Despite the fact that Ihor Kushnir (on the collage on the left) has not been heading PrJSC “HC “Kyivmiskbud” for over a year, new data continues to emerge regarding possible corruption violations involving him. Recently, it became known that the Bureau of Economic Security (ESBU) investigated a case in 2023-2025 concerning alleged “budget embezzlement” in the procurement of apartments from “Kyivmiskbud” by the Kyiv community.
Law enforcement officials believe that over two years ago, the Municipal Enterprise “FC “Zhytlo-Invest” purchased such real estate at inflated prices through “intermediaries” – including companies associated with Kushnir’s family, businessman Oleksandr Hlimbovsky, and MP Dmytro Isayenko. It is known that these business entities bought apartments from “Kyivmiskbud” shortly before the Kyiv City Council approved the allocation of 2 billion UAH from the budget for the purchase of this housing, and then sold them to “FC “Zhytlo-Invest” at a significantly higher price. At the same time, there is a suspicion that these intermediaries may not have fully settled accounts with “Kyivmiskbud” for these square meters, as construction work at several “priority” construction sites of the holding company has not resumed during the war. However, both “Kyivmiskbud” and one of the participants in the resale denied this to KV.
As reported by KV, last week, Kyiv lawyer and human rights activist Oleksandr Dyadyuk published on his Facebook page facts about possible “embezzlement” of budget funds by Kyiv’s leadership involving former officials of PrJSC “Holding Company (HC) “Kyivmiskbud” and other business entities in the procurement of apartments.
The relevant scheme was investigated by the Bureau of Economic Security (ESBU) of Ukraine within the framework of criminal proceedings No. 12023000000000905 dated May 23, 2023. The suspects in this case were preliminarily charged with committing crimes under five articles of the Criminal Code (CC) of Ukraine: Part 5 of Art. 191 (misappropriation, embezzlement of property, or acquisition thereof through abuse of office – on an especially large scale or by an organized group), Part 3 of Art. 209 (legalization (laundering) of property obtained through criminal means – on an especially large scale or by an organized group), Part 2 of Art. 222 (fraud with financial resources), Part 3 of Art. 358 (use of a knowingly forged document), and Part 1 of Art. 366 (official forgery). However, the latest court ruling on this case dates back to early 2025. Currently, there is information that this investigation has been suspended, but, obviously, nothing prevents law enforcement from resuming it – provided there is a desire to do so.
The algorithm of possible corrupt actions described by law enforcement and Oleksandr Dyadyuk is quite simple. In 2023, the Municipal Enterprise “Financial Company (FC) “Zhytlo-Invest” spent budget funds on purchasing apartments at allegedly inflated prices. A significant portion of the housing was purchased from PrJSC “HC “Kyivmiskbud”, but through “intermediaries” – including business entities owned by family members of the former chairman of the board and ex-president of the aforementioned holding company Ihor Kushnir (who headed PrJSC from April 2012 to December 2023). At the same time, these “intermediaries” purchased apartments from “Kyivmiskbud” shortly before the city council decided to allocate 2 billion UAH to “FC “Zhytlo-Invest” for this housing. Dyadyuk also emphasizes that it is currently unknown whether these companies paid the “municipal developer” for the apartments.
“I conclude that the wife, daughter, and son [of Ihor Kushnir] purely by chance, perhaps, ‘forgot’ to transfer money to ‘Kyivmiskbud’ for the apartments resold to ‘Zhytlo-Invest’ – at least at the price of 2.5 million UAH (court rulings indicate this as the average purchase price of an apartment from ‘Kyivmiskbud’ – Media). Or, if they did pay, then it means Kushnir and Klitschko diverted this money through another route. Some might argue that there is a scheme where an investor invests at an early stage of construction (at the excavation or foundation stage) at a lower price, and then, when the buildings are completed, resells them at a higher price. Yes, there is such a completely legal scheme. But the point is that the buildings on Dubyshchanska Street (where ‘Kyivmiskbud’ constructed housing that was later sold to ‘Zhytlo-Invest’ through ‘intermediaries’ – Media) were built and commissioned before 2022. In other words, Kushnir simply transferred free, unsold apartments in already built houses to the companies of his wife, son, and daughter, and then, six months later, resold them to the municipal enterprise at 65-68% more expensive,” Oleksandr Dyadyuk explained.
