The pseudonym of Semyon Igorevich led to a lot of hype around his face. The stories about his education and military career do not always coincide. However, as Semenchenko says, he hid his face under a balaclava and took a new name only for the safety of his family and loved ones. And the facts indicate that his past name had a lot of credits.

Biography and family

Date of birth: 06.06.74

Semenchenko has repeatedly given interviews about his last name:

09/14/2014 - TK “24”. He says that his current surname is just a pseudonym, but he has almost become fused with this name and feels like this person. In the same interview, he says that in the 90s he led a charitable foundation for public organizations, was an entrepreneur and editor of 2 newspapers, tried to act in films, but later took part in both “Maidans”; after winning the latter, he returned to Donetsk, where he created self-defense against the Russian spring.

09/30/2014 - The Ostrov publication says that fighting with your real name when you have a family and children is extremely stupid. It is “Semyon Semenchenko” that he considers useful to the country and society. His wife and mother are Ukrainian, but his father is Russian. Semyon was born in Sevastopol.

10.10.2014 -- TK "ICTV", program "Insider". He talks about his real name and surname - Konstantin Grishin. He also tells how he was an editor and an entrepreneur, how he had to first move to Donetsk in the 2000s, and in 2014 to Kyiv. Of the entire family, only the father refused to go and continues to live in Sevastopol. The program also showed Semyon’s wife, Natalya Moskovets.

Education

He studied at two schools: No. 3 and No. 22, both of them in Sevastopol. He studied at the Black Sea Higher Naval School. Nakhimov. But after realizing that he cannot join the navy, he decides to get another specialty, civilian. Therefore, he transferred to Sevastopol NTU, where he studied finance.

He also studied at VGIK, the Moscow Institute of Cinematography, but did not graduate and did not defend his diploma. He decided that Russian education had been commercialized, but he still entered a new university, where he studied cinematography.

According to the VGIK teacher, whose name is Vitaly Kalinin, he remembers Semyon, but by his real name. He says that Konstantin Grishin at one time was very interested in screenwriting work and brought them to check. As the TV channel on which the interview was shown, Dozhd, says,

Semenchenko used his pseudonyms even when he was an entrepreneur, then he was Andrey Semenovich.

Career

Since 1998, he has been working as chairman of the executive committee of the “People's Movement for Socio-Economic and Spiritual Revival,” where he was engaged in public work until 2004. But this is not his only activity, he was also the editor-in-chief of Sevastopolsky Vestnik, although only for three years from 1998 to 2001.

09/05/2014 - an article is published about Semyon Semenchenko in Moskovsky Komsomolets, in which they talk about his studies at VGIK (2006-2008). The article says that he took courses from Yuri Belenky, which took place in a workshop called “Dramaturgy and Television Directing,” but did not complete his thesis, and therefore he was not given a diploma.

05/15/2014 - Semenchenko says that he studied to be a film director and received an education, although on the Central Election Commission website it is written about him as a candidate for people’s deputy that he has only one secondary education. Interview with The Guardian.

05/27/2014 - Forbes speaks about his pseudonym and his past as a captain-lieutenant of the Ukrainian Navy, that he started business after his dismissal. Although all this is a blatant lie, because he doesn’t even need an education to receive such a title.

05/30/2014 - says in Ukrayinska Pravda that when he was doing business before the war, he also took part in organizing the Maidan in Donetsk.

Perhaps it’s worth saying right away that, according to various media reports, he really had a business, but to put it mildly, it was not very successful. And after he closed it (not sold it, but closed it) he still had a lot of debt left behind.

09/05/2014 - TK STB, "Windows of News" - says that his mother, brother, and father, who lived in Crimea, did not want to leave because they support joining the Russian Federation. Worried about the safety of his loved ones, he sends battalion soldiers to them to help them leave.

She also says that she has never worked for anyone, always only for herself and for herself. He was the editor of counter-newspapers that fought the communists in the nineties: “Sevastopolsky Vestnik” and “Our Sevastopolskaya Pravda”. But people living in the city don’t even remember these newspapers.

He created and managed a Charitable Foundation and participated in 2 Maidans (2004 and 2013). They say he laundered a lot of money through them.
Helped in organizing the “Will of the People” movement. He says that they demolished fences around the beaches and participated in the story of Lozitsky’s capture. But after the movement died out, he moved to Donbass, but here his apartment and office were burned.

April 2014 - forms the Donbass battalion, which receives permission from the Ministry of Defense on April 20, 2014. It was created to counter armed supporters of the DPR. A small nuance is that it is not he who shapes it at all, but rather Kolomoisky (through his people). To understand that Semenchenko himself could not do this, you can simply do the math. The battalion at that time numbered more than 600 people. The minimum equipment costs 10,000 UAH. And this is without salary, weapons, first aid kit and consumables. Where can he get that kind of money?

06/29/2014 - returns to the capital, where he demands to end the truce and introduce martial law, even held a demonstration near the Presidential Administration.

As Avakov reports on his Facebook page, on August 19, 2014, in the battle for Ilovaisk, Semyon Igorevich was wounded in the hip and back by shrapnel, which required his operation in Dnepropetrovsk.

09/01/2014 - receives the Order of B. Khmelnitsky, 3rd degree from Arseniy Yatsenyuk and Arsen Avakov. He takes off his balaclava, declaring that he was only afraid for his family, but now she is in no danger.

On 10/02/2014 in TSN he says that he was awarded the rank of lieutenant colonel.

12/14/2014 - announces a plan to block humanitarian aid in the DPR until they release the hostages.

Policy

Like most businessmen, he tried to get involved in politics. He was not ashamed to use his newspapers in Sevastopl for this.

Compromising evidence and rumors

The Main Military Prosecutor's Office of Ukraine also investigated the case against him. The case against the People's Deputy of the Verkhovna Rada, an investigation into the illegal receipt of a military rank.
And it’s not just his rank that he has big problems with. The Donbass battalion earned a lot of praise during the war. Therefore, we will talk about his “commander” separately.

Although Semenchenko was officially named commander, he did not participate in any way in military operations or in the active life of the fighters. He was just promoting himself on this. There is a lot of evidence of this, from the stories of the fighters themselves, and to the appearance of the commander himself in Kyiv, while the soldiers of his battalion were in hot spots.

Let's take a closer look at Semenchenko's lies. From start to finish, it would be enough for a separate material, but we will try to name only the most important things.

In an interview with The Guardian, Semenchenko said that he is a film director by training. But in reality he only has a secondary education. This is stated on the CEC website.

In an interview with The Forbes, he claimed to be a captain in the Ukrainian Navy. Same thing again. And here, by the way, it’s also a matter of education. After all, it is impossible to obtain such a title without special education. This character can wear whatever epaulettes he wants, but it’s of no use. Find out why later.

Regarding the joint seizure of DonODA with Gubarev, he stated that he acted like Stirlitz, deliberately penetrating the enemy’s camp. This is already quite funny, because then no one could even imagine how it would all end.

The same goes for his name. He himself said that he became Semyon Semenchenko because he was afraid for his relatives in Crimea, who, by the way, support Russia. But on the other hand, the media claim that Konstantin Grishin had many unclosed loans.

The central base of the Ministry of Internal Affairs responded that Semyon Semenchenko had no criminal record, and he took the position of battalion commander on legal grounds. That's how easy it all worked out for him.

Hero

The Donbass battalion, together with other battalions and forces of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, participated in the heroic battles for Popasnaya, Karlovka, Illovaisk and many others. And what about our valiant commander?

But many of his fighters say that he was simply promoting himself. For example, the former chief of staff of the battalion, Sergei Eremin, stated that Semenchenko is engaged in pure populism, takes photo shoots and does his best to promote himself through the battalion. But when it comes to military clashes, he simply withdraws himself.

What happened during the Ilovaisk cauldron? According to the commander of the Navy SEALs, Eduard Shevchenko, the commander of the Donbass battalion was in Kyiv, where he was picketing the Ministry of Defense.

In September 2014, fifteen soldiers of his battalion gave a press conference where they told the whole truth about their commander. The most interesting thing is that the information was not distributed anywhere.

In the “Black Mirror” program on the Inter TV channel, MP from the Radical Party Mark Gres had the imprudence to personally accuse Semyon Semenchenko of sending his fighters to their deaths. A few days later he was beaten in his own front door. Coincidence?

Semenchenko and his wife also have 50/50 rights to the LLC “Regional Courier Service”. Semenchenko is the ultimate beneficiary of the Semyon Semenchenko Charitable Foundation. And the wife is the Association of Wives and Mothers of ATO Fighters and Youth for Reforms and Development.
Income:
. Semenchenko's salary - 191,888 UAH;
. The wife’s part-time salary is 7,582 UAH;
. The wife’s salary at her main place of work is UAH 23,949.

