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The original was posted on /r/ukraine by /u/F_M_G_W_A_C on 2025-07-23 14:23:13+00:00.
I sometimes see supporters of Ukraine here trying to rationalize Ukrainian government decision regarding NABU by the fact that the agency was, ostensibly, "infiltrated by russians".
Here's a beautiful explanation of this whole "russian infiltration" story by Oleksa Shalayskyi from "Nashi Hroshi" (anti-corruption NGO), read it and make your own conclusions:
"So, here’s the story. The year is 2012. President Yanukovych occasionally tasks the head of his security (State Guard Department) with finding out certain information. But instead of going through Minister Zakharchenko, he uses his own channels. Often, this requires accessing classified law enforcement databases - things like "who has a criminal case opened or closed against them," etc. A subordinate of the security chief mentions that he knows a police officer who can provide such services.
Back then, these kinds of services were offered by practically anyone who could be bothered - $300, and the information was yours on a flash drive. Businessmen, politicians, criminals, you name it - it was just a "market service." Since the security chief had a budget, the hired cop was paid too. This went on for several years - until the Revolution.
Then Yanukovych flees along with his security team, but the cop stays in his position. Some time later, he passes a competitive selection process and joins NABU. And that, in principle, should have been the end of the story.
But no. Ten years later, in 2023, the SBU shows up at NABU and says: "That security officer of Yanukovych who placed the orders? Six years after his last request - in 2020 - he defected to the russians. Let’s use that to pin something on your employee."
NABU is stunned. Still in shock, they respond: "Well, let’s check whether the detective had any contact with that security officer after the Revolution." They check - no contact. "Let’s interrogate him ourselves," suggests NABU. "No need," replies the SBU. "He shouldn’t know we’re watching him."
A year passes. In 2024, the SBU, disregarding its own secrecy, conducts a search and interrogation of the NABU representative. Afterward, they inform NABU that nothing was found - but only verbally. For a year, NABU asks for official confirmation of the investigation, because they, too, don’t want an unreliable person in their ranks. The SBU remains silent.
Then another year passes. It’s July 2025. The SBU closes the case against the same employee based on the same decade-old grounds. They issue a press release that makes zero sense compared to the actual story I just laid out. Personally, after reading it, I was convinced that the NABU detective had been selling secret information to russian spies during the war.
Now, here’s the question. Suppose the SBU considers it treason against Ukraine if you provided services to some guy who, five years later, became a traitor.
I think a high-ranking police officer from Yanukovych’s era - let’s say, someone with the last name Tatarov (OP's note: Oleh Tatarov is the Deputy Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine) - also provided plenty of services to people who later betrayed Ukraine. And even without Tatarov, you could compile a similar list of traitors numbering in the tens of thousands. Yet there are no press releases about their arrests.
Either the security services aren’t doing their job - or, on the contrary, they’re working very well, just not in Ukraine’s interest."
Original text in Ukrainian can be found here: https://www.facebook.com/oleksa.shalayskiy/posts/pfbid0Rn3NnPLt8jTqREioYa3WdtYmTiUefSmnL6CXsSg5wqg2dqcnnN8j6Dan9EJxGvanl
