Gennadiy O. Korban ( ukr. Gennadii O. Korban ; May 24, 1970 , Dnepropetrovsk ) - Ukrainian businessman and politician, head of the UKROP party
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Biography
Born in a Jewish family of Soviet engineers [1] [2] [3] [4] . The elder sister, Victoria Korban (b. 1962), in 1990, emigrated with her family to Israel [1] . Parents of Korban also have Israeli citizenship [1] .
He grew up in Dnepropetrovsk, where in 1987 he graduated from high school number 21 [1] . After graduation, he entered the Faculty of Philosophy in Rostov-on-Don , but was not enrolled because he could not provide a recommendation from the local party organ of the Communist Party of Ukraine.
In the same 1987 he returned to Dnepropetrovsk and entered the metallurgical institute. Soon he suspended his studies and was drafted into the ranks of the Soviet army [1] .
In 1988-1990 - served in the army, with the rank of private in the aviation regiment [1] .
After demobilization in 1991, he entered the Moscow Gorky Institute of Literature at the Faculty of Drama , but he preferred to work as a student.
In 1994-1997 he studied at the Dnepropetrovsk Mining Academy , specializing in finance and credit, graduated from it as an external student.
In his own words, he is well versed in contemporary art, especially in modernism , which he has been interested in since the late 1990s [1] . It has its own collection of paintings, located mainly in Geneva and in world museums [1] .
Business career
In 1991, he began working as a broker on the Moscow Stock Exchange "Center Union" and the Russian Commodity and Raw Materials Exchange .
In 1992 he returned to his hometown with start-up capital, created a brokerage office "Ukraine".
In 1994 he established the investment company OJSC IC Slavutich Capital, chairman of the board of directors.
Since 2001, the chairman of the supervisory board of OJSC South Mining and Processing Plant [5] .
Since 2005, he joined the supervisory board of the Ukrainian oil and gas producing company Ukrnafta , which owns more than 86% of oil production, 28% of gas condensate and 16% of gas from total hydrocarbon production in Ukraine.
The business focused on primary privatization, securities trading, as well as the construction of large office and shopping centers in Kiev and the Dnieper. He invested heavily in a number of blue chip stocks in Ukraine and abroad.
Attempts to life
In 2006, his car was fired at in Dnepropetrovsk - Korban himself was not in the car, but his guard received severe injuries. Arsen Dzhamburaev, the direct perpetrator, and Lom-Ali Gaitukayev , the organizer, were detained and convicted for their crimes, but the investigation was not established by the investigators.
In 2010, as a result of an explosion in a cafe in Dnepropetrovsk, a businessman was wounded along with his partner, the vice-president of the industrial and financial group “Sparta” Gennady Axelrod [6] .
Political career
After Euromaidan, he took the post of vice-governor of the Dnipropetrovsk region - at the suggestion of the acting president Alexander Turchinov and the governor of the Dnipropetrovsk region Igor Kolomoisky . The goal of the team of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional State Administration was to normalize the situation in the region during the armed conflict in the Donetsk and Lugansk regions [7] . The main frontiers for artillery and heavy equipment, which covered the Dnipropetrovsk and Zaporizhzhia regions , were established; 100 roadblocks equipped with a video surveillance system were installed in the region [8] .
He stood at the origins of the creation of volunteer battalions. With the active support of Korban, the “Defense Fund of the country” was created. The funds of the Foundation were directed to uniforms, food, medical and other needs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, territorial defense battalions and units of the Ministry of Internal Affairs that are experiencing an acute shortage of support [9] .
In Korban’s own words: “Anyone who wanted to go to Russia, we bought one-way tickets. And after a while Dnipropetrovsk turned into a city of exemplary patriotism ” [1] .
With the participation of Korban, measures were successfully implemented to free about 700 soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the battalions of the Ministry of Internal Affairs who were captured in the territory of the unrecognized LC and DNR ”
With the assistance of Korban, about 500 children, more than 85 thousand refugees, as well as 130 Jewish families were evacuated from the territories of the Luhansk and Donetsk regions by the appeal of the international Jewish organization Joint.
