Yermak in the 90s: How the Head of the Presidential Office Protected the Show Business from Bandits

Yevhen Rybchynskyi shared interesting details about how he worked alongside the current head of the Presidential Office, Andrii Yermak, in the 1990s. He noted that their acquaintance took place in 1994, when he was trying to support copyright in Ukraine on his own. Yermak was then working as a lawyer and had a keen interest in this area.Moreover, Rybchynskyi revealed that Andrii Yermak had a great interest in copyright and patent rights, even at a time when this area was not receiving much attention. By supporting the young and ambitious Yermak, Rybchynskyi noted that he was one of the first clients of the former lawyer. An important detail is that Yermak assisted in resolving the conflict between Rybchynskyi and his colleagues in the show business by providing legal support.After working together in the field of copyright until the early 2000s, they began to go their separate ways but met from time to time. Yermak even participated in the divorce proceedings of certain individuals with whom Rybchynskyi once collaborated.