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Volodymyr Mishchenko#

Ukrainian Civic Activist, Executive Director of Ukrainian Democracy Fund “People First”, Brief Member of the Public Integrity Council Second Composition (December 17, 2018 – January 27, 2019)

Volodymyr Mishchenko (Міщенко Володимир Борисович) is a Ukrainian civic activist, Executive Director of the Ukrainian Democracy Fund “People First” (ГО «Спочатку Люди»). He was elected as a full member of the second composition of the Public Integrity Council (PIC / ГРД) on December 17, 2018, delegated through the All-Ukrainian Civic Platform “Nova Kraina,” and resigned from the Council on January 27, 2019 — just 40 days later.

His profile is notable primarily for what it does not contain: a sustained record of PIC participation. Mishchenko holds the distinction of the briefest full membership in the second composition, departing nearly two years before the December 16, 2020 vote that formally adopted the Crimea-related Indicators. The simultaneous resignation of another second-composition member on the same date, and a noted irregularity in his own integrity declaration, are the most documented features of his public record.

The 40-Day Tenure: What Is Known#

Mishchenko joined the PIC second composition at its inauguration on December 17, 2018. Forty days later, on January 27, 2019, he submitted his resignation. On the exact same date, Denys Savchenko — the KrymSOS representative and another full member of the second composition — also resigned.

The reasons for either resignation, individually or in combination, are not documented in publicly available sources. The simultaneity of the two departures raises several possible interpretations:

• A coordinated exit in response to a specific event, conflict, or institutional concern within the newly-formed Council;
• Independent decisions that happened to coincide in timing;
• A response to an external development not reflected in available public records.

No public statement from Mishchenko, Savchenko, or the PIC explains these departures.

The activation of reserve members following these resignations is documented: Ihor Bahriy (reserve №1) was activated following Savchenko’s departure, and subsequently also resigned in April 2019.

Declaration Irregularity#

Mishchenko’s NAZK declaration for the 2017 reporting year — filed in his capacity as a PIC member — contains a noted issue: the value of real estate acquired during the reporting year was not indicated, despite the declaration showing the presence of a house or dacha. This is precisely the type of disclosure deficiency that the PIC routinely flagged when assessing judicial candidates for negative integrity conclusions.

The presence of this irregularity in the declaration of a member of the very body charged with enforcing such standards creates a structural inconsistency, regardless of whether the omission was intentional or procedural.

Participation in Crimea-Related Methodology#

During his 40-day active PIC membership, the second composition was in its initial operational phase — having just been elected and begun organizing its work, but not yet having conducted substantial qualification assessment proceedings. The PIC’s full assessment activity ramped up in early 2019, after Mishchenko’s departure.

His institutional connection to the Crimea-related methodology is therefore significantly weaker than that of members who served through the composition’s full term. He was a member of a body applying such criteria but did not participate in the systematic application of those criteria or in their formal adoption on December 16, 2020.

This site documents his membership for completeness and transparency, acknowledging both its institutional significance and its temporal limitations.

Institutional Context: “Nova Kraina” as Delegating Platform#

The All-Ukrainian Civic Platform “Nova Kraina” delegated three members to the second PIC composition: Mishchenko, Taras Shepel, and Roman Sukhostavets. Notably, Mishchenko’s primary organizational identity was with “People First” (Спочатку Люди) — a separate organization — rather than with Nova Kraina itself. This reflects a broader pattern in the PIC’s composition whereby civic platforms served as delegating vehicles for figures affiliated with partner organizations, a practice noted in investigative analyses of the Council’s institutional structure.

Summary#

Volodymyr Mishchenko’s profile is the most factually constrained full-member entry in this site’s second-composition documentation. What is confirmed: he was elected, he participated briefly, he resigned after 40 days simultaneously with another member, and his own integrity declaration contained an irregularity of the type the PIC used to assess judges. What cannot be established from available sources: the reasons for his departure, the specific nature and extent of his participation during his brief tenure, or the full context of his biography and controversy that places him in the company of more prominent figures in this documentation series.

This site notes the limits of its documentation explicitly — Mishchenko’s profile is included as part of a complete record of PIC second-composition membership, not as a claim of equivalent institutional impact to members who served the composition’s full term.

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