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Professor Oleksandr Zelenskiy claims that he was not nominated for the state scholarship because he is the father of the current head of the Ukrainian state, Volodymyr Zelenskiy.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s father, Alexander Zelensky, told Strana newspaper that his candidacy for a lifetime state scholarship was not nominated due to family ties to the head of state.
“I personally don’t need anything at all. I don’t need it at all. Six months ago, all over Ukraine, in all institutes, meetings were held and the collectives themselves nominated professors for this scholarship. Two candidates were nominated from our institute: me and another person There are many people like me all over Ukraine and scholarships of this type are awarded every year. [пятом президенте Украины Петре] Poroshenko was like that. And I was nominated for a scholarship not because I’m Zelensky’s father, I don’t need it. The institute staff nominated me to the scientific council. I didn’t even know the result. Do you think this is the president’s nonsense? “- said Zelensky Sr.
He assured that the money he now receives is enough to live.
“And the president is not poor, and my salary and pensions are sufficient. I have worked in the facility for 28 years, for life, not for bribes. My position is that people in higher education should be rewarded, this is correct.” . Did they name my name? I was nominated, what do I have to do with it? I was already running for an honorable science and technology worker and so on, I refused. But this time I decided not to refuse, “he added.
Alexander Zelensky – Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor, Head of the Department of Informatics and Application software Krivoy Rog University of Economics and Technology.
According to the draft presidential decree posted on the government website, it was proposed to award a lifetime scholarship to five educators who have turned 70, including Professor Alexander Zelensky. The proposal to withdraw the decree from the consideration of the Cabinet of Ministers on September 2 was made by the Acting Minister of Education Sergei Shkarlet.
Prime Minister Denis Shmyhal said on September 3 that the university’s labor force had repeatedly nominated Zelensky Sr. for a lifetime scholarship, beginning in 2017, long before his son became president.
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