In cash, 14 thousand dollars from the wife and 10 thousand hryvnia from Semenchenko. There are also 2 debts:
. The wife's credit debt for a self-employed individual entrepreneur is UAH 50,370;
. Semyon's debt on guaranteeing goods for business activities is UAH 93 thousand.

Semyon Igorevich Semenchenko(Ukrainian Semyon Igorovich Semenchenko - formerly Konstantin Igorevich Grishin; born June 6, 1974, Sevastopol) - Ukrainian public, military and political figure. He gained fame and political influence as the commander of the Donbass volunteer battalion. Member of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine of the VIII convocation from the Samopomich party.

Semyon Igorevich Semenchenko Ukrainian Semyon Igorovich Semenchenko
Date of birth June 6, 1974
Place of birth: Sevastopol, Crimea region
Affiliation: Armed Forces of Ukraine
Branch of the armed forces Naval Forces of Ukraine, National Guard of Ukraine
Rank reserve captain, lieutenant colonel
Commanded the Donbass battalion

By nationality - Russian. Born on June 6, 1974 in Sevastopol.
On May 15, 2014, in an interview with The Guardian, Semen said that he was educated as a film director; on the Central Election Commission website, the information about the candidate for people's deputies of Ukraine indicates that Semenchenko has only a secondary education.
May 27, 2014 Semyon Semenchenko told Forbes journalists that this was his pseudonym, that in the past he was a lieutenant commander in the Ukrainian Navy, and after leaving the navy he became an entrepreneur.
May 30, 2014 in an interview with Ukrayinska Pravda Semyon Semenchenko noted that before the war he was an entrepreneur and participated in the organization of Euromaidan in Donetsk.

In the “Windows-News” program on the Ukrainian TV channel “STB” on September 5, 2014, Semenchenko said that his close relatives - his mother, father and brother living in Crimea - supported the annexation of Crimea to Russia and did not want to leave. Semyon Semenchenko was worried about their safety and, in order to take their relatives out, sent battalion soldiers to Crimea. According to Semenchenko, he lived half his life in Crimea, half in Donbass, where his wife is from. His children were also born in Donbass. He was a private entrepreneur, participated in the 1st and 2nd Maidan. I was careful because I was worried about my business and family.
On September 5, 2014, Moskovsky Komsomolets published an article claiming that Semyon Semenchenko Studied at Moscow VGIK named after. Gerasimov from 2006 to 2008, in the courses of Yuri Belenky in the workshop “Dramaturgy and Television Directing”. Upon completion of his studies, he did not complete his thesis work and did not receive a diploma.
On September 14, 2014, in an interview with the Ukrainian TV channel “24,” Semenchenko said that initially he had a different last name: “ Semyon Semenchenko- it was a pseudonym, my last name was completely different, but now (according to my passport) I Semyon Semenchenko... in fact, now I already feel like Semyon Semenchenko, this name has grown with me, and I will continue to be like that.” According to Semenchenko, in the past, in the 90s, he was the editor of two newspapers, the head of a charitable foundation, the head of public organizations, was engaged in entrepreneurial activities, tried to realize himself in cinema, participated in the first and second Maidan, after the victory of the Maidan in Kyiv he returned to Donetsk - created local self-defense to counter the Russian Spring.

In an interview with the Ukrainian publication Ostrov on September 30, 2014, Semenchenko said the following about himself:
“My surname was not originally Semenchenko and it would be stupid if I, having a family and children, fought under my real surname. However, the person who is now useful to society and needed by the country is Semyon Semenchenko. That's what I am. I was born in Sevastopol, in 1974. My mother is Ukrainian, my father is Russian. The wife is also Ukrainian. I studied at four educational institutions. At the military school - he left and did not graduate. Studied finance and credit. He received his education at the Institute of Cinematography in Moscow (VGIK) - he dropped out and did not pass his thesis. I was depressed by the quality of Russian education, everything there is commercialized. Fourth (educational institution) - I studied cinematography. I have been self-educating all my life.
I never worked for anyone, that is, initially I worked only for myself. He was a director of enterprises. He was a private entrepreneur. He was the editor of two newspapers: “Sevastopolsky Vestnik” and “Our Sevastopolskaya Pravda” - it was a counter-newspaper - they fought against the communists in the nineties. He was the creator and director of the Charitable Foundation and a participant in two Maidans - 2004 and 2013. I tried to organize the “Will of the People” movement - we were demolishing the fences that fence off the beaches, looking for Mr. Lozinsky (BYuT deputy convicted of murder) and even caught him, or rather, we participated, let’s say, in this story. But that movement quickly died out, because there were no such tectonic faults in society as there are now... I came to the Donbass in 2000, all my children were born in the Donbass - in Makeyevka and Donetsk. My apartment has now been burned down, my office has been burned down.”

In April 2014, to counter armed groups of supporters of the Donetsk People's Republic Semenchenko formed the Donbass battalion from residents of Ukraine. On April 20, the fighters received the necessary permission to “work” from the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense.
On June 29, 2014, he arrived in Kyiv, demanding an end to the truce and the introduction of martial law. He held a demonstration next to the Presidential Administration and spoke on the Maidan stage.
According to Arsen Avakov on Facebook, on August 19 in the battles for Ilovaisk Semenchenko received shrapnel wounds in the thigh and back and was operated on in Dnepropetrovsk, the operation was successful.

Meeting the leader of the Right Sector, Dmitry Yarosh, and commander of the Donbass battalion Semyon Semenchenko in a war zone
September 1, 2014 in the Dnepropetrovsk administration Semenchenko took off his balaclava, stating that “I was never afraid, I feared for the family, now they are safe and I am not afraid. On the same day, Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk and Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Arsen Avakov awarded him the Order of Bohdan Khmelnitsky, III degree.

On September 9, 2014, information appeared that Semyon Semenchenko will run for the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on the lists of the Samopomich party. September 25, 2014 Semenchenko officially registered as a candidate for deputy from this party.
On October 2, 2014, in an interview with TSN, Semenchenko said that he was awarded the rank of lieutenant colonel.
On November 11, publishing an appeal to voters on his Facebook page, he signs it as “major of the NSU reserve, commander of the 2nd special battalion of the National Guard “Donbass”.

In the “Insider” program on the Ukrainian TV channel “ICTV” on October 10, 2014. Semyon Semenchenko said that his name was originally Konstantin Grishin, he was born in Sevastopol, graduated from the Sevastopol Military School, and was engaged in entrepreneurial activities. He was the founder and editor of two newspapers: Sevastopolsky Vestnik and Our Sevastopolskaya Pravda. In the early 2000s, he moved to Donetsk, worked on security systems, installed satellite television, and was a fairly wealthy person. In 2014, I was forced to move to Kyiv with my entire family. Semyon's father, a naval officer, did not want to leave and remained in Sevastopol. The story also featured Semyon's wife, Natalya Moskovets.

According to the Dozhd TV channel, Semyon Semenchenko and his wife Natalya Moskovets were the owners of the Regional Courier Service company, operating under the New Satellite Television brand. The company's annual turnover was $1.5 million, monthly revenue - 1 million hryvnia. The company was engaged in the installation and maintenance of satellite equipment in the Donetsk region. In the spring of 2014, the couple closed the company and moved to Kyiv. The TV channel provides such data, citing a former employee of the company, Evgeniy Maksimenko.

Teacher of the Moscow VGIK Vitaly Kalinin in the story of “Rain” said that he clearly remembers his ex student Semyon Semenchenko - Konstantin Grishin, during his studies, Semyon was very interested in writing screenplays and often brought these works for review. According to the Dozhd TV channel, Semenchenko began using pseudonyms long before the events in eastern Ukraine, when he was still doing business, in particular for his employees Semenchenko introduced himself as Andrey Semenovich.

On December 14, he announced plans to block humanitarian aid and cargo from the territory of the DPR “until the hostages are released.”
On January 31, 2015, during the operation to relieve the Svityaz battalion near the city of Uglegorsk, Semenchenko was shell-shocked, and while being transported from the battlefield he got into an accident. On February 1st Semyon Semenchenko Fractures and a punctured lung were recorded; his condition is described as stable and serious.

Question about real name
In interviews with various publications Semenchenko for a long time he said that Semyon Semenchenko- this is a pseudonym that his real name was completely different, but now according to his passport he has become Semyon Semenchenko and will continue to live under this name
Since January 2014 at all public events Semenchenko put on a balaclava, explaining that he was from Donbass and feared for his own life and the life of his family if DPR supporters were able to identify him. He only took off his balaclava on September 1st.

