Boguslaev Vyacheslav Aleksandrovich

Boguslaev Vyacheslav Aleksandrovich

Biography

In 1966 he graduated from the Zaporizhzhya Engineering Institute with a degree in Aircraft Engines, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor, Academician of the Academy of Engineering Sciences of Ukraine.

Since 1975 - Director of the Volochisky Machine-Building Plant

Since 1988 - General Director of Zaporozhsky software "Motorostroitel"

Since 1991 - General Director of the Motor Sich enterprise

Since 1994 - Chairman of the Board, General Director of Motor Sich JSC

Since 2006 - Chairman of the Board of Directors of Motor Sich JSC.

2022: Arrest on treason charges

In October 2022, employees of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) detained the president of the Ukrainian enterprise Motor Sich, the hero of Ukraine Vyacheslav Boguslaev, as well as the head of the department of foreign economic activity of this enterprise on suspicion of working for Russia, according to the SBU telegram channel.

Both are suspected under two articles of the Criminal Code of Ukraine - Art. 111-1 (collaboration activities) and Art. 111-2 (aiding the aggressor state).

The criminal case is related to the "illegal supply of military goods for Russian assault aviation by Motor Sich," the SBU explained.

According to investigators, the plant management was involved in the deliveries, which "acted in collusion" with representatives of the Russian corporation Rostec. According to the agency, the suspects have established transnational channels for the supply of Ukrainian aircraft engines to Russia. They were used for the production and repair of Russian attack helicopters: Mi-8AMTSh-VN Sapsan, Ka-52 Alligator and Mi-28N Night Hunter, the SBU said.

According to the SBU, the organizers of the scheme used controlled commercial structures in three countries of the Middle East, Europe and East Asia to bypass sanctions. These companies sent the order to the Ukrainian manufacturer "allegedly for the needs of the foreign side," and then transported military products to Russia.

The day before, Vladimir Rogov, a member of the council of the administration of the part of the Zaporizhzhya region occupied by Russian forces, announced the detention of Boguslaev on charges of high treason. According to him, Boguslaev's houses were searched, he was taken under escort to Kyiv. The Motor Sich president faces life in prison.

2023: Listed for prisoner swap with Russia

Ukraine wants to exchange Boguslaev for a thousand of its captured military, said the representative of the country's President Zelensky Podolyak in May 2023. At the same time, he clarified that first Vyacheslav Boguslaev must receive the most severe criminal sentence and the maximum term so that his guilt is legally fixed.

Earlier, Boguslaev's lawyer Ruslan Volynets confirmed that due to poor health, he wrote a statement to the president's office asking him to include the accused in the list for exchange with Russia.

Awards

• 1970 - Medal 'For Valiant Labor' to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the birth of V.I. Lenin;
• 1982 - Order of the Red Banner of Labor;
• 1996 - Order of'Merit' III degree;
• 1998 - Order of'Merit' II degree;
• 1999 - Order of'Merit' I degree;
• 2000 - "Hero of Ukraїni" with the award of the Order "Power" for outstanding services to the Ukrainian state in the development of domestic engineering, Decree of the President of Ukraine of January 19, 2000 No. 72;
• 2001 - Laureate of the State Prize in the field of science and technology;
• 2009 - Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise, V degree.