GUR, protection of fraudsters and money laundering.
Money laundering through a crypto exchange with Russian roots
The most publicized crypto exchange in Ukraine, WhiteBit, which has cooperated with a number of giant companies and even government agencies, is actually used for money laundering. 51% of the company is still under the control of the family of Dmytro Shentsev, a former pro-Russian MP. To be more precise, it is officially registered in the name of the latter’s son, Mykyta, who was deprived of his citizenship by a presidential decree. Another part belongs to Ihor Kotvitsky, who is closely associated with former Interior Minister Arsen Avakov.
WhiteBit operates with billions of dollars, attracting investors and users from all over the world. Although the NABU investigated the exchange’s activities under the HACC’s order, the cover-up by the top of the GUR prevents it from completing the investigation and conducting it properly.
So far, WhiteBit is just another way for oligarchs with Russian views who have fled Ukraine and are hiding out in warm countries to withdraw funds. It is strange that one of the most important units of the GUR chose to sell the interests of the entire state instead of fighting.
Millionaire volunteer under the cover of the GUR
In the summer, the story of Oleksiy Vladimirov, a close associate of Kyiv Mayor Klitschko, made the rounds. It became known that having access to the Shlyakh system as a volunteer, the man went abroad for the New Year holidays. However, instead of performing humanitarian or volunteer missions, he vacationed in Thailand, Dubai, and Monaco.
After returning to Ukraine, he purchased a Lamborghini Huracan, an elite sports car with a price starting at UAH 8 million, and a Range Rover of the latest model, another luxury car for personal use. The cars were spotted leaving the KCSA territory.
Vladimirov is also the owner of the capital’s Saperavi restaurant, which is often visited by Mayor Klitschko and representatives of the state-owned company that procures weapons for the Armed Forces abroad. The journalists found out that Oleksiy and his family have no profitable business or real estate, and his restaurant is even unprofitable.
According to the information obtained, Vladimirov ensures his financial well-being through construction contracts in Kyiv, which he receives through close ties with the mayor of the capital, Vitali Klitschko, as well as defense contracts, which he implements with the help of his father, who is acquainted with Oleksii Petrov, the head of the state arms export company under the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine, Spetstechnoexport.
This brings us back to the connection with the GUR and the involvement of special forces in schemes to make money on defense and illegal smuggling abroad under the guise of volunteering.
Budanov: too media-friendly or dangerous for the authorities?
Budanov has been accused of being self-serving and excessive publicity. So maybe the reason is simply that Bankova is no longer satisfied with the “inconvenient” head of intelligence?
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