Position: From 2015 to 2019 — First Deputy Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine (NSDC), long-term business partner of ex-president Petro Poroshenko
Sphere of corrupt activity: military-industrial complex.
Region of corrupt activity : Kyiv
Qualification: Part 2 Art. 364 - abuse of power or official position, i.e. deliberate use of power or official position by an official against the interests of the service, with the aim of obtaining any undue benefit for himself or another natural or legal person, if it caused significant damage to the rights and freedoms protected by law and the interests of individual citizens or the state or public interests, or the interests of legal entities if it caused serious consequences. It is punishable by deprivation of liberty for a term of three to six years with deprivation of the right to hold certain positions or engage in certain activities for a term of up to three years, with a fine of five hundred to one thousand tax-free minimum incomes of citizens.
But Art. 366-1 of the Criminal Code - submission by the subject of the declaration of knowingly inaccurate information in the declaration of a person authorized to perform the functions of the state or local self-government, provided for by the Law of Ukraine "On Prevention of Corruption", or the deliberate failure of the subject of the declaration to submit the said declaration - shall be punished by a fine of two thousand five hundred to three thousand non-taxable minimum incomes of citizens or public works for a period of one hundred and fifty to two hundred and forty hours, or deprivation of liberty for a period of up to two years, with deprivation of the right to hold certain positions or engage in certain activities for a period of up to three years.
Status: In 2019, VAKS chose Oleg Hladkovskyi (in 2014, Oleg Svynarchuk changed his surname to his mother's maiden name and became Hladkovskyi) a preventive measure in the form of arrest for 2 months with the right to post bail in the amount of 10.6 million hryvnias. He posted bail and was released.
Case story: On August 25, 2022, the Supreme Anti-Corruption Court scheduled for consideration on the merits of the criminal case on charges of former First Deputy Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council Oleg Gladkovsky and two former officials of the Ministry of Defense of abuse of office. There is no result to date. The essence of the case is abuse in the supply of military trucks. They are suspected of causing losses of 17.44 million hryvnias. According to the investigation, Gladkovsky used his official position for selfish purposes by including the products of his automobile company "Bogdan Motors" in the state defense order.
In particular, he secured the purchase of MAZ 6317 (Bogdan 6317) off-road trucks at inflated prices from a subsidiary of the Bogdan company, using state budget funds. The purchase itself was organized by other defendants in this case, who were officials of the Ministry of Defense.
It is also reported that the company received a defense order, although the purchased cars did not meet the conditions for localization of production at a level of at least 60%. Upon receiving the order, "Bogdan" undertook to bring localization to an acceptable level within three years, but the conditions were not met.
As detectives have established, at the stage of forming these truck purchases, the government put forward a number of requirements. Among other things, it was about the level of localization (the volume of work on creating a vehicle directly in Ukraine in order to support the domestic manufacturer) should be at least 60%. At that time, the Bogdan Motors cars did not meet these requirements, having a localization level of only 10%.
Later, the localization level was reduced to 20%. Despite the fact that the manufacturing company did not meet this requirement either, it still received a state order, but on the condition that the localization level be brought to 20% by the end of 2017 and its further increase to 30% within three years. The company agreed to these conditions. However, as the investigation later established, the manufacturing company illegally transferred the corresponding costs for increasing the localization level to the budget, which was later confirmed by the specialists of the State Audit Service involved during the inspection.
The contract between the Ministry of Defense and the manufacturing company provided for a partial prepayment and fixed the impossibility of revising the price and the limit of the calculation items specified in the contract. However, contrary to this condition, the price was increased, and the officials of the Ministry of Defense department responsible for this purchase agreed to it, having previously agreed on this issue with Pavlovsky. As a result, the supplier of cars was illegally overpaid by UAH 17.44 million, which was confirmed by the conclusions of the State Audit Service and the examination.
In addition, Oleg Gladkovsky is accused of entering false information into his tax return. He failed to declare his wife's income from renting out luxury real estate in the center of Kyiv for a total amount of over $160,000.
In May 2025, it became known that former First Deputy Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine Oleg Gladkovsky was detained in Spain today, May 14. The issue of his extradition to Ukraine is being resolved. This was reported by NABU.
Individuals potentially involved in Igor Gladkovsky's schemes:
Igor Pavlovsky — On November 5, 2021, former Deputy Minister of Defense Igor Pavlovsky left the pre-trial detention center. He was released on bail of 18 million hryvnias. In August 2021, the court arrested General Pavlovsky with the right to bail in the amount of 500 million hryvnias. The defense called the preventive measure a political decision, and considered the amount of the bail as torture. The lawyers filed a complaint with the ECHR. Later, the court reduced the bail to 18 million hryvnias.
Andriy Araptanov - The Solomyanskyi District Court of Kyiv sentenced Colonel Andriy Araptanov, director of the Department of the Ministry of Defense, to a suspended sentence. He made a plea bargain with the investigation and pleaded guilty. The military official faced a sentence of up to seven years in prison. Andriy Araptanov fully admitted his guilt, repented, and signed a plea bargain with the investigation. Considering this, as well as the fact that the serviceman is a participant in the ATO and was awarded the Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky, 3rd degree, the court decided to sentence him to a suspended sentence. The colonel received 5 years in prison with a probationary period of 2.5 years.
