{"id":1386914,"date":"2026-04-27T11:11:03","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T08:11:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/power-is-gone-does-yermak-retain-influence-on-state-processes\/"},"modified":"2026-04-27T11:11:03","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T08:11:03","slug":"power-is-gone-does-yermak-retain-influence-on-state-processes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/power-is-gone-does-yermak-retain-influence-on-state-processes\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cPower is gone\u201d: does Yermak retain influence on state processes?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The loss of official status in Ukrainian politics leads to the instant evaporation of any influence on state processes. Therefore, any claims about the shadow rule of the country by the former officials are untrue.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> This opinion <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=dvqmnzkubv0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">was expressed<\/a> in a comment to &#8220;Pryamoy&#8221; by former Minister of Social Policy Andriy Reva, analyzing rumors about the retention of power by certain individuals after their resignation, including the former head of the President&#8217;s Office Andriy Yermak.<\/p>\n<p> According to him, the Ukrainian bureaucratic system is focused exclusively on the current leadership, and former favorites become political ghosts immediately after the president signs the corresponding decree.<\/p>\n<p> &#8220;All his power disappeared the day he was released. And those people who swore allegiance to him and who were perhaps appointed at his request, they immediately forgot about him at the moment when the ink under the presidential decree had not yet dried,&#8221; Reva noted.<\/p>\n<p> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=dvqmnzkubv0<\/p>\n\t\t<aside class=\"shortcode-also\" data-title=\"Read also\" >\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/estates-for-zelensky-yermak-and-chernyshev-the-state-prosecutors-office-reveals-construction-details-in-kozin\/\">Estates for Zelensky, Yermak, and Chernyshev: The State Prosecutor&#8217;s Office reveals construction details in Kozin<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\n<p> He drew an analogy with past years, recalling the times of Dmytro Tabachnyk, whose apparatus influence dissipated on the day of his release. At the same time, he pointed to the psychology of bureaucracy, where fear of the current leader outweighs any past agreements.<\/p>\n<p> According to the guest, law enforcement agencies closely monitor subordination and promptly report on attempts by third parties to interfere in governance. Any allegations of shadow governance of the country by former officials are a distortion of the facts, since the vertical is based only on the current authorities, &#8211; former Minister Andriy Reva is convinced.<\/p>\n<p> Earlier, political strategist Oleksiy Golobutsky reported on the air of &#8220;Pryamoy&#8221; that although formal powers are a thing of the past, certain levers of management and resources <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/vplyv-bez-posady-u-chomu-sekret-vitseprezydenta-yermaka\/\">are still in the hands of the former head of the President&#8217;s Office Andriy Yermak<\/a> . This state of affairs is due to the long stay of the person involved in the decision-making process.<\/p>\n<p> Meanwhile, journalists have published a photo from the christening of the daughter of former Deputy Prime Minister Oleksiy Chernyshov, who is suspected of corruption: <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/zelenska-ta-yermak-vidviduvaly-khrestyny-donky-chernyshova-detali\/\">among the guests are Olena Zelenska and Andriy Yermak<\/a> . The material also mentions the construction of several estates in Kozyn. According to journalists, people close to the government could live there, in particular Andriy Yermak, Timur Mindich, Oleksiy Chernyshov, as well as the president&#8217;s family.<\/p>\n<p> By the way, in early March it became known that the former head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, Andriy <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/yermak-ocholyv-komitet-advokativ-iz-zakhystu-postrazhdalykh-vid-zbroynoi-ahresii\/\">Yermak, became the chairman of the Committee of the National Association of Lawyers<\/a> on the Protection of Victims of Armed Aggression against Ukraine. This organization is headed by a former associate of Viktor Medvedchuk.<\/p>\n<p> Also follow <strong>\u201cPryamim\u201d<\/strong> on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Facebook<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/prm_ua\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">X<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/+rtV4dxYu2_cyNjVi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Telegram<\/a> , and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Instagram.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The loss of official status in Ukrainian politics leads to the instant evaporation of any influence on state processes. Therefore, any claims about the shadow rule of the country by the former officials are untrue. This opinion was expressed in a comment to &#8220;Pryamoy&#8221; by former Minister of Social Policy Andriy Reva, analyzing rumors about [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":57,"featured_media":1323404,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76871,76872,76885],"class_list":["post-1386914","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-2","category-news-feed","category-policy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1386914","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/57"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1386914"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1386914\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1323404"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1386914"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1386914"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}