“Korban in 2014-2015, in fact, became the main organizer of the non-proliferation of Russian aggression into Ukraine. Why did I go to all the trials of Korban? Because he has great services to Ukraine. Yes, it was not necessary to work in white gloves, but this is war, this is the defense of the state in the most difficult conditions. And in Donetsk and Lugansk, there were no such Korban and Kolomoisky ... ”, said the Ukrainian dissident and prisoner of the Soviet camps Stepan Khmara in an interview with GORDON. [ten]
In 2015, he began to criticize the military miscalculations of the President of Ukraine and the General Staff, as well as the corrupt activities of the head of state and his closest associates. After that, Gennady Korban resigned as chief of staff at the end of March 2015 [11] .
July 12, 2015 headed the political party UKROP (“Ukrainian Association of Patriots”) , from which it was nominated for the July by-election to the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine in the single-mandate majority district No. 205 in Chernigov . With the result of 14.76% of the votes, “for” won second place, losing to the candidate from Blok Petro Poroshenko Sergey Berezenko [12] . The election campaign was accompanied by numerous scandals related to Berezenko and Korban, a record number of candidates claimed the position of people's deputy of Ukraine - 90 people [13] , and Korban was accused of bribing by distributing products (including buckwheat) to the local population [14] [15] .
Korban publicly exposed the bribery of voters by his opponent. For the first time, the so-called “Grid” was opened - a system of vote buying of voters, which led to an all-Ukrainian scandal and further worsened the relations between the opposition politician and the president [16] [17] .
On September 12, 2015 , the UKROP party nominated Gennady Korban as a candidate for the post of mayor of Kiev in the local elections on October 25, 2015 . Such a decision was made at the party congress unanimously [18] . In the first round, he took 10th place, gaining 2.61% of the vote (22,737 people) [19] . In the country as a whole, the UKROP party, under its leadership, won 7.5% of the vote, which amounted to more than a million votes.
“Dill vs. Radish” - one of Korban's slogans
Tent of delivery of lunches and grocery sets from Korban
Schedule of delivery of meals and food sets from Korban
On January 23, 2016, at a closed meeting of the political council, he was temporarily removed from his post as chairman of the political council of the UKROP party, replaced by the head of the secretariat, Denis Berezenko [20] . Korban himself called on the political council to once again get together and discuss their decision [21] .
In February 2016, the UKROP party congress nominated Gennady Korban as a candidate for people's deputies of Ukraine from district No. 27 of the city of Dnepropetrovsk, who was released after the completion of his mandate due to the election of Boris Filatov as the mayor of Dnepropetrovsk [22] .
On November 1, 2018, Russian sanctions were imposed against 322 citizens of Ukraine, including Gennady Korban [23] .
State awards
September 15, 2014 was awarded the Order "For Courage" III degree - for courage and dedication, active citizenship and high professionalism, which were shown during the performance of official duties [24] .
Prosecution
After Korban left the Dnipropetrovsk Regional State Administration, seven criminal proceedings were instituted against him (in his own words) [25] .
October 31, 2015 Korban was detained by officers of the Security Service of Ukraine in his own house in Dnipropetrovsk [26] during a special operation of the GPU and the Security Service of Ukraine in the fight against organized criminal groups [27] .
This event provoked a strong reaction in public circles and was qualified as a political reprisal.
He was charged under four articles of the Criminal Code: 255 (creation of an organized criminal organization), 191 (misappropriation, embezzlement of property: on the fact of embezzlement of funds from the “Defense Fund of the Country” - which was financed by him), 349 (detention of a government official or law enforcement officer authorities as a hostage: on the fact of the abduction of the head of the State Land Agency Sergey Rudyk and the secretary of the Dnipropetrovsk city council Oleksandr Velichko), 289 (abduction of motor vehicles). [28] [29] .
On the same day, officers of the Security Service of Ukraine delivered Gennady Korban to the detention center in Chernigov [30] . Militiamen checked information on the management of Gennady Korban by an organized criminal group [31] . During the special operation, which was attended by representatives of the prosecutor's office and the Security Service of Ukraine, law enforcement officers seized more than $ 1.3 million and 40 million hryvnia in offices and private premises as part of the operation to eliminate the activities of an organized criminal group [32] . During searches at the office of the party “ Ukrainian Association of Patriots - UKROP ” in Dnepropetrovsk, they found and seized money in the amount of more than $ 1 million, 5 Kalashnikov assault rifles and equipment for listening to various standards of cellular communication, as well as a large number of seals of business entities and the seal of the Office municipal property of Dnipropetrovsk city council [33] .