Scandals : Oleg Gladkovsky, together with Serhiy Pashinsky, a representative of the Popular Front (PF) faction and former head of the parliamentary defense committee, were systematically involved in scandals related to procurement for the Ministry of Defense, including weapons.
The Independent Anti-Corruption Committee on Defense (NAKO) reported that in early 2017, the Ministry of Defense signed a contract with Bohdan for the supply of 100 medical vehicles, at $32,000 each. The department did not announce a tender, because the law allows such procedures to be carried out without a competition if they are carried out within the framework of a secret defense order. This is how the Ministry of Defense formulated its application. But of the 50 vehicles delivered to the front, according to NAKO, half broke down in less than a year of operation. However, the Ministry of Defense plans to purchase another hundred such vehicles.
The American newspaper The New York Times wrote about the incident. The article "Corruption is now undermining the army in Ukraine" begins with the story of the Ministry of Defense's purchase of "Bogdans". However, all this did not prevent the Ministry of Defense from concluding a new large-scale contract with Gladkovsky's enterprise in early 2019. In 2016-2017 alone, Auto Assembly Plant No. 1 of the company "Bogdan Motors", Poroshenko's business partner, concluded contracts in tenders for almost a billion hryvnias.
Persons who were supposed to react to Ihor Gladkovsky's corruption schemes:
Prosecutor General's Office. At the time of the apparent corruption schemes for companies controlled by Oleh Gladkovsky, the Prosecutor General's Office of Ukraine was headed by Yuriy Lutsenko.
NABU. At the time of Oleg Gladkovsky's organization of schemes for companies controlled by him, the head of NABU was Artem Sytnyk.
Assets: Oleh Gladkovsky, dismissed after a scandal involving embezzlement in the defense complex, filed a declaration for 2019 before his dismissal. According to it, he received 1.9 million hryvnias in income in January, and his wife keeps $1.4 million in the International Investment Bank (IIB), the ultimate beneficiary of which is former President Petro Poroshenko.
Gladkovsky's income amounted to 1.7 million hryvnia in dividends from PJSC "Closed Undiversified Corporate Investment Fund Sova", the ultimate beneficiary of which is himself, and 223 thousand hryvnia in salary from the National Security and Defense Council. His wife earned 1.3 million hryvnia during this time. At the same time, Gladkovsky's declaration for 2018 is missing from the register. Gladkovsky's income for 2018 should have been at least 9 million hryvnia.
In particular, Oleg Gladkovskyi earned 0.8 million hryvnias per year as the first deputy secretary (his monthly salary was an average of 66.3 thousand hryvnias). Also, during 2018, he declared significant changes in his property status by 8.3 million hryvnias: 7.2 million in dividends from PJSC "Sova", 1 million — alienation of corporate rights ("Sova" and "Bogdan Inter") and 0.2 million — insurance payments from a Cypriot company.
In addition, Gladkovsky declared in 2018 services for organizing a wedding event for 1 million hryvnias from the Italian Le Coperture SRL (Gladkovsky is married and has three sons).
In his 2019 declaration, Gladkovsky indicated that his monetary assets consist of: 14.3 million hryvnias in contributions to a non-bank financial institution and debts under a corporate rights purchase and sale agreement; 1.5 million hryvnias in cash, 30 thousand euros and 28 thousand dollars; 304 euros, 62 dollars and 37 thousand hryvnias in bank accounts.
In turn, his wife has $1.4 million and 140,000 euros (MIB) in bank accounts. Cash — $35,000 and 750,000 hryvnias; 48.4 million hryvnias in contributions to credit institutions and debts under a surety agreement.
Of the valuable property, the value of which exceeds 100 subsistence minimums, Gladkovsky declared Hublot, Corum, Breguet, Ulysse Nardin watches, a Zilli coat, furniture (office), a set of collectible coins (37 pieces), and a Yamaha home theater.
His wife declared Chanel, Breguet, Carrera, Louis Vuitton watches, a gold pendant and earrings with Damiani diamonds, two Valentino fur coats, a Roberto Cavalli coat, five marble statues and a fountain, and a Versace vase.
Gladkovsky also declared the right to use the NSDC's official car, a 2013 Skoda Superb, and his wife owns a 2013 Maserati Ghibli (for 1 million hryvnias).
Gladkovsky personally does not own any real estate.
He is registered in a house in Kozyna (Kyiv region), which belongs to his wife on 863 square meters. m (worth 1.7 million hryvnias). His wife also owns two plots of land in Kozyna on 2.4 thousand square meters. m, a land plot of 0.6 thousand square meters. m and a house of 294 square meters. m (worth 1.3 million hryvnias) in Hora (Kyiv region), an apartment of 419 square meters. m and two garages of 15 square meters. m in Kyiv. At the same time, there are two more plots of 2.4 thousand square meters. m and two houses of 595 and 589 square meters. m. in Kozyna and an apartment in Kyiv of 76 square meters. m (worth 1.2 million hryvnias). In 2017, Hladkovsky's income was 8.1 million hryvnias, in 2016 - 5.3 million, and in 2015 - 4.4 million.
In November 2016, "Schemes" reported that the Hladkovsky family owns companies that have luxury real estate in the south of Spain. For example, in the very prestigious area of La Zagaleta, a three-story villa of 1,729 square meters and almost a hectare of land around it has been designed for Toulouse Investments SL, a company of friend and former business partner Petro Poroshenko.
Sources:
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