Former top SBU official named a suspect in murder plot

Dmytro Neskoromniy, a former first deputy head of the
Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), was named a suspect by the SBU on Jan. 27 in
ordering the murder of Andriy Naumov, the head of the SBU internal security
main administration. The SBU announced the decision in a statement on its
website, which was published with audio recordings of Neskoromniy discussing
the murder with Yuriy Rasiuk, a senior consultant in the SBU’s anti-terrorism
center who allegedly agreed to organize the plot.
The notice of suspicion was issued to a relative of the 42-year-old
Neskoromniy, who is under search. His main motive was removing the 38-year-old
Naumov, who had interfered with Neskoromniy returning to the SBU and
reappointing members of his grouping to key posts, the SBU statement said.

Zenon Zawada: We see the
significance of this development in Neskoromniy being desperate to return to
the SBU, to the extent that he wanted to kill someone, as alleged by the SBU.
That means that Ukraine’s main security body continues to provide enormous
opportunities for corruption and making money. It’s not entirely clear why
Neskoromniy was forced out of the SBU, but the pravda.com.ua news site
indicated it may have been a response by the Zelensky administration for
exposing Denys Yermak, the brother of the President’s Office head who was
alleged to have been shopping government positions for bribes. If that’s true,
Neskoromniy’s dismissal would also speak to ongoing corruption and a chaotic
situation in the top ranks.