Ex-Head of Kyiv Metro Braginsky Fled Ukraine Using Fake MMC Report
The Metropolitan Police is investigating the fact of forging the decision of the MMC, on the basis of which the former head of the Kyiv Metro Public Enterprise Viktor Braginsky illegally left Ukraine, and is looking for his accomplices.
The day before, investigators from the capital's police headquarters, as part of a criminal case under the qualification "Forgery of documents", conducted a search of the premises of the Kyiv Metro Enterprise, as a result of which they seized official documentation, in particular regarding Braginsky's health status and other documents that will serve as evidence in criminal proceedings.
The pre-trial investigation into the incident is ongoing, and law enforcement officers are identifying the individuals who assisted the suspect in obtaining fictitious documents. The sanction of the article provides for up to five years of imprisonment.
The former head of the capital's metro is a suspect in criminal proceedings under Part 2 of Article 367 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine, due to whose official negligence, an emergency situation occurred on the blue line of the metro in December 2023. Then, between the metro stations "Demiivska" - "Lybidska", the tunnels flooded and the soil subsided above it.
The investigation proved that Braginsky did not conduct an assessment of the risks of emergency situations at subway facilities and did not take measures to ensure the long-term service of artificial structures and prevent their malfunctions. In addition, he was supposed to appoint a commission to conduct special inspections and surveys of weakened structures of the Obolonsko-Teremkivska line, but he did not do so.
As a result, the damaged metro stations had to be closed, which caused losses to the city budget of more than UAH 138.5 million only for the period from December 2023 to March 2024.
During the subsequent pre-trial investigation, the police established that the suspect illegally crossed the border of Ukraine on the basis of a forged decision of the VLK.
Let us remind you that Viktor Braginsky is a figure in the EBK database.