THREAD: A new HUGE corruption (and most probably spy) scandal around Zelensky. On Dec.8 Deputy Minister of Interior Gogilashvili did not stop his car at a check point in Donetsk region. After being stopped, he started to shout at, insult, threat and physically attacked policemen.
A video of incident went public on Dec.11. Free media started to uncover Gogiashvili's past. A HUGE stinking past had been revealed. In 2000s, Gogiashvili lived in Russian Rostov and was a PR officer at a probably criminal group of private prisons for drug addicts 2000-2010.
In 1998 he was convicted in Russia for fraud. There are concerns how could he work with a highly sensitive topic of drugs in Russia as a convict without cooperation with FSB. He also actively cooperated with Russian Kremlin party United Russia. Here: together with senator Karelin
In 2010s he moved to Ukraine. Under Zelensky he was appointed as a Deputy Minister of Interior in 2019. The person had no work experience (born in 1973, he worked at kindergarden, and than at "Vykhod" in Russia), no education. It looks like, that his wife played a huge role.
Gogilashvili's wife Maria Levchenko worked as Zelensky's Kvartal95 media company. She was appointed by Zelensky as his personal aide, but still worked formally at Kvartal95 - so she did not need to go through security clearance. Here: Levchenko, Zelensky, Gogilashvili together.
This is not all. Ukrainian media found out, Gogilashvili still holds his Russian passport. This means, a Ukrainian Deputy Minister of Interior with his wife as a personal aide by the President is a Russian citizen with a proven history of cooperation with United Russia party.
According to Ukrainian media, Maria Levchenko - obviously without any security clearance - was present at the meeting at Zelensky's office as details of Wagner mercenaries operation had been discussed. It is not clear, if she or her husband or someone else were a leak.
Anyway, before the leaked scandalous video, Gogilashvili was enjoying his stellar career, had even got an order from President Zelensky "for self-sacrifice, high professionalism in fighting of crime, loyal and spotless service to Ukrainian people":
Today, Gogilashvili was dismissed from his position in the ministry. Still there is no news about a criminal prosecution of his attack against a policeman, neither about the consequences for President Zelensky, who allegedly promoted him exclusively as Zelensky own aide's husband
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