Wife of Ukrainian MP Tishchenko Makes Money From Cosmetics Shop During Quarantine, Media Report
Is the scandal over the Velyur restaurant not enough?
At least one cosmetics shop in Kyiv run by the wife of Ukrainian People's Deputy Mykola Tishchenko, Alla Baranovska, continues to operate despite quarantine. This is reported by UNIAN, citing a segment of the programme Dengi (Money).
Baranovska owns a chain of beauty salons and premium-segment cosmetics shops. On the chain's social media accounts, it is stated that until the end of quarantine the shops are operating online.
Journalists decided to check whether this was really the case. It turned out that one of the chain's outlets, located in Pechersk, continues to operate actively. A man in a mask carries numerous boxes, which presumably contain products, into the studio premises.
The journalists also managed to film several clients: a young woman who arrived in a foreign car, entered without protective equipment and after 20 minutes left with the establishment's branded bag, as well as a young woman who arrived in a Mercedes, entered holding a phone in one hand and a stack of money in the other, and then left with the same branded bag.
The journalists concluded that the salon is open for "special clients". Moreover, no one in the establishment observes sanitary rules: visitors and staff move about without masks or gloves. Alla Baranovska declined to comment to the journalists.
Earlier, the outlet Bihus.info published an investigation showing that VIP guests continue to visit the Velyur restaurant of People's Deputy Mykola Tishchenko of Servant of the People, despite quarantine.
Later, Mykola Tishchenko commented on the Bihus.info investigation and stated that during quarantine he met with his assistants at the Velyur restaurant. He insisted that the establishment was not operating.
On April 28, Kyiv law enforcement officers checked media information regarding the Velyur restaurant and visited it. At the same time, Servant of the People faction leader Davyd Arakhamia stated that police came to Tishchenko's restaurant partly on the initiative of party deputies. According to him, the party does not intend to cover up for the deputy, so if the restaurant is operating, Tishchenko must face punishment.
On May 2 in Kyiv, directly in front of the Office of the President of Ukraine, an unusual action by capital restaurateurs took place. They protested against the closure of summer terraces due to quarantine restrictions.
Responding to accusations that his restaurant continued to operate during quarantine, Mykola Tishchenko promised that he will cook lunches for Kyiv doctors until the end of quarantine. He also stated that he is ready to pay a fine if the restaurant did indeed violate the law.
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