Mykhailo Podoliak, a political technologist who previously worked with politicians from the Party of Regions, became an adviser and consultant to the head of the president's office, Andriy Yermak .

 

Political technologist Podoliak, who previously worked with "Regions", became Yermak's consultant

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Mykhailo Podoliak, a political technologist who previously worked with politicians from the Party of Regions, became an adviser and consultant to the head of the president's office, Andriy Yermak .

Podoliak himself confirmed this information in a comment to Novoe Vremya.

"I'm just an adviser to the head of the OP [Andriy Yermak]… I 'm studying the crises that exist and how to get out of them ," the political technologist told reporters.

Podoliak noted that he is a non-public figure and does not claim any high positions in the OP (this is how he reacted to rumors about a possible appointment as deputy head of the president's office).

Asked if he could be called an "anti-crisis manager" of the president's office, the adviser to the head of the OP said: "In general, yes."

According to Mykhailo Podoliak, he will work with various crisis situations, in particular in information policy.

"I think we need to talk more confidentially with the journalistic community," he said.

According to NV, on the morning of April 10, Podoliak met with the staff of the OP communication team.

As reported by " News ", the head of the president's office Andriy Yermak replaced Andriy Bohdan on February 11, 2020. Zelensky's former aide, Yermak, oversees the "Russian" direction in the OP, in particular, he participates in negotiations at the level of the Tripartite Contact Group in Minsk, where he has already signed a document on the establishment of an "advisory group" with ORDLO representatives. Giving subjectivity to the separatists provoked protests not only from the opposition, but also from the Servant of the People faction .
Also recently, Ermak became a participant in several new scandals - with the purchase of an expensive "Mercedes" , with his brother Denis, who in August 2019 on behalf of the OP conducted interviewswith candidates for various government positions about their appointment for money, with the persecution of the deputy from the "SN" Geo Leros , who published "Ermak's films", etc.

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Who is Mykhailo Podoliak

Mykhailo Podoliak became known under President Yanukovych as a political technologist and editor-in-chief of the Obozrevatel website (the publication belongs to politician and businessman Mykhailo Brodsky, who was a member of Yanukovych's team at the time).

At that time, Podoliak worked for politicians of the Party of Regions. In particular, as a political consultant he whitewashed the reputation of the People's Deputy from the PR Yuriy Ivanyushchenko - the authority of "Yuri Yenakiyevsky", who at that time was one of the leading oligarchs of Yanukovych's team.

In June 2011, Podoliak was part of a pool of journalists in front of whom President Viktor Yanukovych jumped on stumps in Mezhyhirya .

According to some sources , Podoliak was also an adviser to the then head of President Yanukovych's administration, Serhiy Lyovochkin, and in the 2012 election he served as a "watchdog" for the majority constituencies in Kyiv.

Podoliak was spotted on various websites as the author and distributor of PR materials in favor of Viktor Medvedchuk.

In the 2015 local elections, political technologist Mykhailo Podoliak advised Kyiv mayoral candidate Serhiy Dumchev and the Reform Movement party. Despite a costly advertising campaign (worth more than UAH 100 million), Podoliak's clients failed in the election.

According to media reports, Podoliak previously lived in Belarus , in 2002 Podoliak was fined $ 60,000 for defamation by a Belarusian court, and in 2004 he was deported for actions that "could destabilize social harmony and the political situation in the republic." to Ukraine.

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