“Searches in the house of the former “effective manager” and the deputy head of the Presidential Office Rostislav Shurma, who first left for Germany and then moved to Austria, caused another scandal with corruption surrounded by Vladimir Zelensky. Despite the fact that cases of theft and bribery of released top officials in most cases managed to “bury” or pause, new details of the investigation”, – WRITE ON: ua.news
Searches in the house of the former “effective manager” and the deputy head of the Presidential Office Rostislav Shurma, who first left for Germany and then moved to Austria, caused another scandal with corruption surrounded by Vladimir Zelensky.
Despite the fact that cases of theft and bribery of released top officials in most cases managed to “bury” or pause, new details of the investigation against Runs But his phone withdrawn with records can eventually cause tangible political risks to Zelensky himself.
UA.news talks about the most odious heads of the Presidential Office of Zelensky, their corruption “achievements” and “forgotten” cases.
Andriy Bogdan, Presidential Office Excreer (2019-2020)
The former head of the office of the President and the close associate of Vladimir Zelensky Andrei Bohdan was called the “Ze-Combinator” and the “curator” from the oligarch Igor Kolomoisky. Earlier, the official led the affairs of the Privat group, was a personal assistant of the deceased People’s Deputy Andriy Portnov.
The most “innocent” against Bohdan was allegations of combination. Having been in high public positions, he continued to provide lawyer and business services. This is contrary to the law on public service and anti -corruption legislation.
Bogdan has also repeatedly appeared in journalistic investigations, in particular as a participant in litigation with signs of fraud of hundreds of millions of hryvnias. For example, the Deposit Guarantee Fund in 2016 discovered a credit scam with the involvement of an offshore company Idelberg Resources Inc. Investigators of Bihus.info Find out that Andrei Bogdan was a representative of this company by proxy.
After his release from OP, Bogdan gave several high -profile interviews, where he accused the authorities of unprofessionality, and disappeared from the information field. Later Blogger Igor Lachenkov wrote In his TG, that the former head of OP is trying to somehow relevant to politics from abroad: “He fled from the country after 2022, where he tried to create the image of the volunteer, and now does not return because he is afraid to get suspicion. But from abroad, he invests in prostitutes who want to politics. “
Kirill Tymoshenko, Deputy Head of OP (2019-2024)
In 2019 Kirill Tymoshenko He came to Bankov with the former Presidential Office Andriy Bogdan. He was responsible for “large construction”, coordinated regional administrations and humanitarian aid projects in the regions.
In September 2022, a freelance employee of NABU announced a large-scale theft and resale in the supermarkets of the Humdog in Zaporozhye and the region. Theft reached UAH 322 million. Among the participants of the scheme called the officials of the Presidential Office. Tymoshenko then denied his involvement. However, almost a month later Exposed The use of the Chevrolet Tahoe SUV, which the American company provided Ukraine to evacuate people from the war zone.
In addition, related to Tymoshenko of the company, according to the project “Our Money”, only in 2023 received more than 100 million UAH for a nationwide telecommunication.
In June 2024, Tymoshenko with searches came to detectives of the National Anti -Corruption Bureau as part of the investigation of NABU information. It was about the transfer of details of cases against high -ranking officials to journalists.
Andriy Smirnov, former Deputy Head of OP (2019 – 2024)
In May 2024, NABU and SAP were presented to Andriy Smirnov suspicion of illegal enrichment. The case was drawn from March 2023, when the SAP opened criminal proceedings against him at the request of NGO “Anti -Corruption Human Rights Council”.
According to investigators, during 2020-2022, a high -ranking official, without savings, purchased property for more than UAH 17 million. Smirnov was suspected of legalizing illegal income and receiving a bribe in a particularly large amount. It was said that in 2022 a representative of the construction business offered Smirnov $ 100 thousand to influence the decision of the Antimonopoly Committee and win a tender for the construction of a recreational area. According to NABU and SAP, the official illegally received money and decided to build cottages with a total area of more than 300 square meters in the recreational zone of Odessa region.
May 5 2025 Supreme Anti -Corruption Court The arrest of the expostard was approved with the possibility of bail of 18 million UAH. And on May 6, Smirnov made the required amount and released from custody.
Rostislav Shurma, Deputy Head of OP (2021-2024)
In the President’s office Rostislav Shurma He was responsible for economics and energy. In political circles, his release in 2024 was explained by fears that the United States was ready to impose sanctions against him for illegal pressure in the Ukrainian economy.
In particular, it was about the integration of corruption mechanisms into the reform. As an example, a town planning reform initiated by shurma. In 2022, the Association of Cities opposed this reform because it has a corruption component in favor of developers. The NAPC reported that the bill contains the anti-corruption strategy for 2021-2025. However, the “servants of the people” was approved. The public sent a petition to the President demanding to veto the law. Zelensky paused, and in June 2023 he said that he could no longer be dated because the terms passed.
But the most moist was the investigation of NABU and the SAP after Bigus.Info material about how the state paid for electricity by the solar stations of the brother Shurma, which remained in the temporarily occupied territories. It was found that from July 2022 to July 2023 companies received more than UAH 320 million for electricity at the “green tariff” from the state -owned enterprise “Guaranteed buyer”.
After his release from the President’s office, Rostislav Shurma, having three minor children, went to Germany and settled with his family in Munich’s suburbs. However, the anti -corruption organs were not forgotten about Shurma. NABU continued the criminal proceedings against him, and in July 2025 in the house of the former top official of the Bureau detectives and German law enforcement officers conducted searches and seized the phone.
After the NABU’s searches, Rostislav Shurma, according to the media, moved from Germany to Austria, which does not extradite suspects in corruption.
Oleg Tatarov, Deputy Head of OP from August 2020
Media is called Oleg Tatarov One of the main “toxic assets” in the team of Zelensky. After n In August 2020, he was able to create his own “power vertical” to control almost all law enforcement agencies in August 2020. Especially his influence on the security forces increased after his release from the posts of the former head of the SBU Ivan Bakanov and Prosecutor General Irina Venediktova.
One of his loud episodes of his dossier – prosecution in promoting large -scale bribery in the case of Ukrbud Corporation. In December 2020, NABU investigators were searched to the President’s office with suspicion of the OP’s force deputy head. The investigation believed that Tatarov could be involved in bribery during work in Ukrbuda to obtain fake examination. That helped the corporation’s management to avoid problems with law enforcement. In 2021, according to the decision of the Prosecutor General, the case was transferred to the SBU and closed.
Andriy Yermak, OPP head since February 2020
Immediately after appointment Andriy Yermak The head of OP in the spring of 2020 exploded a scandal with “trade in public office”. The people’s deputy from the “servant of the people” Geo Leros published videos on which a man, similar to the brother of the head of OP Denis Yermak, holds negotiations on employment for certain positions in the authorities. But that episode was not as significant as further cases that were directly or indirectly associated with the Presidential Head.
In particular, the “vertical of security forces”, which is overseen by his deputy Tatarov, is considered a controlled Yermak. In this context, our money “Our Money” He remembers I escape abroad of former deputy of the Kyiv City Council Denis Komarnitsky who was wanted on suspicion of corruption, but was able to leave Ukraine with the help of law enforcement. Investigators indicate that Komarnytsky began his “activity” after increasing the influence of Andrei Ermak in the team of Zelensky.
But the main thing is Andrew Ermak, whom the media is called “green cardinal”, public activists accuse of attempts set Total control over all anti -corruption bodies.