On October 31, 2015, according to lawyers Gennady Korban, he became ill at the Main Investigation Department of the Prosecutor General's Office in Kiev [34] . On November 1, 2015, the General Prosecutor's Office of Ukraine denied the information about the pre-infarction condition of Gennady Korban [35] . The doctors did not detect serious health problems and did not confirm the pre-infarction state in Korban, and also did not see the need for his hospitalization. The General Prosecutor's Office appealed to the court with a request to choose a preventive measure in the form of the detention of Gennady Korban [36] .
On November 2, 2015, the Novozavodskiy court of Chernigov was unable to decide on the arrest of Korban, because the defense challenged the judge, and then Korban called an ambulance because of a deterioration of well-being [37] . Korban was hospitalized from the courtroom after the arrival of ambulance doctors [38] . At 8:30 on November 3, the period of detention envisaged by the Criminal Procedure Code of Ukraine expired, but at that time Korban was taken out by the SBU officers from the court (where the decision on his arrest was not made) to Kiev, which the Prosecutor General’s Office had motivated to initiate a new criminal case against him under Part 3 of Art. 157 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (obstructing the implementation of the right to vote) on the fact of threats to the head of the election committee of the Dnipropetrovsk region Pidlisny [39] [40] . Following the consideration of the issue of the preventive measure, which lasted in the Pechersk District Court of Kiev from 9:00 on November 5 to 8:00 on November 6, the court decided to house arrest Korban [41] . At the court session, Korban stated that President Poroshenko insisted that he leave the country, as reported by Interior Minister Arsen Avakov [42] .
On November 9, 2015, the Prosecutor General’s Office of Ukraine appealed against the decision of the Pechersk District Court of Kiev on the application of a house arrest measure to Gennady Korban [43] . The Prosecutor General’s Office believes that the preventive measure chosen by the investigative judge does not correspond to the stated risks and will not ensure the due process of the suspect, given that a pre-trial investigation into a number of serious crimes, including those committed as part of an organized criminal group, is being carried out against Korban. On November 9, 2015, prosecutor Vladislav Kutsenko on Radio Vesti predicted new criminal cases against Korban [44] . On December 1, the Kyiv Court of Appeal left Korban under house arrest [45] . December 7, 2015 Corban was hospitalized with acute chest pain; doctors diagnosed coronary heart disease and hypertensive crisis of the 2nd degree; Korban was placed in a hospital in Dnepropetrovsk [46] . On the evening of December 14, Korban was discharged from the clinic in a state of moderate severity for home treatment [47] . On December 18, Korban was again hospitalized due to increased pressure from the courtroom in Dnipropetrovsk, when a defense motion was being considered to change his preventive measure. The hearings were held in Kiev Pechersk court, Korban participated in them in the court of Dnepropetrovsk in the mode of video conference [48] . On the afternoon of December 24, Gennady Korban was again hospitalized with an exacerbation of coronary heart disease. This happened after the representatives of the Prosecutor General’s Office tried to hand over the agenda to the leader of the UKROP on forensic examination in Kiev on the same day until 6:00 pm (Korban himself was in Dnepropetrovsk) [49] . Korbanu tried to take a preventive measure in three different judicial instances — the Chernigovsky District Court, the Pechersk District Court, which was unsuccessful due to the lack of evidence.
On the evening of December 24, 2015, Korban was kidnapped again by the SBU and taken to the Dniprovsky District Court of Kiev [50] . Korban was forcibly taken from Dnepropetrovsk to Kiev for a forensic examination at the Institute of Cardiovascular Surgery. Amosov [51] and the election of a preventive measure [52] . According to one of Korban’s attorneys, Aleksey Shevchuk , Nikolai Chaus , a judge of the Dniprovsky District Court of Kiev, issued a sanction for compulsory medical examination, which was openly disciplined and recommended to fire him for violating the oath. On December 17, the High Council of Justice postponed consideration of the disciplinary case against Chaus because of his illness [53] . December 25 at the Institute. Amosov Korban was underwent stenting [54] . On December 28, the Dniprovsky District Court of Kiev, after a 36-hour meeting under the direction of Judge Nikolay Chaus, changed the measure of restraint to Gennady Korban from house arrest to taking into custody [55] .
