A criminal record in Russia and a marriage to an assistant to President Volodymyr Zelensky are not the only fact from the biography of the scandalous former Deputy Interior Minister Oleksandr Gogilashvili.
The ex-official who caused a scandal at a checkpoint in the Donetsk region on December 11, worked for a year (from 1995 to 1996) as a kindergarten teacher in Rostov-on-Don, Russia.
According to data on the Myrotvorets website, where Gogilashvili is listed, he was also accused of large-scale fraud and forgery of state documents. He was even given a five-year suspended sentence, according to Depo.ua.
For ten years (2000-2010) Gogilashvili was a representative of the highest hierarchical level of the sect "Center for Healthy Youth", which was a structural division of the sect "Kingdom of God". There he held the "office" of the Head of the Public Relations Department of the Ukrainian "TSM" region. The center allegedly specializes in treatment for bad habits for money.
Since 2008, Gogilashvili has been a producer of the TBN children's TV channel in parallel with his work at the center.
It is not known when the scandalous ex-official acquired Ukrainian citizenship, but back in November 2015, he was issued a temporary residence permit. He is also a master of sports in judo.
After it became known about the scandal with Gogilashvili at the checkpoint, information spread online that he is the husband of Zelensky's personal assistant Maria Levchenko. However, in her biography, not everything is "clean". Although she works in the Office of the President, she is not officially employed there. She receives her salary in the Kvartal 95 studio. Journalists managed to establish these facts due to the fact that Zelensky's secretary did not submit a declaration.
According to ZN.UA, Levchenko's workplace is located not outside the Office of the head of state, but directly inside. Thus, a woman whose husband has Russian citizenship can attend important meetings of the President, in particular, on the detention of "Wagnerists".
Previously, it was reported that the video in which Gogilashvili brawls at the Donetsk checkpoint was removed from YouTube. However, a video of another Gogilashvili scandal with the security forces appeared on the network. He swears at the police and calls them "dumb".