According to him, this story indicates that the city authorities are not very inclined to solve pressing problems of the capital using budget funds – first and foremost, he claims, officials are concerned about their own pockets.
“These 2 billion, which were allocated in September 2022, when the full-scale war was already underway and Kyiv was almost daily under bombardment, Klitschko directs not to the construction of protective structures for thermal power plants, not to the construction of shelters, not to the purchase of backup electric generators, and not to the repair of rotting heat pipelines that are now bursting under load. He directs 2 billion in budget funds to siphon them out of the budget through Kushnir and other friendly developers,” the lawyer emphasized.
At the same time, Oleksandr Dyadyuk is convinced that the current leadership of PrJSC “HC “Kyivmiskbud” will not lift a finger to investigate the “sins” of their predecessors.
“Recently, Klitschko appointed another leadership for ‘Kyivmiskbud’, and I would like to ask them: friends, so maybe you will finally check whether the Kushnir family’s companies paid for those apartments, or maybe you will file lawsuits to recover the difference, because Kushnir transferred apartments at a price of 2.5 million UAH to companies associated with him? This would mean that the deals could be declared invalid and a higher price could be recovered. Or maybe the lawyers of ‘Kyivmiskbud’ won’t leave the offices of the ESBU and the Prosecutor General’s Office, demanding that suspicion be brought against the vile thief Kushnir? No, the new leadership of ‘Kyivmiskbud’ will not do all this. And why would they? After all, new ‘dishes’ have been served ‘to the table’ – another 2.5 billion UAH to increase the authorized capital [of ‘Kyivmiskbud’], and the whole gang is already sitting at the table with spoons and forks, ready to devour, with saliva dripping down their chins,” Oleksandr Dyadyuk expressed his opinion.
The media decided to analyze this story and establish some of its details.
How it was all done
On September 8, 2022, the Kyiv City Council adopted decision No. 5399/5440 “On increasing the authorized capital of the Municipal Enterprise ‘FC ‘Zhytlo-Invest’ by 2 billion UAH.” The explanatory note to the approved draft decision (submitted by the Deputy Head of the Kyiv City State Administration Vyacheslav Nepop (on the collage on the right) and the Department of Construction and Housing of the KCSA) stated that this was necessary for “carrying out financial and economic activities in accordance with the statutory tasks assigned to the enterprise and participating in the implementation of measures defined by the City Target Program for Providing Housing to Citizens in Need of Improved Housing Conditions for 2022-2024.” The latter was approved shortly before, by decision of the city council No. 4889/4930 dated July 14, 2022, and, in turn, aimed to address issues of providing housing to several categories of citizens on the housing waiting list, including orphans, internally displaced persons (IDPs), families of war veterans (ATO/JFO), young families, and others.
Subsequently, the Kyiv City State Administration (KCSA), through its Department of Construction and Housing, increased the authorized capital of the Municipal Enterprise “FC ‘Zhytlo-Invest’” by 2 billion UAH.
As stated in court rulings related to this investigation, in the same year 2022, PrJSC “HC ‘Kyivmiskbud’” entered into several agreements for the sale of property rights to apartments under construction in Kyiv, in favor of business entities controlled by its management. At the same time, the cost of property rights to the respective apartments averaged about 2.5 million UAH. Subsequently, on March 10, 2023, these controlled companies sold the respective apartments to the municipal enterprise “FC ‘Zhytlo-Invest’”, but the average cost of the respective real estate was already 4 million UAH.
