Ihor Mykhailovych Bakai, sometimes spells as Igor Bakai, ( uk, Ігор Михайлович Бакай; born 17 November 1963 in

Rivne Rivne (; uk, Рівне ),) also known as Rovno (Russian: Ровно; Polish: Równe; Yiddish: ראָוונע), is a city in western Ukraine. The city is the administrative center of Rivne Oblast (province), as well as the surrounding Rivne Raio ...

, Ukrainian SSR) is a former Ukrainian statesman, and politician, Director of the

Naftogaz Naftogaz of Ukraine ( uk, НАК "Нафтогаз України", ''Naftogaz Ukrayiny''; literally "Petro-Gas of Ukraine") is the largest national oil and gas company of Ukraine. It is a state-owned company

(1998–2000). Afraid of criminal charges against him, Bakai fled Ukraine to Russia following the Orange Revolution, where in 2005 he received citizenship. In 1994 – 1996 he was a president of companies "Respublika" and which later became "Intergaz" and had both Klychko brothers (

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and

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) as his bodyguards. In 1996 – 2002 Bakai was a member of the

Verkhovna Rada The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine ( uk, Верхо́вна Ра́да Украї́ни, translit=, Verkhovna Rada Ukrainy, translation=Supreme Council of Ukraine, Ukrainian abbreviation ''ВРУ''), often simply Verkhovna Rada or just Rada, is the ...

(Ukrainian parliament). Initially he was elected in 1996 as a non-partisan from

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. In the parliament he was a member of a deputy group "Constitutional Center" and a parliamentary committee on ecological policy. According to correspondents of

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, Bakai while heading

in 1998–2000 has earned around $1 billion.Oleg Gavrish.
The Oil-and-Gas schemes of President. Part 2. Gaz (Нефтегазовые схемы Президента. Часть 2. Газ)
'.

. 19 April 2005 At the end of 1990s Ukraine was consuming 75 billion metric cubes of gas per year, which was fourth indicator in the world, while the country was not among top 20 countries in the GDP volume. In addition to that, Ukraine on its own was drilling 18 billion metric cubes of gas by Naftogas along with some smaller Ukrainian companies. In 2010 he was involved in scandal around the Schlosshotel Bühlerhöhe.The "Kuchma's groundkeeper" led to decay castle and hotel acquired in Germany ("Завгосп Кучми" довів до занепаду замки й готель, придбані у Німеччині)

. 27 June 2013 Because of that, previous owner of the hotel Dietmar Hopp filed a lawsuit against Bakai to recover 14 million euros debt.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Bakai, Ihor 1963 births Living people Politicians from Rivne 20th-century Ukrainian politicians Naftogaz people Businesspeople in the gas industry FC Dnipro Ukrainian football chairmen and investors Second convocation members of the Verkhovna Rada Third convocation members of the Verkhovna Rada Naturalised citizens of Russia Recipients of the Honorary Diploma of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine