Deputy Minister of Education and Science is accused of plagiarism again

Deputy Minister of Education and Science has been accused of plagiarism again

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Deputy Minister of Education and Science Andriy Vitrenko again accused of plagiarism. Signs of academic dishonesty were found in his dissertation, defending which the official gained the degree of Candidate of Economic Sciences.

This is evidenced by the analysis of activists of the Public Initiative « The Disvergate », which Posted on the resource « Plagiarism and falsification in scientific works ».

In 2005, Andrey Vitrenko at Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv defended his PhD on « Advertising Services Market in Transformation Economy ».

In the work revealed plagiarism of works of Russian and Kazakh scientists, coincidences with the works of some of which Noticed in other scientific works of the official.

Activists have noticed a significant proportion of borrowing, in which Andrei Vitrenko changes the pages, citing a third source. In some places, references to a foreign country in the text were replaced by Ukraine. For example, « Karaganda region » became « Ukraine », and the « Kazakh market » was replaced with « Ukrainian ».

In one place in the candidate’s thesis used the translated text of foreign work, replacing Kazakhstan company « UAO « Karaganda – Nan » on « Leading Ukrainian producers of alcoholic products ».

In addition, the work revealed falsification – the author used numerical data from the work of a colleague, replacing the source of information. Moreover, the research period was replaced from 1997-1999 to 1991-2001, although their content remained the previous one.

The authors of the analysis noted in the candidate’s work a large number of substitution and rewritten from the works of Russian and Kazakh scientists. Activists believe that the dissertation of Deputy Minister Andriy Vitrenko is « stuffed with other people’s texts ».

The editorial office of « UP. Life » appealed to Andriy Vitrenko to comment on the accusation. As of the time of publication, she did not receive the answer.

Who is Andrei Vitrenko?

Andriy Vitrenko received his higher education at the Kyiv National Trade and Economic University and later worked at Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv. In 2005, he defended his PhD thesis, and in 2017 he received his doctorate in economic sciences.

When Sergei was headed by the Ministry of Education and Science, Andrei Vitrenko took the position of his deputy, on which he continued to stay after Oksen Lisovy began to manage the department. Both ministers were accused of academic poorness.

In 2020, the official became a deputy of the Kyiv City Council from the party « Servant of the People ».

Activists recently discovered In the six Anglo- and Ukrainian writings of Andriy Vitrenko, the signs of plagiarism from the works of Russian scientists and falsification of information.