In her report on human rights, the United Nations High Commissioner mentions the exceptional nature of this case. In particular, he notes that despite the cardiac surgery and the need for a rehabilitation course, Korban was forced to undergo several investigative actions during December 24-27, 2015. After that, they were forcibly taken to court. The meeting lasted more than 24 hours and was characterized by numerous violations of the right to due process, which indicates torture and torture [56] .
On December 29, the Prosecutor General’s Office of Ukraine reported on the withdrawal of payments for the payment of money to the deputies of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine and the raider capture scheme of enterprises during house searches of Gennady Korban [57] . In addition, the Prosecutor General’s Office suspects the party “Ukrainian Association of Patriots” (“Dill”) of paying money to the deputies of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Boris Filatov , Andrey Denisenko, Vitaly Kupriy and Vladimir Parasyuk for disrupting court sessions on the basis of the discovered “black accounting”, where financing of these deputies [58] . Korban’s defense stated that the submissions were a fiction [59] . January 15, 2016 Korban transferred from hospital to the SIZO [60] . On March 15, 2016, the Dniprovsky District Court of Kiev changed the measure of restraint for Gennady Korban to house arrest [61] .
On January 23, 2016, during the stay of Korban in the SIZO jail, the political council of the UKROP party suspended Gennady Korban from the post of chairman [62] [63] . Many associates of Korban called the spontaneous decision of the party - a setup for Igor Kolomoisky and took this action as a betrayal. Subsequently, the paths of Korban and Kolomoisky diverged.
On March 23, 2016, Gennady Korban was sentenced to 1.5 years in prison by a court sentence for the kidnapping of a deputy of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, former chairman of the State Agency for Land Resources of Ukraine Sergey Rudik in 2014 [64] . Two days before that, he had concluded an amicable settlement with the victim, because of the verdict, Korban lost the opportunity to run for the elections at any election all of the aforementioned term [65] .
On May 7, 2016, after Korban fulfilled the demands of his political opponents, the court overturned the arrest and granted him permission to travel to Israel [66] .
On August 9, 2016, the judge of the Dneprovskiy court Nikolai Chaus, who ruled to arrest Korban, was detained by NABU while receiving a bribe of $ 150,000 [67] .
In September 2017, the GPU dropped all charges against Korban due to the lack of evidence on all previously filed episodes. Also, the head office of the National Police in the Dnipropetrovsk region, by its decision, closed the criminal prosecution of the case of embezzling funds of the “Defense Fund of the Country”, without finding evidence and establishing facts that rehabilitate the activities of the fund [68] . In its resolution, the National Police established the historical significance of the Fund in the defense of the state of Ukraine. [69]
Judge Chaus fled to Moldova, according to media reports, with the assistance of people from the entourage of President Poroshenko. Currently awaiting the decision of the Chisinau Court on his extradition. It is in the international wanted list of Interpol. Moldovan President Igor Dodon refused to give Chaus political asylum [70] .
At the moment, Korban does not conduct political activities and does not occupy leading positions in any of the political projects.
December 13, 2017 Korban returned to Ukraine [71] .
Gennady Korban is a collector of modernism and modern art. Owns a collection of paintings, part of which is available for temporary use in museums around the world.
Personal Life
Korban has four sons.
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Korban Gennadiy Olegovich / Candidate / UKROP. Ukrainske ob'dnannya patriot
- ↑ Gennady Korban: “I enjoy nude art in vulgar forms”
- ↑ I don’t like Moscow, I was always robbed there
- ↑ FILE: Korban Gennady Olegovich
- ↑ POLITRADA FILE: Korban Gennady Olegovich
- ↑ In Dnepropetrovsk, an attempt was made on the businessman Korban (Inaccessible link) . The date of circulation is September 30, 2015. Archived October 2, 2015.