At the end of July 2014, hackers from the Cyberberkut group published their own investigation, in which they claimed that they were able to identify a person hiding under the pseudonym “Semyon Semenchenko.” According to the hackers, he turned out to be Konstantin Igorevich Grishin, owner of the New Satellite Television company. It is worth noting that the date and place of birth of Grishin published by hackers coincided with the date and place of birth of Semenchenko (06/06/1974, Sevastopol).

The former chief of staff of the Donbass battalion, Sergei Eremin, in an interview with Obozrevatel on September 4, 2014, said that when he first met him, in February 2014, Semyon called himself Konstantin.
At a press conference organized by Obozrevatel on September 7, 2014, former battalion fighter Viktor Kondratyuk said that his real name Semyon Semenchenko- Konstantin Grishin. Donetsk journalist Artem Furmanyuk also confirmed that during communication with Semyon in March 2014, Semyon called himself Konstantin.

In an interview with TSN on October 2, 2014, to the question: “Did the relatives know that he was him when Semenchenko put on a balaclava (and took a pseudonym)?” Semyon replied: “Of course (they knew), Cyberberkut had already told them its version. I have been a Russian television star since April. My photographs (from the pro-Ukrainian rally) appeared very quickly... By chance, someone recognized me, and clarification of my biography and demonization of my personality began.” Thus, Semenchenko indirectly confirmed the investigation of hackers (in terms of his last name), which was initially based on a photo of Konstantin Grishin from a pro-Ukrainian rally and on letters from people who recognized him.

Persecution
On September 1, 2014, the prosecutor's office of the self-proclaimed DPR put Semyon Semenchenko on the wanted list.

Family
Married, has four children

Awards
Order of Bohdan Khmelnitsky, III degree (2014) - for courage and military merit shown during the liberation of the cities of Artemovsk, Popasnaya, Lisichansk.

Unprofessionalism

The former chief of staff of the Donbass battalion, Sergei Eremin, in an interview with Obozrevatel on September 4, 2014, accused Semenchenko of unprofessionalism and excessive populism. According to Eremin, the battalion for Semenchenko is a commercial project; he writes well on Facebook, but is not a military man, and at critical moments he simply withdraws. To promote the battalion, Semenchenko often invited journalists and organized photo sessions. According to Eremin, Semenchenko said: “I understand that television can make someone out of nobody.”

Company commander of the Dnepr battalion, Vladimir Shilov (former Donbass fighter), accused Semenchenko in losses near Karlovka: “In Karlovka, he laid out the route in two days. And he threw practically unarmed people into a meat grinder, while he himself was behind and described everything on Facebook... After that, many turned around and left him, some to Dnepr, some to Shakhtersk.”

At the beginning of September, a press conference was held at UNIAN, at which 15 Donbass fighters criticized Semenchenko. Representatives of 29 media outlets attended the press conference, but not a single story appeared on the screens. A week later, on September 11, 2014, Obozrevatel published a video recording from this press conference, the participants called Semenchenko a PR man who does not understand military affairs, and accused him of excessive casualties.
Present at the press conference were: Victor Kondratyuk (call sign “Pisar”), Oleg Shevchenko (call sign “Seraphim”), Vladimir Babenko (call sign “Fagot”), Victor Degtyarev (call sign “Sensei”), Sergei Povolsky (call sign “Pavel”) , Artem Solobodyanyuk, Alexander Utsenko, Vladimir Shilov, Oleg Dub and others.
Semenchenko, commenting on this conference, said that only 2 active fighters of the Donbass battalion, with the call signs Sensei and Fagot, were present at it. According to Semenchenko, after they heard the lies that were being told about their battalion commander (that is, about him), a fight began.

It should be noted that what Semenchenko said is not true. Fagot and Sensei sat silently throughout the press conference and calmly listened to other participants criticizing Semenchenko. At the end, Fagot took the floor; Almost crying, he said that he came to this press conference not to talk about Semyon, but to ask people for help in freeing his comrades from captivity and delivering the bodies of those killed from near Ilovaisk. Then Sensei (Viktor Degtyarev) together with Fagot (Vladimir Babenko) summed up that Semyon led poorly, unprofessionally, but this should not be made public, since in general, thanks to the efforts of the general staff, the battalion carried out its tasks successfully. This ended the press conference. That is, in fact, all conference participants, including Sensei and Fagot, accused Semenchenko in unprofessionalism.

The disappearance of Alexander Kalashnik
On October 15, 2014, in Kyiv, about a dozen people picketed the building of the Presidential Administration, demanding to find the deputy chief of staff of the Donbass battalion, Alexander Kalashnik, who disappeared a month ago. In the story of the TV channel “Ukraine” it was even suggested that Semenchenko himself might be involved in this disappearance, since there was allegedly a conflict between him and the missing person.
According to Nadezhda Maltseva, a friend of the missing man, Alexander Kalashnik regularly performed his duties until September 14 (when he disappeared), but among other things, he was also involved in investigating the financial activities of the battalion.

Semenchenko denied all accusations, but at the same time accused the missing Alexander Kalashnik of disclosing personal information: “he maintained the battalion database, which on September 12 (a couple of days before his disappearance) was published on the Cyberberkut and Russian Spring websites.” According to Semenchenko, after the publication of personal data, the families of soldiers living in separatist territory had to be urgently evacuated. Semenchenko also noted that he himself is interested in finding the missing person and hopes that he will be found soon.
It is worth noting that the personal data of the Donbass battalion fighters was not published by hackers on September 12 (as stated by Semenchenko), and September 24.

Trip to Rivne
In mid-October 2014, when visiting Rivne, Semyon Semenchenko moved around the city in an Audi Q7 with state license. number “Donbass 07”, the photo was published by Rivne journalist, volunteer Yuri Dyug, on his Facebook. Some users were critical and saw this as a traffic violation, since the license plate “Donbass 07”, in their opinion, is not real.
Semenchenko, commenting on this incident, referred to the fact that the car he was driving did not belong to him, if there was any violation of the rules, then this must be reported to the traffic police, according to the law.

Biography, life story of Semenchenko Semyon Igorevich

Semenchenko Semyon Igorevich – commander of the Donbass special forces battalion.

Childhood, youth

Semyon was born on June 6, 1974 in the city of Sevastopol. It is known that he had a complete family - mother, father and brother. A little later, the whole family moved to Crimea. By the way, Semyon’s paternal ancestors are Russian.

Information about Semenchenko’s education has always varied. Some sources indicated that he received only secondary education and decided to stop there. Others stated that in the period from 2006 to 2008, Semyon Igorevich studied at the VGIK named after in Moscow on the course “Dramaturgy and Television Directing,” but was not able to defend his thesis. Third sources said that Semyon studied at a military school for some time, a little later studied finance, then tried to master the craft of an operator. Semenchenko did not graduate from any educational institution. In one of his interviews, he once admitted that the reason for this was not his laziness, as it might seem, but the fact that he was terribly disappointed in the Russian education system when he realized that you can only get good knowledge and decent “crusts” for money - no one needs knowledge and talent anymore.

Semyon Semenchenko is a pseudonym for a military man. Previously, he had a different last name, but after his dismissal from the Ukrainian Navy (and he rose there to the rank of lieutenant-commander) and the outbreak of the war in Ukraine, he changed his passport.

In the summer of 2014, cunning hackers from the organized group “CyberBerkut” found out that Semyon Semenchenko’s real name is Konstantin Igorevich Grishin. Soon after this statement, many like-minded Semen repeatedly told the press that earlier, during their first acquaintances, Semenchenko introduced himself as Konstantin.

Activity

After his military career was left behind, Semyon Igorevich went into private business. He also tried his hand at the film industry, but it didn’t work out. In the 90s of the last century, he was the editor of two printed publications (“Sevastopolsky Vestnik” and “Our Sevastopolskaya Pravda”), led a charitable foundation and several public organizations.

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In 2014, when Euromaidan began, Semenchenko took an active part in it. In April of the same year, Semenchenko created the Donbass battalion from ordinary residents of Ukraine.

On June 29, 2014, Semenchenko came to Kyiv and demanded that martial law be introduced in the Donetsk and Lugansk regions. On the same day, the military commander staged a demonstration and gave a heated speech on the Maidan stage.

On August 19, 2014, during military operations in the city of Ilovaisk, Semenchenko was wounded in the back and hip. The Donbass commander was urgently operated on in Dnepropetrovsk.

