The Ministry of Defense has one contract left with companies affiliated with the family of Lviv businessman Igor Grinkevich; it concerns the supply of food to the military. It will be torn apart if grounds arise.
Source: Deputy Minister of Defense Vitaly Polovenko in Facebook
Details: The contract is valid from January 1 to April 1, 2024.
Direct speech: “This is an agreement for the supply of food to the military in the Nikolaev and Kherson regions. This was the last agreement concluded by the department of resource provision, which is now being disbanded. The agreement was concluded as a result of a tender held at Prozoro – before we became aware of the arrests and detention “We have already begun thorough internal checks.”
Details: According to Polovenko, one group of inspectors checks the tender, the second checks the contract, and the third checks the quality of services. Inspectors will review all aspects of the collaboration throughout the duration of the agreement.
If there are grounds to terminate this contract ahead of schedule, the Ministry of Defense promises to do so immediately.
Background:
- On December 29, 2023, employees of the State Bureau of Investigation detained a Lviv businessman, one of the largest suppliers to the Ministry of Defense, who offered a bribe of 500 thousand US dollars to one of the heads of the Bureau’s Main Investigation Department for assistance in returning property seized from companies under his control during the investigation. According to the UP source, we are talking about Igor Grinkevich.
- On December 30, 2023, Grinkevich was chosen as a preventive measure in the form of detention with the possibility of bail in the amount of 429 million 440 thousand hryvnia.
- On January 9, the Ministry of Defense announced that it was terminating contracts with companies associated with the family of Lviv businessman Igor Grinkevich.
- The son of Lviv businessman Igor Grinkevich, Roman, responded for the first time to publicity about his father’s possible illegal activities in the Ministry of Defense. He claims that his family’s activities took place under the current legislation and the scandal was ordered.
2024-01-09 19:45:11
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