Representatives of the organization involved in corruption scandals – mass media – want to join the anti-corruption committee of the Ministry of Defense

The founders of the StateWatch analytical center Oleksandr Lemenov and Hleb Kanevskyi want to join the public anti-corruption council under the Ministry of Defense. These activists were involved in a number of high-profile corruption scandals. “Law and Business” reports that they have already been admitted to the competition, where 15 members will be elected for 2 years through open online voting.

The publication notes that public activists actively use the so-called “shabuning” – evasion of military duty under the guise of working in non-governmental anti-corruption public organizations.

Oleksandr Lemenov and Hlib Kanevskyi are known for actively evading military service, and the latter managed to work at the Ministry of Defense and purchase army flasks for the front at an inflated price.

According to the publication, conscript Lemenov was wanted by the National Police for evading mobilization. In 2023, he did not appear at the RTCC and SP to update data. In connection with this, the recruitment center appealed to the police regarding the forced delivery of Lemenov to the Belotserkiv State Central Committee and SP as a person who committed an administrative offense – failure to appear on a summons. Neighbors of Lemenov, interviewed by the police, said that the activist fled through the neighbor’s apartment when TCC employees came to him. Later, when the summons was still served, he barricaded himself in his apartment.

In February 2024, Lemenov passed the VLC at the Belotserki RTCC and SP, was found to be absolutely healthy and fit for military service, and in the summer of the same year it turned out that he, with the rank of captain, was already allegedly included in the reserve of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Military Intelligence Service.

As “Law and Business” reports, Kanevsky, another candidate for the anti-corruption council of the MoD, initially evaded military service for a long time, and later got a job at the Ministry of Defense. While in the position of acting director of the Department of Procurement Policy of the Ministry of Defense, he purchased army flasks for the front at a price three times higher than the usual one. Such circumstances were exposed by NGL Media journalists, who published a corresponding investigation. Kanevsky publicly acknowledged this fact only after being exposed by journalists.