Throughout his military career, Semyon Igorevich never showed his face - he hid it behind a balaclava. But on September 1, 2014, Semenchenko finally took it off. He explained his action by saying that he had previously been terribly afraid for his family and friends, but now that they were safe, he need not fear that the people would know him by sight.

On September 9, 2014, Semyon Igorevich nominated his candidacy for the post of deputy to the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine.

Persecution

On September 1, 2014, the prosecutor's office of the Donetsk People's Republic announced that Semenchenko was wanted.

Personal life

At one time, Semyon Igorevich got married. His wife gave him four children.

Awards

In 2014, Semyon Semenchenko received the Order

Semenchenko Semyon Igorevich - Ukrainian military man, former lieutenant of the Ukrainian Navy, commander of the special forces battalion "Donbass", formed from volunteers. Member of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine of the VIII convocation.

Biography

Semyon Semenchenko was born on June 6, 1974 in Sevastopol.

According to Semenchenko himself, “he is Russian, his wife is Ukrainian, his children are Ukrainians.”

Family: Married.

Wife - Natalya Moskovets.

Has four children.

On the Ukrainian TV channel "STB" on September 5, 2014, Semenchenko said that his close relatives: his mother, father and brother, living in Crimea, supported the annexation of Crimea to Russia and did not want to leave. Semenchenko was worried about their safety and sent battalion soldiers to Crimea to take their relatives out. According to Semenchenko, he lived half his life in Crimea, half in Donbass, where his wife is from. His children were also born in Donbass. He was a private entrepreneur, participated in the 1st and 2nd Maidan. I was careful because I was worried about my business and family.

Education:

On May 15, 2014, in an interview with The Guardian, Semenchenko said that he was educated as a film director; on the Central Election Commission website, the information about the candidate for people's deputies of Ukraine indicates that Semenchenko has only a secondary education.

On September 5, 2014, Moskovsky Komsomolets published an article claiming that Semyon Semenchenko studied at the Moscow VGIK. Gerasimov from 2006 to 2008, in Yuri Belenky’s courses in the “Dramaturgy and Television Directing” workshop. Upon completion of his studies, he did not complete his thesis work and did not receive a diploma.

Activities and career:

On May 27, 2014, Semyon Semenchenko told Forbes journalists that this was his pseudonym, that in the past he was a lieutenant commander of the Ukrainian Navy, and after leaving the navy he became an entrepreneur.

On May 30, 2014, in an interview with Ukrainskaya Pravda, Semyon noted that before the war he was an entrepreneur and participated in the organization of Euromaidan in Donetsk.

On September 14, 2014, in an interview with the Ukrainian TV channel “24”, Semenchenko said that initially he had a different last name: “Semyon Semenchenko was a pseudonym, my last name was completely different, but now (according to my passport) I am Semyon Semenchenko... in fact, I Now I already feel like Semyon Semenchenko, this name has grown with me, and I will continue to be like that.” According to Semenchenko, in the past, in the 90s, he was the editor of two newspapers, the head of a charitable foundation, the head of public organizations, was engaged in entrepreneurial activities, tried to realize himself in cinema, participated in the first and second Maidan, and after the victory of the Maidan in Kyiv he returned to Donetsk - created local self-defense to counter the “Russian Spring”.

• In April 2014, to counter the armed groups of supporters of the so-called. Donetsk People's Republic Semenchenko formed the Donbass battalion from residents of Ukraine. On April 20, the fighters received the necessary permission to “work” from the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense.

Titles and awards:

• On September 1, 2014, in the Dnepropetrovsk administration, Semenchenko took off his balaclava, stating that “I was never afraid, I was afraid for my family, now she is safe and I am not afraid.” On the same day, Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk and Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Arsen Avakov awarded him the Order of Bohdan Khmelnitsky, III degree - for courage and military merit shown during the liberation of the cities of Artemovsk, Popasnaya, Lisichansk.

• On October 2, 2014, in an interview with TSN, Semenchenko said that he was awarded the rank of lieutenant colonel.

Operational case

In an interview with the Ukrainian publication “Ostrov” on September 30, 2014, Semenchenko said the following about himself: “my last name was not originally Semenchenko and it would be stupid if I, having a family and children, fought under my real last name. However, the person who is now useful the country needs me - this is Semyon Semenchenko. I was born in Sevastopol, in 1974. My mother is Ukrainian, my wife is also Ukrainian. I studied at four educational institutions - I left and did not graduate. I studied finance and credit. I received my education at the Institute of Cinematography in Moscow (VGIK) - I quit, did not pass my thesis. I was depressed by the quality of Russian education, everything was commercialized there (the educational institution) - I studied cinematography all my life. He never worked for anyone, that is, initially he worked only for himself. He was a private entrepreneur. He was the editor of two newspapers: “Sevastopolsky Vestnik” and “Our Sevastopolskaya Pravda” - it was a counter-newspaper - they fought against the communists. in the nineties. He was the creator and director of the Charitable Foundation and a participant in two Maidans - 2004 and 2013. I tried to organize the “Will of the People” movement - we were demolishing the fences that fence off the beaches, looking for Mr. Lozinsky (BYuT deputy convicted of murder) and even caught him, or rather, we participated, let’s say, in this story. But that movement quickly died out, because there were no such tectonic faults in society as there are now... I came to the Donbass in 2000, all my children were born in the Donbass - in Makeyevka and Donetsk. My apartment has now been burned down, my office has been burned down."

On the ICTV channel on October 10, 2014, Semenchenko said that his name was originally Konstantin Grishin, he was born in Sevastopol, graduated from the Sevastopol Military School, and was engaged in entrepreneurial activities. He was the founder and editor of two newspapers: Sevastopolsky Vestnik and Our Sevastopolskaya Pravda. In the early 2000s, he moved to Donetsk, worked on security systems, installed satellite television, and was a fairly wealthy person. In 2014, I was forced to move to Kyiv with my entire family. Semyon's father, a naval officer, did not want to leave and remained in Sevastopol. The story also featured Semyon's wife, Natalya Moskovets.

According to the Russian TV channel Dozhd, Semyon Semenchenko and his wife Natalya Moskovets were the owners of the Regional Courier Service company, which operated under the New Satellite Television brand. The company's annual turnover was $1.5 million, monthly revenue 1 million hryvnia. The company was engaged in the installation and maintenance of satellite equipment in the Donetsk region. In the spring of 2014, the couple closed the company and moved to Kyiv. The TV channel provides such data referring to a former employee of the company, Evgeniy Maksimenko.

A teacher at the Moscow VGIK - Vitaly Kalinin, in the story of "Rain" said that he clearly remembers his former student Semyon Semenchenko - Konstantin Grishin; during his studies Semyon was very fond of writing screenplays and often brought these works for inspection. According to the Dozhd TV channel, Semenchenko began using pseudonyms long before the events in eastern Ukraine, when he was still doing business; in particular, Semenchenko introduced himself to his employees as Andrey Semenovich.

In interviews with various publications, Semenchenko said for a long time that Semyon Semenchenko is a pseudonym, that his real name was completely different, but now, according to his passport, he has become Semyon Semenchenko and will continue to live under that name.

Since January 2014, Semenchenko has worn a balaclava at all public events, explaining that he is from Donbass and fears for his own life and the life of his family if DPR supporters are able to identify him. He only took off his balaclava on September 1st.

At the end of July 2014, hackers from the Cyberberkut group published their own investigation, in which they claimed that they were able to identify a person hiding under the pseudonym “Semyon Semenchenko.” According to the hackers, he turned out to be Konstantin Igorevich Grishin, owner of the New Satellite Television company. It is worth noting that the date and place of birth of Grishin published by hackers coincided with the date and place of birth of Semenchenko (06/06/1974, Sevastopol).

The former chief of staff of the Donbass battalion, Sergei Eremin, in an interview with Observer on September 4, 2014, said that when he first met Semenchenko in February 2014, Semyon called himself Konstantin.

At a press conference organized by Obozrevatel on September 7, 2014, former battalion fighter Viktor Kondratyuk said that Semenchenko’s real name is Konstantin Grishin. Donetsk journalist Artem Furmanyuk also confirmed that during communication with Semyon in March 2014, Semyon called himself Konstantin.

In an interview with TSN on October 2, 2014, when asked whether his relatives knew that he was him when Semenchenko put on a balaclava (and took a pseudonym), Semyon replied: “of course (they knew), “cyberberkut” told them their version I’ve already told you. I’ve been a star on Russian television since April. My photographs (from a pro-Ukrainian rally) appeared very quickly... By chance, someone recognized me, and the clarification of my biography and the demonization of my personality began.” Thus, Semenchenko indirectly confirmed the investigation of hackers (in terms of his last name), which was initially based on a photo of Konstantin Grishin from a pro-Ukrainian rally and on letters from people who recognized him.

