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Drugs, "your" and the support of the Russians: what is known about the head of Ivan Rudy.

Law enforcement officers detained the chairman of Ivan Rudyi Kilil for consciously not depriving the license by one of the commercial structures organizing gambling on the Internet. On Wednesday, December 18, employees of the State Bureau of Investigation detained the Chairman of the Commission on Regulation of Gambling and Lottery Ivan Rudy on suspicion of aiding and unlawful preservation of drugs. This was reported by the DBR in the Telegram channel.

Law enforcement officers detained the chairman of Ivan Rudyi Kilil for consciously not depriving the license by one of the commercial structures organizing gambling on the Internet. Its beneficial owner is the Russians, and representatives of the organization contributed to the aggressor. This decision was made by the head of the organization despite the examination of the threat of online national security.

Law enforcement officers also found that a person who directly controls the activity of online casino has funded the veterans of their own. Currently, online casino continues its operations in Russia and on Russian web resources. "Currently, the court has chosen precautions in the form of detention with the beneficial owners of online casinos, director and trademark owner and domain name," DBR added.

Ivan Rudy - a state and political figure, captain of the National Team of Ukraine "Games of the Unconquered" and Chairman of the Commission on Gambling and Lottery Regulation. He is the former military, also participated in hostilities in eastern Ukraine. In 2014, he came under a hostile shelling and was severely injured, after which he became a secretary of the advisory council for war veterans, families of fallen defenders of Ukraine in Ministry of Veterans.

He was appointed head of the Gambling Commission and Lottery on October 28, 2020. In January 2024, the NAPC revealed in the actions of the head of Ivan Rudy, a sign of a corruption offense. After the conflict with the Kilil worker, the chairman was submitted to the consideration and personally voted for the opening of disciplinary proceedings and removing her from his position.

Recall that at the end of March, a petition appeared on the website of the Presidential Office of Ukraine with a call to limit the gambling business. The "public" noted that a few hours after the publication, the petition gained 25,000 votes necessary for consideration by the Head of State. In April, the Committee of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on Finance, Tax and Customs Policy approved the N9256-D bill.

It envisages the liquidation of the Gambling and Lottery Regulation Commission (downs) and strengthening the control of the gambling business. Later, on April 20, 2024, the bill was signed by President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy. We will remind, on December 18 the media appeared in the media about the detention of the head of Ivan Rudyi. According to the DBR, he contributed to the activities of the Russian online casino, which had a license to organize gambling in Ukraine.