The political scientist who called for negotiations with the “L/DPR” militants was the head of the Center for Strategic Communications

On Friday, December 6, the Ministry of Culture and Strategic Communication changed the name of the Scientific Center for Tourism Development to the Center for Strategic Communication and Information Security and appointed political consultant Sergei Bykov as acting director. This is ICSC No. Listed in order of 884.

Until November, he worked as deputy head of strategic planning and communication department and head of the department of interaction with the public and media at the Ministry of Youth and Sports.

In his statement to Media Detector, Sergei Bykov stated that one of the first steps in his mission will be an audit of the Center’s work from the previous period. The general direction of the center’s work determined by the strategy does not change.

“Ultimately we must formulate an effective “one voice” policy so that everyone understands what the government is doing, why the government is doing something, so that the government is understandable to the public and civil society, so that it is open; The main goal of the work of this Center “, commented Bykov.

In a statement to Ukrinform, Deputy Minister of Culture and Strategic Communications for European Integration Andriy Nadzhos noted that an “objective need” arose for the temporary appointment of Sergei Bykov to the acting position during the implementation of the re-registration of the structure. director of a state-owned enterprise.

Najos noted that the registration process will be rapid and once completed, the ministry will hold an open and transparent election to determine the new head of the Centre.

Who is Sergey Bykov?

Sergey Bykov was a political consultant at the Institute of Public Policy and Consulting INPOLIT. As Texty points out, members of this Institute allegedly present questionable sociological data and are also constantly appearing in commissioned articles. According to journalists, the institute appears in the PR of many Ukrainian politicians, especially Andrei Palchevsky, Viktor Medvedchuk, Sergei Dumchev and others. Bykov announced in September 2022 that he no longer cooperates with INPOLIT.

Anna Bykova, who is already the ex-wife of Sergei Bykov, said in 2018 that her husband wrote the “New Constitution” for Yulia Tymoshenko.

Sergei considered the Revolution of Dignity a “coup” and called for the release from custody of the former head of the Party of Regions group, Alexander Efremov.

In January 2018, Bykov argued that there were no Russian citizens in the “LPR” and “DPR” formations in the occupied territories and that Kiev should declare amnesty for the militants.

Bykov also believed that it was possible to enter foreign policy “from a Ukraine-centric perspective” and that Medvedchuk’s “peace plan” should be implemented rather than cooperating with the EU and NATO.

The Bykov couple broke up in 2018, and in the summer of 2019, as journalists claimed, he allegedly shot his ex-girlfriend on the street. In the forensic examination, it was determined that the woman’s cornea was damaged and her nose was broken. Bykov denied information that his ex-wife was beaten.

“To be honest” writes that after her divorce from Sergei Bykov, Anna began working as a political strategist in the Sharia Party and married Mikhail Zheleznyak, who later headed the Kiev, Luhansk and Cherkasy organizations of the Sharia Party. After the start of the large-scale occupation, he went to Estonia, where he worked for the Russian-language broadcaster DELFI.

Sergei Bykov himself stated that after his appointment, the media tried to form a distorted opinion about his background, views and professional activities.

“I have never cooperated with Medvedchuk or with political forces promoting a pro-Russian agenda, on the contrary, my position has always been and will remain pro-Ukrainian,” he wrote on the social network, adding that Ukraine’s victory is and will remain his priority.

Bykov also admitted that, in his opinion, as a person working for the victory of Ukraine, he had to do various sometimes “ungrateful” work, such as legal and technical re-registration.

We would like to remind you that on October 9, the Ministry of Culture explained why the all-Ukrainian telethon was not closed and continued broadcasting in the future, despite the disagreement of Western partners.

In April, People’s Deputy Yaroslav Zheleznyak from the “Voice” party said that the Ministry of Culture recognized the Kinokit company and the Ukrainian Mobile Circus as critical initiatives.