Ihor Bakai

Ihor Mykhailovych Bakai, sometimes spells as Igor Bakai,[lower-alpha 1] (Ukrainian: Ігор Михайлович Бакай; born 17 November 1963 in Rivne, Ukrainian SSR) is a former Ukrainian statesman, and politician, Director of the Naftogaz (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 (Wladimir and Vitaliy) as his bodyguards.[1]

In 1996 – 2002 Bakai was a member of the Verkhovna Rada (Ukrainian parliament). Initially he was elected in 1996 as a non-partisan from Kiev Oblast. In the parliament he was a member of a deputy group "Constitutional Center" and a parliamentary committee on ecological policy.

According to some correspondents of Ukrayinska Pravda, Bakai while heading Naftogaz in 1998–2000 has earned around $1 billion.[2] 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.[2] In addition to that, Ukraine on its own was drilling 18 billion metric cubes of gas by Naftogas along with some smaller Ukrainian companies.[2]

In 2010 he was involved in scandal around the Schlosshotel Bühlerhöhe.[3] Because of that, previous owner of the hotel Dietmar Hopp filed a lawsuit against Bakai to recover 14 million euros debt.

Notes
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References
  1. The date April 21. The 1994–95 Ukrainian championship. "Dnipro" – "Zorya-MALS" 6:0 (Дата. 21 апреля. Чемпионат Украины 1994/1995. "Днепр" — "Заря-МАЛС" 6:0). FC Dnipro. 21 April 2012
  2. Oleg Gavrish. The Oil-and-Gas schemes of President. Part 2. Gaz (Нефтегазовые схемы Президента. Часть 2. Газ). Ukrayinska Pravda. 19 April 2005
  3. The "Kuchma's groundkeeper" led to decay castle and hotel acquired in Germany ("Завгосп Кучми" довів до занепаду замки й готель, придбані у Німеччині). Ukrayinska Pravda. 27 June 2013
Government offices
New title Director of Naftogaz
1998-2000		 Succeeded by
Vasyl Rozhonyuk
as acting
Preceded by
Yuriy Dahayev		 Chair of State Management of Affairs
2003–2004		 Succeeded by
Ihor Tarasiuk
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