In the “Insider” program on the Ukrainian TV channel “ICTV” on October 10, 2014, Semenchenko admitted for the first time that before he changed his name, his name was Konstantin Grishin.

On September 1, 2014, the prosecutor's office of the self-proclaimed DPR put Semyon Semenchenko on the wanted list.

In September 2014, allegedly former fighters of the Donbass battalion accused Semyon Semenchenko of unprofessionalism and excessive populism and his own PR.

On October 15, 2014, in Kyiv, about a dozen people picketed the building of the Presidential Administration, demanding to find the deputy chief of staff of the Donbass battalion, Alexander Kalashnik, who disappeared a month ago. In the story of the TV channel "Ukraine" it was even suggested that Semenchenko himself might be involved in this disappearance, since there was allegedly a conflict between him and the missing person.

According to Nadezhda Maltseva, a friend of the missing man, Alexander Kalashnik regularly performed his duties until September 14 (when he disappeared), but among other things, he was also involved in investigating the financial activities of the battalion.

Semenchenko denied all accusations, but at the same time accused the missing Alexander Kalashnik of disclosing personal information: “he maintained the battalion database, which on September 12 (a couple of days before his disappearance) was published on the Cyberberkut and Russian Spring websites.” Semenchenko, after the publication of personal data, had to urgently evacuate the families of soldiers living in the territory of the separatists. Semenchenko also noted that he himself is interested in finding the missing person and hopes that he will be found soon.

Battalion "Donbass"

In mid-April 2014, to fight the militants of the self-proclaimed so-called. "Donetsk People's Republic" Semenchenko formed a people's militia detachment in the Donetsk region from citizens of Ukraine and proposed to call it the "Donbass" battalion. However, the leaders of the Donetsk regional state administration did not support Semenchenko’s initiative. Therefore, the activists relocated to the territory of the neighboring Dnipropetrovsk region, where, thanks to the support of its leadership, they were able to form their own unit in the status of the Donbass-1 company of the National Defense Regiment of the Dnipropetrovsk region. As Semenchenko noted: “We encountered serious opposition in our region. The governor, agreeing in words, did nothing. Only in the neighboring region were we able to form thanks to Kolomoisky and his deputies, Filatov and Korban.” Volunteer training was carried out in one of the villages on the border of the Dnepropetrovsk and Donetsk regions on the territory of a former machine and tractor station.

According to Semyon Semenchenko, he and his comrades received their first military weapons by attacking a terrorist-controlled checkpoint on May 1. Subsequently, before being included in the National Guard, the battalion was armed with light small arms, RGDs and sniper rifles.

At the end of May, on the basis of the 1st company of the growing “Donbass”, a special-purpose battalion of reservists of the National Guard of Ukraine was formed. Having led the battalion, Semenchenko received the rank of captain of the NSU reserve.

At the beginning of June 2014, the NSU reserve battalion conducted training and combat coordination at the training ground of the National Guard of Ukraine near the village of Novye Petrivtsi, Vyshgorod district, Kiev region. Of the 630 Donbass fighters, 460 guardsmen were selected; the rest joined the ranks of the 24th territorial defense battalion "Aidar" of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

On June 29, Semenchenko arrived in Kyiv demanding an end to the truce and the introduction of martial law. He held a demonstration near the Presidential Administration and spoke from the Maidan stage.

On August 19, during the cleansing, Ilovaiskaya, being in the front ranks, was wounded and underwent surgery in Dnepropetrovsk. Continued to coordinate the functioning of the Donbass battalion during treatment.

At the end of August 2014, Semenchenko called on the leaders of local self-defense units, patriotic associations and youth paramilitary organizations throughout Ukraine to begin organizing an all-Ukrainian partisan movement: “The homeland is in danger! And I urge everyone who cares about it to start uniting and preparing for a people’s war - the only a means capable of not only stopping the horde, but also sweeping it to hell from historical reality."

On September 8, 2014, battalion commander Semenchenko joined the idea of ​​​​creating a new public association - the “Ukrainian Military Organization”: “42 organizations expressed their readiness to join the initiative, which was then called the “Partisan Movement”, and is now receiving a new, broader content.”

Political activity

Participated in the First and Second Maidans.

At the extraordinary parliamentary elections of 2014, battalion commander Semenchenko decided to run for the party of the Lviv politician, the mayor of Lvov Andrei Sadovyi - "The Samopomich Association." On September 12, 2014, the electoral lists of "Samopomich" were published, in which the battalion commander appears at number "2", and Andrei Sadovyi - number "50". On the air of "Espreso.TV", the battalion commander explained the reasons for his decision to go into "big politics": "There are things that need to be done now before the elections to the Rada. This is, first of all, the situation with the wounded, prisoners, people who died. Most often, situations occur when people who are captured take a very long time to be released. There is a very large chain approvals. I think that according to the “Minsk agreements” these people should already be free. Now we will slowly organize public pressure, without shouting, without rallies, together with mothers and wives, so that we can be given an account of how this is happening.”.

One of the points of Semenchenko’s program is the development of the “Ukrainian Military Organization” he created, which mobilizes the public to facilitate the process of forming a unified system of territorial defense in Ukraine.

On September 14, 2014, Semyon Semenchenko, as part of the delegation of the “Ukrainian Military Organization,” arrived in the United States of America, where he met with members of Congress, representatives of the Pentagon, the American public and the Ukrainian diaspora. Ways of helping the United States in creating a territorial defense system in Ukraine were discussed.

Titles, ranks, regalia

First Deputy Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Committee on National Security and Defense

In his numerous interviews, Semyon says that he has 4 children, that he is an ethnic Russian, originally from Donetsk, a private entrepreneur, one of the organizers of the Donetsk Maidan, was part of the Maidan self-defense and guarded rallies. In particular, here he admits that at the rally on March 13, 2014. Maidan supporters were severely beaten, but self-defense was powerless and he placed all responsibility for this on the police. In the statement about the creation of the Donbass battalion, Semyon indicates that he is a lieutenant commander of the reserve of the Ukrainian Navy. What else do we know about Semyon? practically nothing else. Then we will begin our investigation.

The first thing that catches your eye is the name of his Facebook page “facebook.com/dostali.hvatit”, the date of account creation is February 2, 2010, except Semyon no one else uses this login “dostali.hvatit”. At first glance, it may seem that Semyon was fed up with everything, he said enough was enough and created the dostali.hvatit page, but this is of course not so, dostali.hvatit is Semyon’s life credo, which appeared to him in 2008, when actions were held throughout Ukraine motorists “We’ve had enough. enough." A search in this direction led us to the following messages from Semyon:

mediaport.ua semen41, 12/17/2008, I’m putting together a group Donetsk and Kharkov, my business stopped today after 9 hryvnia per dollar... this is sabotage of the National Bank... We need to show that the suckers (i.e. you and I) are moving... Let's think together, write to me for soap [email protected] , Donetsk. Semyon.
pravda.com.ua semen411, 12/19/2008, I’ve already talked to my friends - everyone is ready to play tricks, write to me [email protected] , Donetsk. Semyon.
prawda.biz.ua semen412, 12/20/2008, those who want to play the trumpet in Donetsk and Kharkov will gather together. Email me [email protected] , Semyon.

As we see the user semen41, semen411, semen412, semen413, etc. actively sent out invitations to everyone to attend the Donetsk motorists’ rally. Journalists from Donbass.ua visited this action and even talked to our hero, here’s what they write (cache):

As reported by Donetsk businessman Semyon, who left his email address in the comments... 120 people wrote to him from Donetsk, and an order of magnitude more in Kharkov (Semyon tried to coordinate actions in two cities at once)... “this is just the beginning, we want to maintain our self-respect, show that we are not suckers, help each other get out of depression,” Semyon said.

Further searching led us to the following messages:
forum.te.ua semen413, 05/03/2009, my name is Semyon, in the movement (Will of the People) I am the coordinator of the Donetsk cell and the coordinator of the planning group (I make action plans and make sure that everyone else adheres to my plans). My biography: first higher naval school (specialist in cruise missiles, surface ships), last VGIK named after. Gerasimov, produced in 2008. In the middle there was also “finance and credit” in absentia. I have never voted for anyone in any election! married, child 6 months old. I’m not working right now, but I’ll start working in the fall and start doing business again.

