Naftogaz’s Vitrenko dismissed, blames company’s CEO, corruption (UPDATE)


Yuriy Vitrenko, Naftogaz’s business development director, speaks with the Kyiv Post on June 20, 2018, in his office in Kyiv. Naftogaz fired Vitrenko on May 13, 2020 after major disputes between him and the state-owned gas and oil monopoly’s CEO Andriy Kobolyev.

Editor’s Note: This article has been updated with Naftogaz’s response.

Yuriy Vitrenko, executive director of Naftogaz Ukraine, will be leaving the state energy giant in two months after his position was abolished by the company’s management, Vitrenko wrote on Facebook on May 13.