- ↑ Corban told how he blocked the railway in order to prevent the militants from entering Dnepropetrovsk (INTERVIEW) . The appeal date is September 30, 2015.
- ↑ Korban Gennady .
- ↑ Gennady Korban: Officials must “walk” behind ATO veterans, and not vice versa (Rus.) . The appeal date is November 29, 2017.
- ↑ Khmara: Not ready to go to the third Maidan, tired ?! But not me! I am 80 years old and I'm not tired! . The appeal date is November 29, 2017.
- ↑ Dnipropetrovsk saga. Korban spoke about the dismissal, relations with Kolomoisky and the commandments of his father The appeal date is September 30, 2015.
- ↑ Central viborcha komіsіya Ukraїni - WWW vіdobrazhennya ІАС "Vibori people's deputies of Ukraine 2014" (Not available link) . www.cvk.gov.ua. The date of circulation is September 30, 2015. Archived October 2, 2015.
- ↑ In Chernihiv at night, the headquarters of Korban and Berezenko "LB.ua", "07/17/2015"
- ↑ Victoria Matola. "Nizka turnout in Chernigov - vіdpovіd vibortsіv on theater absurd Korban і Beresenka" "LB.ua", 07.28.2015
- ↑ Shvidkovparyuvana buckwheat , 24 January , 2015, Maxim Panov, for UE
- ↑ As a raider, Korban turned into a marshal to Grechku and lost the election . Ukrainian truth. The appeal date is January 12, 2018.
- ↑ #MESH Unsolved . longread.strana.ua. The appeal date is November 29, 2017.
- ↑ Corban intends to run for mayor of Kiev . The appeal date is September 30, 2015.
- ↑ Results of the election of the mayor of Kiev 2015: voting results . newsrbk.ru (October 31, 2015). The appeal date is October 31, 2015. Archived October 31, 2015.
- ↑ Roman Kravets . There is no longer UKROP " Ukrainian Truth ", 01/25/2016
- ↑ Korban refused to recognize the resignation from the post of head of UKROP LIGABusinessInform , 01/25/2016
- ↑ Korban gathered for deputies " Ukrainian Truth ", 02/19/2016
- ↑ Who among the Ukrainians fell under the counter-sanctions of Russia ( . TASS (November 1, 2018). The appeal date is November 1, 2018.
- ↑ Decree of the President of Ukraine from 15 September 2014 to Rock No. 726/2014 “About G. Korban's Order by the Order“ For Man "”
- ↑ Corban spoke about criminal cases opened against him . The appeal date is October 10, 2015.
- ↑ The GPU showed how Korban was actually detained
- ↑ Detention of Korban and searches: the GPU and the SBU conducted a special operation, the fight against organized criminal groups . Ukrainian Truth (October 31, 2015). The date of circulation is October 31, 2015. Archived October 31, 2015.
- ↑ The GPU will demand the arrest of Korban . Correspondent (October 31, 2015). The appeal date is October 31, 2015.
- ↑ Corban tells what he is accused of
- ↑ The SBU delivered Korban to the SIZO in Chernigov . Ukrainian news . ukranews.com (October 31, 2015).
- ↑ Militiamen check information on the leadership of Korban’s criminal gang . Ukrainian news . ukranews.com (October 31, 2015).
- ↑ Law enforcement officers told how much money was withdrawn from the offices of Korban . Ukrainian news . ukranews.com (October 31, 2015).
- ↑ In the office of UKROP in Dnepropetrovsk, a million dollars, weapons and equipment for wiretapping were seized, source . ukranews.com (October 31, 2015).
- ↑ Korban became ill at the Investigation Department of the Prosecutor General's Office in Kiev . Ukrainian news . ukranews.com (October 31, 2015).
- ↑ General Prosecutor's Office: Doctors did not find serious health problems in Korban . Ukrainian news . ukranews.com (November 1, 2015).
- ↑ The Prosecutor General’s Office will ask the court to arrest Korban . Ukrainian news . ukranews.com (November 1, 2015).
- ↑ Korban was hospitalized. The trial will continue in the morning.
- ↑ Corban is hospitalized, the trial will begin at 8:00 . Ukrainian news . ukranews.com (November 3, 2015).