As we see, Semyon is most likely a graduate of the Sevastopol Higher Naval School named after. Nakhimov, after which he was awarded the rank of lieutenant. Semyon received the rank of lieutenant commander later while serving in the Ukrainian Navy. Let us note that Semyon was one of the organizers of the “Will of the People” movement - further search in this direction leads us to the following VKontakte groups:

group “Summer camp “Will of the People”, Donetsk. Summer camp in Crimea. Our leisure time is studying methods of active nonviolent resistance, technologies for conducting mass actions, methods of working with social networks, studying the corrupt system of officialdom... self-defense course, our mail [email protected]

group “Demolition of fences on the coast as a hobby”, Donetsk. The Crimean shores are littered with construction debris, which have turned into fences and do not allow us to get to the sea. Guys! Let's tear down these fences to a vigorous hairdryer! our mail [email protected] , administrator Anton Prokopenko.
The first message on the wall of this group is from Anton Prokopenko: “Guys, we will come to you in Crimea in all seriousness. Who can connect us with local troublemakers - who have torn down fences before? unsubscribe by email [email protected] »
Following is a comment from Semyon Semchenok: I am for (the action)! It is high time.

group “Let’s bring down fences this Sunday” Crimea, Alupka, administrator Anton Prokopenko, post office [email protected]
The first message from Semyon Semchenok: I will (attend).

the administrator of all these groups, Anton Prokopenko, everywhere indicates the already known email “dostali-hvatit”. Semyon Semchenok was also noted in these groups, as many have probably already guessed: Anton Prokopenko is our Semyon. Semyon’s life credo “dostali-hvatit” is easily recognizable, no matter how he disguises himself as other people. Semyon took the name, surname and even a photo of his fictional character from here, but the real Anton Prokopenko has been working as a Moscow manager at TekstilLegProm since 2007. and has nothing to do with the Donetsk “Will of the People”.

On meta.ua 04/26/2009 Semyon writes: hello, you are worried about the coordinator of the planning group of the all-Ukrainian association “Will of the People”, looking through your forum, we want to disappoint you, we have already taken the name “Will of the People”... Our congress was held in Poltava on March 14, 2009. ... my phone number is 8 0956576892. Semyon, I live in Donetsk.

Semyon didn't have this number for long, because... already since 2010 number 0956576892 began to appear in the Donetsk newspaper of free advertisements and is now assigned to Irina Menshova, who is recruiting employees for the Donetsk company “New Satellite Television”

In addition to Semyon, Vitaly Demidenko was also at the origins of the “Will of the People” movement, here is his message on the chp.com.ua forum: Vitaly D. 04/30/2009 we are creating an all-Ukrainian movement “Will of the People”, which is growing into a movement not only of entrepreneurs, but and ordinary citizens, in order to cure our illness (our state)... the movement is just being created and has not yet been legalized, but a constituent assembly has already taken place in Donetsk.

After the action “We've had enough. that’s enough” Semyon continued to actively spam in the comments on the topic “The Will of the People”:

pravda.com.ua semen412, 04/20/2009, there is no middle class in Ukraine, but a layer of thinking people has already formed, who do not want to stock up on Vaseline and endure, on the “Will of the People” forum volya.ukrbb.net - we are waiting for just such people.
prawda.biz.ua semen412, 06/01/2009, if you consider yourself a human being and a citizen, if you, like us, are outraged by the indifference of the authorities, do not be left alone with yourself - we need you! Ukraine needs you! We are waiting for you at the “Will of the People” forum volya.ukrbb.net

Six months later, Semyon lost interest and retired (activity on the Internet began to decline), but Vitaly Demidenko, on the contrary, continued what he had started and created a group on Odnoklassniki, VKontakte, and even a website. Subsequently, the “Will of the People” was renamed the movement “Fair Elections for Ukraine.”

How reliable are these photographs? let's check it as follows, take one of the photographs of Semyon in a balaclava and superimpose the visible part of the face on the photo we already have, this is what we get: the distance between the eye and the bridge of the nose coincides

Semyon turned out to be no ordinary person, such an “eternal revolutionary”, he always criticized the authorities on forums, but at the same time he never voted for anyone. He tried to create the protest movement “Will of the People”, was one of the organizers of the Donetsk motorists’ rally, graduated from the Higher Naval School, a supporter of the Maidan... Semyon always wanted to be at the head of some important structure, and now his dream has come true, he is the commander of the Donbass battalion, but for how long?

Exposing Grishin - Semyon Semenchenko part 2

after the publication of the 1st part, we received several letters

Dmitry Ivanov.
Good afternoon, in your photo I recognized Semyon, in the summer of 2010 I worked for him at the NST company (New Satellite Television), the company was located at the address: Donetsk, Dzerzhinsky Ave., 64. NST operated as a private company for hiding taxes. Semyon collaborated with the company SatSale, Donetsk, st. Universitetskaya 78 - they can probably give additional information on it. Semyon’s wife collaborated with Viasat Ukraine.

All employees worked unofficially - Semyon did not pay taxes. In 2010 More than 60 people worked for him. There were 40 of us installers alone, we worked both in Donetsk and throughout the region. The company's policy is to push equipment in at any cost. If the equipment did not fit or the client still had complaints, sometimes even Semyon simply fired the installer and told the client to deal with him yourself.

As part of the protests, Semyon often communicated with the director of a company selling siding, the same address (Dzerzhinsky 64), but deeper in the yard. Personally, I had little contact with Semyon - he is a very slippery person... but at the time of the release of the “Manifesto of Entrepreneurs” and the “Got It” campaign, I also fell for it. There was a meeting of activists, Semyon tried to take over the coordination and lead the movement. I never attended these meetings again.

By the way, his name is not Semyon, but Andrey Semenovich. On his left cheek he has a 5-8 cm scar, the direction is from the mouth to the ear, the scar is quite smooth, as if from a cut.
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Alexander Avdeev.
Good afternoon. Andrey Semenych - “Semyon” - is the owner of the company “New Satellite Television”. In 2013, I worked for him as an installer of satellite dishes and InterTelecom Internet. His last name seems to be Grishin.

“Semyon’s” wife is Natalya Olegovna Moskovets, we registered new Viasat subscribers for her. He gave little information about himself and the Semyon company. We only took from clients a receipt for the work performed and tried, if possible, not to leave anything else from the documents.

The warehouse was located on the street. Universitetskaya 100a, entrance from the end, from Shchorsa Street, interviews were also held there. Office in a neighboring building on the street. Shchorsa 81a, on the third floor. But few people were allowed in there, there was an armored door, an intercom, you couldn’t just get in.

The company has three departments:
1. call center - girls, 10-15 people + accountant, manager, HR officer.
2. couriers are young guys, their task is to post and distribute advertising, there is a very high turnover.
3. installers - 20 people (Donetsk), also with a high turnover.

Semenych has a noticeable scar on his face on his left lower lip. But even in a balaclava I easily recognize him, he has special eyes - so pitiful, as if looking down. But pity is clearly not inherent in him, he cheated and constantly scams people out of money, read the reviews about him, there are a lot of cases.
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Let's see what other employees write about Semen
website orabote.net “Satellite television (Viasat)” Donetsk, Dzerzhinsky Ave.:

10/07/2011 the management is just a nightmare! the director is Andrey Semenovich (this is a pseudonym, we found documents under a different name) with the face of a huge doll. His wife is Natalya Olegovna, the head of the call center, aka Svetlana (and both of them make a point of calling each other by different names), they have three children... my sister also worked in the same company, she was not paid 1000 hryvnia. Everyone is deceived with their salaries - there is no talk of official employment.

07/19/2012 my story is more terrible, my task in this company was the following: to find premises and “deceive” people (about deceiving it turned out a little later), I had to conduct castings for “couriers”: distribute advertisements to them and make sure that they they were posted. They promised salaries once a week and started freezing them. I thought the crowd would tear me apart! I distributed all the available cash to couriers; not everyone had enough. I’m still ashamed, I had to change my number, I’ve been remembering this company as “Horns and Hooves” for many years now.

09/21/2012 I worked for this family for a month, they praised me for how great and smart I was... but suddenly I was unexpectedly fired. Had to pay 500 UAH. From the office they sent me to an accountant (at a different address), then back to the office and so many times... Tired of running back and forth, let them choke, with such black income you can raise 10 children. And this Natalya Olegovna posted photos on Mail.ru (bragged) about how she could have a good rest in England.

website kakrabota.ua "Satellite television Viasat" Donetsk:
08/22/2012 “Semenych’s” real name is Konstantin Grishin. People, don't go work in this office, it's a scam. Only for 2010-2011. the company changed the location of the main warehouse 4 times (they are encrypted so that no one can find them).

