SBI conducts investigative actions against former Ukrenergo CEO Kudrytskyi
21 October 14:27
Employees of the State Bureau of Investigation are conducting investigative actions at the former head of NPC Ukrenergo Volodymyr Kudrytskyi.
An informed source told [Komersant].
According to preliminary information, investigative actions are being carried out on the fact of abuse of office and misappropriation of funds of the state-owned company.
According to the source, the searches in the SBI proceedings related to Kudrytskyi and Ukrenergo were conducted simultaneously at more than 20 addresses.
What is known about Kudrytskyi
As a reminder, Volodymyr Kudrytskyi was the Chairman of the Board of Ukrenergo from 2020 to 2024. on September 2, 2024, the Supervisory Board of Ukrenergo decided to dismiss Volodymyr Kudrytskyi from the position of the company’s CEO.
Three state representatives on the Supervisory Board – Yuriy Tokarskyi, Oleksandr Baraniuk and Yuriy Boyko, as well as an independent member of the Board Roman Pionkovskyi – voted for his resignation. Two other independent members voted against the decision.
On the eve of the vote, international donors sent a letter to the then Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal asking him to suspend the process of dismissing the head of Ukrenergo.
After Kudrytskyi’s resignation, Daniel Dobeni, chairman of the Supervisory Board of NPC Ukrenergo, and Peder Andersen, a member of the Board, also submitted their resignations.
Previously, "Komersant Ukrainian" reported that the First Deputy Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Committee on Energy and Housing and Communal Services, People’s Deputy of Ukraine Oleksiy Kucherenko, stated that Kudrytskyi should bear full responsibility for the failed shelters that were built at Ukrenergo facilities.
