[7] Stepanov, as director of a state-owned enterprise, managed to eliminate the monopoly of the EDAPS Concern for printing passports and other documents that are now under the state polygraph business.

During this period, Polygraph Factory "Ukraine" built two new workshops, including released new products – a biometric passport and an identity card, and was certified according to five international ISO standards.

As the Dzerkalo Tyzhnia newspaper wrote, "This means that real criminals are detached from controlling the personal data of Ukrainians, and the copyrights to the state symbols of Ukraine will no longer be a source of income for scammers.

"For many years, a myth has been created that the creation of modern foreign passports with a polycarbonate page is an insanely complex technology beyond the mere mortals, but only to select people from EDAPS.

For the first time, the full cycle of production of foreign passports is established at the state polygraph combine "Ukraine".

It turns out that the private consortium received a lever of pressure on the state because it was not just a supplier of products, but actually took over the functions of providing a public service – issuing a passport to citizens," said Maksym Stepanov.

Makysm Stepanov won an open competition for the post of governor of the Odesa region after Mikheil Saakashvili resigned and was dismissed.

[12] Stepanov claimed that he was dismissed because he had not refused to paid social benefits to the local residents (the so-called "administrative resources") to help Poroshenko's changes in the 31 March 2019 Ukrainian presidential election.

Also in the Strategic Action Plan, special attention is paid to the security of the region, improving the quality of education and health, preserving the region's ecology, increasing energy efficiency and using renewable energy sources, developing self-government and strengthening the role of communities and citizens in solving local problems.

[18] Maksym Stepanov also announced a plan with 12 points in 2017, in particular, the construction of strategically important roads, including The routes of Odesa-Reni, Kodima-Balta, Spasske-Vylkove, the beginning of the reconstruction of the runway of the Odesa airport (completion by the end of 2018), the modernization of the information portal of the Odesa region, the creation of the Odesa oblast brand, the improvement of the investment climate and increased investment attractiveness, Places at least 10%, local budget revenues increase, the launch of medical reform – the creation of up to 10 hospital districts in the Odesa region, the creation of 77 groups of rapid response police, the introduction of the area unified video surveillance systems, launch of free online courses to prepare graduates for testing etc.

[21] According to the head of the Servant of the People parliamentary faction Davyd Arakhamia the reason for the resignation of Stepanov was the unsatisfactory rate of vaccination in the COVID-19 pandemic in Ukraine.