On 12/05/2012, I and 10 others were invited for an interview at this office... it turned out that this is not a company, but a complete scam - they recruit 10 people, weed out half of them, half work for another week, and then they are also weeded out and again again. This is not Viasat, but an ordinary emergency, managed by Andrei Semenovich and his wife Natalya Olegovna.

07/31/2013 everything about the chaos in the office is true, only in my memory the office moved 4 times. Andrei Semenovich with stories about the inadequacy of his subordinates makes him think about his own inadequacy. The company resembles an amateur club. They recruit students and then cheat them all out of money.

website antijob.net “New satellite television” Donetsk, st. Universitetskaya 100a
11/05/2013 is headed by the Moskovets family, but the company operates under someone else’s name (not Moskovets). They set it above the plan, if you don’t fulfill it, you lose your salary. Constant turnover - the company lives only on interns, they do the work, and then they are all abandoned. Only for October 2013 30 people went through the company; those who were lucky were paid pennies, the rest were paid nothing!
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Here's what clients write about Semen.
website kidalo.ua. New satellite television is a scam.

03/26/2011 I ordered satellite Internet from them, they said the speed is bomb, unlimited 120 UAH. (it turned out to be 135 UAH), the installers gave an order - sign that you have no complaints and left - no payment receipt, no contract! where are the documents? The answer is that we do not provide documents. In the evening I put the movie on download, the Internet is like a turtle, then I completely passed out. I went to the provider and read: my tariff is intended only for ICQ and browsing web pages, uploading files is not recommended! I called the office, and they told me - your train has left, goodbye. This is a complete scam, they do not have any office at 86 Ilyich Ave. in Donetsk (as indicated in the advertisement), their tel. 050-147-12-51, be careful.

website gigatrade.ua “VIASAT satellite television”, reviews:

08/16/2011 Donetsk, Ilyich Ave. 86 “New satellite television” - SCAM. The dish is installed instantly, they charge 600 UAH, they promise to draw up a contract after all the settings, but they can’t set it up... they charge another 500 UAH for the modem. and disappear. For 5 months there is no internet or money! The administration cannot be found. I called them - they sent threats so that I would not contact the police, because... they have a roof there. I don’t wish my enemy to deal with scammers, their bodies. 050-147-12-51.

03/23/2013 Donetsk, Ilyich Ave. 86 “New Satellite Television” are scammers... a visitor dated 08/16/2011 described everything exactly as it is! You won't find the ends. They lie about the roof - they're pissers. If anyone wants to teach them a lesson, call them to different addresses every day, the bastards will go broke on gasoline. And whoever is braver, hit them in the face. There is no need to feel sorry for anyone, they are scammers.

05/25/2013 damn, I fell for them too, they just connected the InterTelecom Internet, no speed, they don’t answer calls, they gave me 1500 UAH, my husband is furious, what should I do?

website stakhanov.org.ua Legal advice: after reading the announcement about the installation of satellite Internet in Grishina, Donetsk, I called tel. 050-147-12-51, two people arrived, took the money, installed the equipment and connected to the Internet, but on the same day there was a failure and the Internet disappeared. The company feeds us with promises and does not react at all, how can we get our money back?

website vk.com InterTelecom, discussion of service quality
01/30/2014 I called 050-147-12-51, through them I installed your Internet, there is no contract, no certificate of completion - just promises. I don’t even know where to go, where to go (what is their address).
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Let's continue our investigation.
At the annual meeting of Dealers Fun Camp 2010, Moskovets was included in the list of the best Viasat dealers and was awarded in the category - maximum own sales. The website of the Unified State Register tells us that Moskovets and Grishin are both entrepreneurs:

Grishin Kostyantin Sergiyovich. Registration service of Makeyevka city department of justice of Donetsk region
Moskovets Natalia Olegivna. Registration service of Makeevka city department of justice of Donetsk region

A lot of people passed through the New Satellite Television company - let's look for their photographs. There is only one VKontakte Natalya Moskavets from Donetsk vk.com/id81466417

Holland 2010

Paris 2013

2013 Children's holiday.
Semyon said that he has 4 children (it is true, the 5th child in the photo is the daughter of Oksana Butenko)

2013 Natalya Moskovets and Oksana Butenko.
by going to Oksana Butenko’s page vk.com/id27413718 we will see the following photos
Photos are clickable - click to see captions

2012 - 2013. New Year's corporate party, spouses Moskovets and Grishin, surrounded by their employees.

You can see other photographs of Natalia Moskovets in this album.

Moskovets also has her own page on Facebook, her hometown is Makeevka, her city of residence is Donetsk, her career is Viasat since 2008. and to the present time.

Why did Grishin choose the pseudonym “Semyon Semenchenko”? on the page of New Satellite Television, Vasily Semenchenko and Elena Semenchenko are listed among his friends, perhaps these are relatives, perhaps just a coincidence.

The first mentions of the swindler Andrei Semenovich appeared back in 2005, people familiar with “Semyon” said that we were talking about him, if you are interested, you can read this article.

So, what do we know about Semyon? His name is Grishin Konstantin, his wife Natalya Moskovets, both entrepreneurs, created the company New Satellite Television (which still operates to this day). They love to travel: over the past 4 years they have visited Holland, France, England, and often visited Crimea. Kostik wanted to lead the protest movement back in 2008, but at the same time he believed that paying taxes was an excess and worked in the gray, in every possible way throwing money at his clients and employees. It is encrypted and uses the names Semenchenko, Semchenok, Semyon Semenych, Andrey Semenych, Semenov. Graduated from the Higher Naval School (reserve captain-lieutenant), in 2009. tried to create a protest movement “Will of the People”, supporter of the Maidan

Grishin, stop hiding - Semyon Semenchenko part 3

After the publication of the 2nd part about “Semyon Semenchenko”, Natalya Moskovets and Oksana Butenko deleted their pages so that the information leak would not become catastrophic - this tells us that we are on the right track. So, let's continue our investigation. Let's first go through the list of Natalya and Oksana's colleagues noted in this photo and ask if they recognized themselves by sight.

La-la-fa, hello, we are conducting a journalistic investigation and interviewing employees of New Satellite Television, perhaps you know Andrei Semenovich? Is he in this photo?
- good afternoon, I worked very little at NST, and therefore I can’t tell you anything special, I knew Andrei Semenovich in absentia, it’s him in the photo... sorry, I don’t have time right now, all the best, goodbye - goodbye.
note: La-la-fa worked at NST for 2 years, it’s a pity that she didn’t want to communicate with us, let’s move on...

Maria, hello, we are conducting a journalistic investigation and want to find out about Andrei Semenovich...
- good afternoon, I actually worked for Andrei Semenovich for several months, there is nothing special to tell about, our immediate boss was Natalya Olegovna. He was more involved with the installers, he is the one pictured in the photo, goodbye - goodbye.

Malvina, hello, we are conducting a journalistic investigation and want to find out...
— good afternoon, yes, I worked in this company, but I can’t tell you anything special.
Malvina, is it true that Andrei Semenovich became Semyon Semenchenko? read this article here
- no comments.
note: Malvina also worked for NST for several years and we are sorry that she did not want to communicate with us.

Olga, hello, we are conducting a journalistic investigation and want to find out...
- good afternoon, yes, in this photo there is Andrey Semenovich, he is the one, I worked for him at the NST company, how can I help?
Here kiber-berkut wrote an article, what can you say about this?
— I read it… the information from the reviews is reliable, it’s true, in this office a lot of people were cheated out of money :)
But tell me, please, are Oksana Butenko and Natalya Moskovets relatives or friends? they are too often in photos together.
- yes, they are sisters, like cousins.
Your colleagues note that Andrei Semenovich has a small scar on his face, have you paid attention to this?
- yes, there is a scar, on the cheek or on the lip, I don’t remember exactly.

Svetlana, hello, by any chance Natalya Moskovets is a relative of you, it’s just that you have the same last name as her, maybe you know her? please look, in this photo she is next to her cousin.
- no, she is not my relative, but I know her! still a bitch...
that is?
- my husband’s ex-wife :), they are in 2006. divorced, maiden name Muzyka, but after the divorce she left her husband’s surname Moskovets, by the way, in the photo next to her is not a cousin, but her own sister - their fathers are different and their surnames are also different.
Thank you very much, goodbye - goodbye.

