The family of the head of the Odessa regional military registration and enlistment office during the war bought luxury real estate in Spain and a whole fleet of cars, journalists said.
In Ukraine, a scandal erupted over the head of the Odessa Regional Territorial Center for Recruitment and Social Support, Yevgeny Borisov. Journalists conducted an investigation and claimed that during the war, the Borisov family acquired luxury housing in Spain for $4.5 million.
Moreover, there is official information that Borisov traveled abroad in martial law. The Verkhovna Rada has already reacted to the situation and promised a large-scale inspection of military registration and enlistment offices in all regions.
Property in Marbella
In an investigation called Battalion Spain by the journalist Ukrainska Pravda Mykhailo Tkach, it is said that the Borisov family acquired the property in the city of Marbella in Spain at the end of 2022. The value of the villa is more than three million euros, and it was issued to the retired mother of the military commissioner. Also, according to journalists, Borisov’s wife became the owner of an office space on the main street of Marbella.
“The total value of all these properties, acquired during a massive war, is approximately 4.5 million euros.“, said the investigation.
It turned out that the family of the scandalous military man of Odessa acquired not only real estate, but also a whole fleet of cars in a year and a half of the war: Mercedes-Benz G-Class (Cube), Mercedes Viano 2022 (registered to mother) and Toyota Land Cruiser 2023 (registered to mother-in-law) Tkach said.
It should be noted that the journalists also showed the property belonging to the family of the military commissar and asked Borisov about the property in an elite resort in Spain.
“I don’t understand who it is? Are we familiar? Let the law enforcement agencies deal with it,” Borisov answered by phone.
Investigators also noticed a young man at the estate in Spain. UP sources reported that he is Nikolaev Igor Mikhailovich – the brother of the driver Borisov – Nikolaev Mikhail.
“This man’s brother is not only a driver, but an employee of Odessa Regional TCC and Joint Venture,” added Mikhail Tkach, the author of the investigation.
Sources of journalists at the State Border Service reported that Igor Nikolaev received a passport in 2022 during a full-scale raid. But he has left the country twice – for 4 months and for 5.
“The man left Ukraine for Spain as a disabled person of the 3rd group. To drive the car of the mother of the military commissar,” added Tkach.
Why is the military commissar scandalous?
Note that the information about Borisov’s real estate in Spain is not new, so the State Bureau of Investigation has already become interested in him. Against the military opened criminal proceedings on the fact of abuse of office.
“According to Ukrainska Pravda’s sources in the State Bureau of Investigation, the military commissar told law enforcement officers that the property was rented by the company where his wife worked,” said journalist Tkach.
However Extracts from the Spanish register show that the estate and office space are still registered to the Borisov family, the investigators said. DBR also said that Borisov was removed from his official duties.
Is everything legal?
However, the head of the joint press center of the operational command South, Natalya Gumenyuk, said the day before that the Odessa military commissar continues to fulfill his duties, because an internal investigation found no grounds for removal from office.
Also, Borisov, in a comment to journalists, denied that he visited Spain, but noted that he was in Turkey, but did not specify for what purpose.
Gumenyuk confirmed Borisov’s departure abroad. According to him, the military commissioner, who provided all the necessary documents, “traveled for treatmentas evidenced by the results of an internal investigation.
“It has now been established that his travel abroad at that time was absolutely sanctioned and allowed. That is, no violations were detected. Other accusations, suspicions, etc. are being investigated by law enforcement agencies, which the activities we cannot comment on,” Gumenyuk said. , reports Radio.Svoboda.
Large scale analysis
David Arakhamia, leader of the Servant of the People faction, reacted to the scandal. He revealed conducting inspections in all territorial recruitment and social support centers in the country.
“I looked at Mikhail Tkach’s investigation about the military. I just lost my tongue,” he wrote in Telegram.
As the representative of the town mentioned, he, as a member of the Committee on National Security, Defense and Intelligence, initiated consideration of this case and its detailed media coverage.
Arahamia is also preparing an appeal to law enforcement agencies and has taken it personally deputy control over the course of the investigation in the case of Borisov.
“At the same time, I started an appeal to the authorized bodies to conduct similar checks in relation to the military commissars of all regions,” emphasized the people’s representative.
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Source: korrespondent
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