SBI searches continue at Kyiv Aviation Institute
26 March 2025 12:55
The Kyiv Aviation Institute (formerly the National Aviation University) is being searched by the State Bureau of Investigation, Kommersant Ukrainian reports 
Investigative actions are ongoing within the framework of criminal proceedings on the fact of extortion/receipt of bribes.
It is about bribes for the formal employment of a group of people as researchers at the university in order to book them and exempt them from military service. The further goal was to have some of the defendants travel abroad under the guise of a business trip.
This “service” was used by more than 10 people, all of whom were employed.
According to the source of the publication, representatives of the management of one of the LLCs, which has a strategic importance status and is located in the premises of the university, were additionally involved in the illegal scheme. According to preliminary data, employees of the TCC also participated in the scheme.
The criminal offense is preliminarily classified under Part 3 Article 368, Part 1 Article 366 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.
Ksenia Semenova is currently the acting rector of the National Academy of Sciences. She is also a member of the Kyiv City Council from the Servant of the People faction.
Before becoming the head of the university, Semenova worked for some time as the acting vice-rector of the National Academy of Sciences for Research and Innovative Development.
In general, a new administration appeared at NAU in 2023, when the Cabinet of Ministers adopted a resolution to liquidate the educational institution and deprived it of its national status in order to replace the leadership and reform the university.
In the fall of 2023, the rector of the National Academy of Sciences, Maksym Lutskyi, mobilized into the ranks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
