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The Education and Science Ministry of Ukraine has dismissed Volodymyr Kharchenko as the acting rector of the National Aviation University of Ukraine.

“This decision was made based on a decision of the Education and Science Ministry’s commission probing the complaints and appeals by citizens with respect to the National Aviation University on August 23, 2016,” the ministry said in a statement posted on its website.

As reported, Head of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) Vasyl Hrytsak said law enforcers detained Kharchenko when he was accepting a bribe.

The SBU press center reported that the acting rector demanded 170,000 euro through a lawyer, who acted as an intermediary, from a professor. The official demanded this money for approving the appointment of this professor to a position at the university, the press center said.

Both the acting rector and the mediator were detained in their office after receiving Hr 100,000 as part of the bribe.

Meanwhile, thee NABU reported that the acting rector of the NAU received through an intermediary a bribe of Hr 3 million (100,000 euro) for signing an order for the reinstatement in the NAU of one of its professors. All in all, he “demanded Hr 5 million and additional $50,000 for not making any obstacles to the reinstatement by a court ruling of former employees of the University and the signing of the orders for their appointment.”

The NABU said that they were working on charging the culprits under part 3 of Article 368 (acceptance of an offer, promise or receipt of undue advantage by an official).