Law enforcement officers in the Kyiv region have detained a Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences suspected of demanding $8,000 to employ a man liable for military service at a university. According to investigators, the job was intended to serve as grounds for obtaining a deferment from conscription.
According to the Strategic Investigations Department of the National Police, the detained man is the head of a department at one of the higher education institutions in the Kyiv region.
Law enforcement officials said he offered an acquaintance a position among the university’s educational support staff. According to investigators, the position was then intended to give the man the right to obtain a deferment from military service during mobilization.
The official was detained while receiving the full amount of the bribe, police said.
He has been notified of suspicion under Part 3 of Article 369-2 of Ukraine’s Criminal Code — abuse of influence. The court imposed a preventive measure of nighttime house arrest on the suspect.
The article carries a penalty of up to eight years in prison with confiscation of property.
Conditions for a deferment
Under the law, research and academic staff at higher education and professional pre-higher education institutions are entitled to a deferment from mobilization if they work at least 0.75 of a full-time position at their primary place of employment.
