Media: Bogdan is overseeing a network of controversial channels to make a political comeback.

The former head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, Andriy Bohdan, met in Vienna during the full-scale war with the sanctioned smuggler, owner of the Telegram channel "Dark Knight," Seyar Kurshutov, as well as a candidate for people's deputies from the "Servant of the People" party and owner of the controversial Telegram channel, Roman Kravets.

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This was reported by Obozrevatel with reference to Hromadske's investigation titled "Unfit: How the Joker De-registered While Abroad."

Journalists published a photo from the meeting of Bohdan, Kurshutov, and Kravets in the lobby of the Vienna Ritz hotel.

"It’s no secret that Andriy Bohdan is my close friend, and we meet regularly. Since we were both acquainted with Kravets at that time and he was in Vienna, we invited him to the meeting. I remember we discussed the vile and two-faced scoundrel Korban, with whom Roman and Andriy have a long history of negative relations," Kurshutov stated.

At the same time, according to Kravets, he was "advising Bohdan on the corruption of journalists" during that time in Vienna. In turn, former head of the OP Bohdan also claims that the topic of conversation was "corrupt journalists."

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"We discussed a dissertation on the topic: 'Personification of Historical Responsibility of Grant Journalism in Ukraine from 2019 to 2025; the grounds and conditions of such activities that led to mass violations of the Constitution of Ukraine and Laws of Ukraine, as well as accountability and punishment as a way of preventive influence on the consciousness of future generations of Ukrainian journalists.' An extremely interesting topic!" Bohdan said.

However, the relationship between Bohdan and Kravets is actually more intriguing. Thanks to the former head of the OP, Roman Kravets was able to get on the list of candidates for people's deputies from "Servant of the People" without any solid grounds. Bohdan received full loyalty from the owner of the Telegram channel "Joker."

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And although Kravets is trying by all means to mimic a pro-government blogger, downplaying his appearance in the investigation, it does not prevent him from maintaining a friendly connection with Andriy Bohdan, who is essentially the "trigger point" for the OP. Back in 2020, the media reported on a conflict between Bohdan and Yermak – the latter eventually took his place as head of the Office of the President.

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Thus, having been pushed to the political sidelines, Andriy Bohdan, through a network of scandalous Telegram channels – specifically, the "Joker" and "Dark Knight" – attempted to return to Ukrainian politics by influencing various internal processes.