Oleh Borysovych Rybachuk (Ukrainian: Олег Борисович Рибачук; born 22 April 1958) is a Ukrainian politician and public figure.

Biography

Oleh Rybachuk graduated from the Faculty of Philology of

Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv The Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv (; also known as Kyiv University, Shevchenko University, or KNU) is a public university in Kyiv, Ukraine. The university is the third-oldest university in Ukraine after the University of Lviv and ...

(1975-1980) with a degree in English and French languages and earned the second higher education diploma at the Finance and Credit Faculty of

Kyiv National Economic University The Kyiv National Economic University is a self-governing public university in Kyiv, Ukraine. The university was founded in 1906 as Higher commercial courses. It was ranked #3 by the Ukrainian national ranking of the universities conducted by ...

(1993-1996) with a qualification in economics. In 1997, studied at the

Georgetown University School of Foreign Service The Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service (SFS) is the school of international relations at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. It grants degrees at both undergraduate and graduate levels. Founded in 1919, SFS is the oldest continuo ...

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Career

* From 1980 to 1986 worked as an Inspector and a Senior Inspector at the

Kyiv Kyiv, also Kiev, is the capital and most populous List of cities in Ukraine, city of Ukraine. Located in the north-central part of the country, it straddles both sides of the Dnieper, Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2022, its population was 2, ...

Customs. * In 1986 - 1991 employed as an English translator at TO "Zakordonnaftobud" in the

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. * In 1992 — Head of the Department of foreign exchange transactions at Kyiv Joint Stock Commercial Exchange Bank «Kyyivbirzhbank». * From 1992 to 1999 served as Chief of the Foreign Relations Department, Head of the International Banking Relations Department, Director of the International Relations Department of the

National Bank of Ukraine The National Bank of Ukraine ( ; NBU []) is the central bank of Ukraine. Created in 1991 from the Ukrainian operations of the Soviet Gosbank, the NBU employs over 12,000 people, making it one of the largest employers in the financial sector in ...

. * In 1999-2001 served as the Head of Prime Minister's Office in the Secretariat of Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine. * In 2001-2002 — Vice-President of the

Black Sea Trade and Development Bank The Black Sea Trade and Development Bank (BSTDB) is an international development finance institution serving the eleven member founding countries of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation, a regional economic organization. It supports economic deve ...

(

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). * In April 2002 was elected a Member of

Parliament of Ukraine The Verkhovna Rada ( ; VR), officially the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, is the unicameral parliament of Ukraine. It consists of 450 deputies presided over by a speaker. The Verkhovna Rada meets in the Verkhovna Rada building in Ukraine's capita ...

(4th convocation) from the

Viktor Yushchenko Viktor Andriiovych Yushchenko (, ; born 23 February 1954) is a Ukrainian politician who was the third president of Ukraine from 23 January 2005 to 25 February 2010. He aimed to orient Ukraine towards Western world, the West, European Union, and N ...

Bloc «Our Ukraine» and served through March 2005. As an MP was appointed the Head of the Parliamentary group “Together” of the “Our Ukraine” fraction, as well as the authorized representative of the fraction, the Head of the Subcommittee on Banking and Currency Regulation of the Committee on Finance and Banking. Headed the service of the leader of «Our Ukraine» Bloc and the presidential candidate Viktor Yushchenko. * From February 4 till September 7, 2005 — Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine on European Integration. * From September 7, 2005 to September 16, 2006 appointed the State Secretary of Ukraine, the Chief of Staff to the

President of Ukraine The president of Ukraine (, ) is the head of state of Ukraine. The president represents the nation in international relations, administers the foreign political activity of the state, conducts negotiations and concludes international treaties. ...

Viktor Yushchenko. * In May–October 2006 — the Secretary of the Political Council under the President of Ukraine. * From October 2005 to September 2006 was a member of the

National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine The National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine, ( NSDCU; , ''RNBOU'') or RNBO, is the coordinating state body of the executive power under the President of Ukraine on issues of national security and defense. It is a state agency tasked wi ...

. * In September 2006 appointed an Advisor to the President of Ukraine. * From December 2007 – non-staff Advisor to the President of Ukraine. * On March 4, 2008 was exempt from duties of the presidential advisor after his public statement, that the Chief of Staff to the President of Ukraine

Viktor Baloha Viktor Ivanovych Baloha (, born 15 June 1963) is a Ukrainian politician and a former emergency situations minister. Early life and education Viktor Baloha was born on 15 June 1963 in the village Zavydovo, Mukachevo district, Zakarpattia O ...

does not always present the opinion of the President. * 2006 - 2008 — Chairman of the Supervisory Council of JSC "Oschadbank”. Member of the Supervisory Council of JSC “Ukreximbank”. * From December 2008 to May 2016 — member of the Supervisory Council of PJSC "

ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih (former Kryvorizhstal; ) is Ukraine's largest integrated steel company, founded in 1934 and located in Kryvyi Rih, in central Ukraine. The steel plant is one of the most important Ukrainian companies and a globally impor ...

". * From 2009 – until now — Chairman and co-founder of th
NGO «Centre UA»
also one of the initiators of the «New Citizen» Public Campaign, the

Civil movement "Chesno" Chesno () is a Ukrainian public campaign that emerged late 2011 to advance a fair election process. It is widely known for its critical analysis and evaluation of politicians and the Verkhovna Rada (parliament) in Ukraine. The organization provi ...

, the coalition of civil society organizations "Reanimation Package of Reforms". Co-founder of the think tank "Collegium of Anna Yaroslavna".

Euromaidan

According to the

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, Rybachuk's New Citizen organization had “played a big role in getting the uromaidanprotest up and running.”

Accusation for special services work

According to

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, an anonymous source within the

British intelligence The Government of the United Kingdom maintains several intelligence agencies that deal with secret intelligence. These agencies are responsible for collecting, analysing and exploiting foreign and domestic intelligence, providing military intell ...

said Rybachuk was an agent of the Soviet and later Russian Main intelligence directorate (

GRU Gru is a fictional character and the main protagonist of the ''Despicable Me'' film series. Gru or GRU may also refer to: Arts and entertainment * Gru (rapper), Serbian rapper * Gru, an antagonist in '' The Kine Saga'' Organizations Georgia (c ...

). Rybachuk previously mentioned contacts with the

KGB The Committee for State Security (, ), abbreviated as KGB (, ; ) was the main security agency of the Soviet Union from 1954 to 1991. It was the direct successor of preceding Soviet secret police agencies including the Cheka, Joint State Polit ...

during the Soviet times, explaining in a 2017 interview that in the Soviet Union there was no possibility to work abroad without any special services connection. He disowned the accusation that he was an agent for the Russian special services and said that the respective information diffusion in Ukrainian news media was a special-order campaign designed by the Executive Office of the President against him.

References

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Russian hybrid warfare in Ukraine

Рибачук: Я працював з радянськими спецслужбами

Агентом якої спецслужби є Олег Рибачук?

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