Savchenko Oleksii Yuriiovych

On September 13, 2016 the competition commission on the issues of the high corps of civil service elected Oleksiy Savchenko as the head of the Mykolayiv Regional State Administration. During this competition, while completing tasks Oleksii Savchenko has made numerous grammatical mistakes and showed the lack of knowledge of Ukrainian language. Test part of the assignment was completed by Savchenko for 6 min. 4 sec. – several times faster than his competitors. The closest competitor os Savchenko passed the same test for 32 min. 54 sec. giving 37 correct answers out of 40. These circumstances gave grounds for assuming the interference in the testing program in order to provide unlawful advantages to Savchenko and secure his victory in the competition. The National Police started a criminal investigation No 1201600000000525 after the appeal of NGO “Anti-Corruption Action Centre” under p. 2 of Art. 362 (Unauthorized interference with the operation of electronic computers)       

Despite the scandal, on October 6, 2016 Savchenko was appointed as the Head of Mykolaiv Regional Administration.

From 2005 until 2014 he was working on different managerial positions in commercial banks:

In 2005 – 2006 he was the Head of the Board of PJSC “Asia Universal Bank” (AUB) – the representative of Kyrgyz bank "Asia Universal Bank". On August 5, 2010 the National bank of Kyrgyzstan decided to withdraw a banking license of PJSC "Asia Universal Bank", recognize it as insolvent and start a bankruptcy procedure. Acting Head of the National Bank of the Kyrgyz Republic stated in an interview that "Asia Universal Bank" was existing to siphon state funds. For 10 years AUB was providing fictitious reports to the National Bank. It turned out that financial, statistical and regulatory reports which were provided to the state authorities were falsified in order to hide real financial state. The bank was existing to siphon state funds.       

In 2006 – 2010 Savchenko was working as a Deputy Head and Head of the Board of PJSC “Partner-Bank”. According to information from the media he was also a founder of this bank but in August 2011 Savchenkko sod his part to businessmen Volodymyr Antonov. After the sale bank was renamed to PJSC “Conversbank”. The last name of this bank was “City Commerce Bank” and now it is being liquidated. From 2010 until July 2011 Savchenko was the Head of Supervisory board of PJSC “Conversebank”. A shady deal on siphoning money using correspondent account in Meinl Bank AG was carried out after “Conversbank bank was purchased by Antonov. 

From 2011 to 2014 Oleksii Savchenko held several positions with Avant-Bank PJSC. On 15 September 2011, he was appointed to the position of the Head of the Board of Avant-Bank PJSC. On 21 October 2013, he was appointed to the position of the Head of  Supervisory Board of Avant-Bank PJSC. The date of his dismissal is unknown, according to information from Smida database (stock-market database) between his tenures as the Head of the Board and the Head of the Supervisory Board he also held the position of the Advisor for Economic Issues to the Head of the Board.

From 2011 to May 2012 Oleksii Savchenko was the indirect co-owner of the Bank via Lorens Group LLC. In 2012, Valeriy Yarema, son of the former Prosecutor General Vitaliy Yarema, was the assistant to the Head of Board of Avant-Bank. As of March 2019, Avant-Bank PJSC undergoes the procedure of dissolution.

Prior to the banking sector, he worked in law enforcement authorities.  Media repeatedly reported that Savchenko had close business relations with Vitaliy Yarema (Savchenko was his assistant in the Parliament, Yarema’s son worked in Avant-Bank) and Valerii Heletei (Heletei held the position of Vice-president for Security Issues at the same time as Savchenko held his position at the bank).

On 18 March 2018, 29-year-old acting Director of the Communal Enterprise "Mykolayiv International Airport" Vladyslav Voloshyn committed suicide in Mykolayiv. On the same day, the correspondence of Vladyslav Voloshyn was published on Mykolayiv news website "NikVesti" suggesting that he was considering suicide because of pressure from Oleksii Savchenko. However, there is no proof of the authenticity of this correspondence. The fact of the pressure was also confirmed by one of the employees of the late Voloshyn, Deputy Director General for Development of the Communal Enterprise "Mykolayiv International Airport"  Alina Korotych. She said "There were some negotiations with the regional state administration on the signing of the work acceptance in relation to the terminal. Those works that have already been completed. However, the tender did not actually happen, it was cancelled. This is illegal, so he did not agree." The pressure was related to the tender for the reconstruction of the building of the Communal Enterprise "Mykolayiv International Airport". More details are available in the video below.