- ↑ A new case has been launched against Korban . lb.ua (November 33, 2015).
- ↑ Korban's arrest: UKROP called new charges
- ↑ The court decided to put Korban under house arrest
- ↑ Korban: Poroshenko insisted that I leave the country . Reviewer. The date of appeal is January 19, 2016.
- ↑ The Prosecutor General’s Office appealed against Korban’s house arrest . Ukrainian news . ukranews.com (November 9, 2015).
- ↑ The GPU does not exclude that new affairs will be to Korban . Ukrainian truth. The date of appeal is January 19, 2016.
- ↑ The Court of Appeal left Korban under house arrest . Ukrainian news . ukranews.com (December 1, 2015).
- ↑ Korban was taken at night to a hospital in Dnepropetrovsk . TV channel of news 24. Appeal date is January 19, 2016.
- ↑ Korbana was discharged from the hospital, but he will be supervised by doctors . ru.TSN.ua. The date of appeal is January 19, 2016.
- ↑ Korban was hospitalized from the courtroom . RIA Novosti Ukraine. The date of appeal is January 19, 2016.
- ↑ Korbana was re-admitted to hospital . 112.ua. The date of appeal is January 19, 2016.
- ↑ The Security Service of Ukraine and the GPU searched the house of Korban . RIA Novosti Ukraine. The date of appeal is January 19, 2016.
- ↑ The GPU explained the reasons for exporting Korban to Kiev .
- ↑ Trial of Korban: Live Webcast .
- ↑ To deliver Korban by force to Kiev was resolved by the judge, who punished Avtomaydan and violated the oath . ru.TSN.ua. The date of appeal is January 19, 2016.
- ↑ Because of the threat of a heart attack, Korban was operated on . ru.TSN.ua. The date of appeal is January 19, 2016.
- ↑ The court sent Korban under arrest
- ↑ The UN indicated a violation of the European Convention on Human Rights in the Korban case (Rus.) . The appeal date is January 12, 2018.
- ↑ The Prosecutor General’s Office has withdrawn from Korban bills for deputies and schemes of raider attacks . Ukrainian news . ukranews.com (December 29, 2015).
- ↑ U Korban found black bookkeeping with the costs of disrupting court hearings . Ukrainian news . ukranews.com (December 29, 2015).
- ↑ Korban’s defense called forgery the materials of the GPU . ru.TSN.ua. The date of appeal is January 19, 2016.
- ↑ Korban was transferred to the SIZO . ru.TSN.ua. The date of appeal is January 19, 2016.
- ↑ Korban was released under house arrest . Ukrainian news . ukranews.com (March 15, 2016).
- ↑ Korban is no longer the head of UKROP . Ukrainian truth. The appeal date is January 12, 2018.
- ↑ No longer UKROP. Why Korban was removed from the leadership of the party . Ukrainian truth. The appeal date is January 12, 2018.
- ↑ Korban was sentenced to 1.5 years in prison on probation . Ukrainian news . ukranews.com (March 23, 2016).
- ↑ Korban has deprived himself of the opportunity to get into the Rada "LB.ua", 04.2016
- ↑ Korban went to Israel - sources . Ukrainian truth. The appeal date is January 12, 2018.
- ↑ Judge Chaus was caught with a jar of money - Kholodnitsky . Ukrainian truth. The appeal date is January 12, 2018.
- ↑ Korban said that the criminal case on the "Foundation for the Defense of the country" was closed . The appeal date is January 12, 2018.
- ↑ Korban, saying that the criminally right of the Fund for the Defense of the Lands was closed . The appeal date is November 29, 2017.
- ↑ Moldova refused the political asylum of the scandalous judge Judge Chaus Neopr . Ukrainian truth. The appeal date is January 12, 2018.
- ↑ Korban returned to Ukraine . Ukrainian truth. The appeal date is January 12, 2018.
Links
- The official site of the party UKROP Korban Gennady
- Svetlana Kryukova . How the raider Korban turned into a marshal to Grechku and lost the election // “ Ukrainian Truth ”, 03/27/2015
- Personal account of Gennady Korban in the social network Facebook