Irina, hello, we are conducting a journalistic investigation and want to know if perhaps you know Andrei Semenovich and Natalya Moskovets? What can you say about them, Andrey Semenovich in this photo?
- good afternoon, yes, this is him, I worked at NST and know them very well, they said that Andrei Semenovich’s passport was in a completely different name. Natalya Moskovets graduated from Donetsk National Technical University, if I'm not mistaken, the faculty of China. Her cousin Oksana Butenko also worked with us. Excuse me, but why such curiosity?
Yes, here kiber-berkut wrote an article, and we, as journalists, understand it, by the way, what can you say about this?
- I’ll read it now... I see they’ve already found a lot of things :)
Yes, they are great, what can I say. Irina, but everywhere NST is mentioned as individual entrepreneur “Moskovets”, SPD “Moskovets”, private enterprise “Moskovets”, even the tax authorities issue fines specifically for Moskovets, but Andrei Semenovich (Grishin) is not mentioned anywhere. Please tell me, according to the documents in the NST, who was Natalya Olegovna or Andrey Semenovich?
- according to the documents, Moskovets was everywhere, and in contracts with clients we wrote Svetlana Moskovets - such a scam on her part, Moskovets was also always introduced to strangers as Svetlana, although according to her passport she was Natalya.
Some strange leaders you have, by God, both are encrypted, as they say, two boots in a pair.
- yes, that’s for sure, but I’ll note that they almost broke up, Andrei Semenovich was dating some woman from Crimea, he said that he liked to relax there 🙂 and so he began to go there every week, so to speak, to “relax” and around the office rumors spread, Natalya Olegovna was angry all week, and when Andrei Semenovich returned, she yelled at him in front of everyone and began to scold him, that’s the story, but then they made up.
Irina, they write to us here that Andrey Semenovich actively collaborated with the taxi service 051 in Donetsk, do you know anything about this?
- yes, he and his wife traveled exclusively by taxi; they did not have their own car. Even at a distance of less than a kilometer (to the shopping center around the corner), Andrei Semenovich traveled only by taxi, as if it were his own taxi, but most likely it was his friends who served him at a reduced rate.
Irina, here’s a question: yesterday we wanted to chat with Marina Makarenko, but she deleted her page, was she scared, or is she also a relative?
- she was scared, after all, she worked for them for 3 years, until they closed, and besides, she knows them very well.
wait, when did they close? We saw the NST announcements quite recently, and the vacancies in the call center are very fresh.
— they closed in Donetsk at the beginning of July and moved to Kyiv, if you noticed, there are vacancies specifically for Kyiv. Grishin now visits Kyiv more often than Donetsk, here is their vacancy on HeadHunter dated July 24, 2014, a manager is required for the company “New Satellite Television” in Kiev, so the NST office is now located in Kyiv.
Irina, how old would you give Andrey Semenovich, 30-35-40 years?
- He looks about 35 years old.
Thank you very much, goodbye - goodbye.

Dmitry, hello, we already talked 2 weeks ago, you recognized Andrei Semenovich from photographs, you also wrote that Andrei Semenovich collaborated with the taxi service 051, we did not immediately pay attention to this... can you clarify how exactly he collaborated with the taxi?
— good afternoon, the installers used this taxi for official purposes (unless, of course, we had our own car). It was Andrei Semenovich who insisted on this taxi (051), explaining that it was a preferential tariff.
Dmitry, how long would you give Andrei Semenovich, 30-35-40 years?
- 40 years old, but we must take into account that his face is a little “childish”, now he looks 35, but he is still 40. By the way, I watched interviews on various TV channels, I can confirm the correspondence of this photo and the person under the mask of “Semyon Semenchenko” on 100%, this is my former director. Voice, manner of speaking, hand gestures, everything is his. I specifically watched it several times, listened, and was convinced that it was definitely him. At the same address (Donetsk, Dzerzhinskogo Ave. 64), in addition to “New Satellite Television”, by the way, there was also a courier service, also owned by Grishin (the couriers suffered the most from him, he cheated them out).
Thank you very much, goodbye - goodbye.

Alexander, hello, we already talked 2 weeks ago, your colleagues note that Andrei Semenovich collaborated with taxi service 051, do you know anything about this?
- good afternoon, yes, he and his wife always traveled only by taxi, with the exception of those cases when one of the installers (including me) drove them home to a rented apartment. By the way, here is the last video, any NST employee will recognize it here 100%, this is definitely Andrey Semenovich.
Alexander, how long would you give Andrey Semenovich, 30-35-40 years?
- He looks 35-40 years old.
Thank you very much, goodbye.
- thank you, God help you guys! this man needs to be stopped! he scammed Donbass for money, and now he has come here to kill.
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A lot of people confirmed that Semyon Semenchenko is Andrey Semenych, aka Kostik Grishin, but just in case, we decided to contact a professional artist to get comments on whether our Kostik Grishin looks like Semyon Semenchenko: “hello, we looked at the photo and video materials and came to the conclusion that yes, the coincidence is very strong, with a probability of almost 95-100% it can be said that this is the same person.”

Well, we will continue. The website of the Unified State Register once again helps us out and provides the following information:
“REGIONAL COURT SERVICE”, Donetsk, Dzerzhinsky Ave., 64
Founders - Grishin Konstantin Igorevich and Moskovets Natalya Olegovna
Phone: 050-425-20-95

As we already wrote, the first mentions of the swindler Andrei Semenovich appeared back in 2005, in particular, here, it is told how a certain Andrei Semenovich Semenov came from Sevastopol and began to scam residents of Donetsk for money, under the pretext of a well-paid job, it was proposed to first undergo paid training , and then it turned out that there was no trace of any highly paid job. Legal address “Sevastopol, st. Ostryakova 145,” the article also notes that the office is encrypted and has already changed its name several times. To understand what the latest name should be searched for, use Google.
ukrdots.com: Private enterprise "Euroline", Sevastopol, ave. General Ostryakov 145, apt. 15, teleofn: 069-255-97-07
mapia.ua: PE “European Center for Internet Design and Telecommuting”, same address, tel. 069-244-61-65

Let's look at the Unified State Register:
PE “COMPANY “EVROLINE”, Sevastopol, ave. General Ostryakov 145, apt. 15, tel. 069-255-97-07
Director - Grishin Konstantin Igorevich. (well, who would doubt it?)

as you can see, back in 2005 Grishin was already actively using the pseudonym Andrey Semenovich Semenov.
There is one more detail left to find out, the last time we mistakenly contacted Konstantin Sergeevich Grishin, registered in Makeevka (Moskovets is also registered there), the website of the Unified State Register gives us the following information:
h/p Grishin Konstantin Sergeevich, type of activity - Taxi

Apparently, this is a relative of our Grishin, given the fact that he, like Natalya Moskovets, is from Makeyevka, perhaps through him our Grishin Konstantin Igorevich(from Sevastopol) and met his future wife... in 2006. Moskovets got divorced and it was at this time that Grishin came to “conquer” Donetsk.

Considering the fact that the spouses Grishin and Moskovets exclusively traveled by taxi, the connection between our Grishin from Sevastopol and Grishin from Makeevka looks even more convincing.

To summarize, Semyon Semenchenko is Konstantin Igorevich Grishin, his wife Natalya Moskovets, both entrepreneurs, created a number of companies, including “New Satellite Television” (which operates to this day). Natalya is from Makeevka. Kostya from Sevastopol. They love to travel: over the past 4 years they have visited Holland, France, England, and often visited Crimea. Kostik wanted to lead the protest movement back in 2008, but at the same time he believed that paying taxes was an excess and worked in the gray, cheated his clients and employees with money in every possible way, and was directly involved in scams with training back in 2005. (apparently it was then that he moved to live in Donetsk)... It is encrypted and uses the names Semenchenko, Semchenok, Semyon Semenych, Andrey Semenych, Semenov. Graduated from the Higher Naval School (reserve captain-lieutenant), in 2009. tried to create a protest movement “The Will of the People”, a supporter of the Maidan. In July 2014 moved its office from Donetsk to Kyiv.

Kostya, don't hide! this video is especially for you :)

Upd. at the Sevastopol forum they began to actively discuss our Grishin: “the cyber-golden eagle decided to get to the bottom of Semyon Semenchenko...”
rusinoff: oops, I missed everything again, what did he do? I know him - this is Kostik Grishin, he studied with me at the 3rd school in Sevastopol in a parallel class (B or C) in 1981-1991, he was born in 1974. (40 years old), that’s exactly him in this photo.

koroed: he did not study in the 3rd school, and if he did, it was only at the beginning, because Already from 1986 to 1991 he studied with me at school 22. I doubt that he even graduated from Nakhimka, because... I served time around 93-94, I know him very well, I punched him in the face in the 8th grade. No photos are needed, I recognize him by his voice, although the photo clearly shows that it is him.

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