Such figures are provided by law enforcement as an example of the purchase and sale of apartments by the Public Joint-Stock Company (PJSC) “Closed Non-Diversified Venture Corporate Investment Fund (CNDVCIF) ‘Kovernot’”. Oleksandr Dyadyuk clarifies that this company purchased apartments from “Kyivmiskbud” a day before the Kyiv City Council adopted the decision to replenish the “authorized capital” of the Municipal Enterprise “FC ‘Zhytlo-Invest’” – on August 7, 2022. This concerns 6 apartments in a residential complex (RC) on Dubyshchanska Street and 2 apartments in an RC on Kadetskyi Hai Street. According to the lawyer’s calculations, in the case of apartments in the first complex, the “markup” added during the resale of the housing to the mentioned municipal enterprise ranged from 65% to 68% – apartments were bought for 2.3-2.5 million UAH and resold to the Kyiv community for 3.9-4.2 million UAH.
At the same time, Dyadyuk draws attention to an interesting detail. Thus, PJSC “CNDVCIF ‘Kovernot’” purchased apartments from “Kyivmiskbud” under agreements with deferred payment. That is, at that moment, the company did not pay anything to the municipal developer, which is why the lawyer doubts whether “HC ‘Kyivmiskbud’” received any funds from this and other business entities mentioned in the court rulings. In support of this version, Oleksandr Dyadyuk points out that if “Kyivmiskbud” had received all the funds from these companies, it would have been able to resume construction work at “frozen” construction sites in 2022-2023, but this did not happen.
As noted in the court rulings on this case, under a similar scheme, the Municipal Enterprise “FC ‘Zhytlo-Invest’” purchased apartments (or property rights to them) from four other companies: CJSC “CNDVCIF ‘Amtel’” (33 apartments in buildings at five addresses), CJSC “CNDVCIF ‘Weber’” (38 apartments in one RC), CJSC “CNDVCIF ‘Knyahynya Yaroslavna’” (100 apartments in buildings at four addresses), and PE “Real Estate Agency ‘Riel Kyiv’” (65 apartments in buildings at 11 addresses). Additionally, in the context of such sales of apartments to “Financial Company ‘Zhytlo-Invest’”, four other business entities are mentioned (CJSC “CNDVCIF ‘Evian’”, PJSC “CNDVCIF ‘Linter’”, CJSC “CNDVCIF ‘Minkar’”, and CJSC “CNDVCIF ‘Orlando’”), but no details regarding the number of apartments purchased/sold by them are provided in the court rulings.
It is also noteworthy that the Kyiv City Council later approved another replenishment of the authorized capital of the Municipal Enterprise “FC ‘Zhytlo-Invest’” – by decision No. 7408/7449 dated November 23, 2023 (like the previous one, it was adopted at the official initiative of Vyacheslav Nepop). At that time, the same amount was voted – 2 billion UAH. Moreover, the funds were supposed to be spent by the enterprise on purchasing apartments, which the enterprise would theoretically rent out to participants of military operations and IDPs on preferential terms with the right to purchase.
The discussion of the relevant draft decision in the session hall of the Kyiv City Council was accompanied by heated debate. In particular, the management of this municipal enterprise was accused of overpaying for the “previous” 567 apartments (according to deputies, the price per 1 sq.m. was 55,000 UAH, which is “too much”) and using a very small percentage of them for their intended purpose. It was also noted that “FC ‘Zhytlo-Kapital’” does not report to the city council on its work, so it is impossible to understand how effective and profitable its activities are, that there are no funds in the treasury for this, that finances would be better directed to support Kyiv’s defense capabilities, and that the authorities simply want to support “friendly” developers with budget money, etc. However, there were still enough votes from deputies to support the relevant KCSA initiative.
For comments on the above story, journalists reached out to “Kovernot” and “Kyivmiskbud”.
In PJSC “CNDVCIF ‘Kovernot’”, journalists were assured that the company made the payment for the property rights to real estate objects purchased from “Kyivmiskbud” within 5 days from the date of signing the contract, as in all “standard” contracts concluded by this developer with buyers. Allegedly, there were no payment deferrals. Also, in “Kovernot”, it was noted that the difference between the purchase price and the sale price of the apartments is due to the performance of renovation works in them (all these real estate objects, according to the company’s information, were purchased without finishing works) and a corresponding increase in their market value.
In “Kyivmiskbud”, in turn, journalists confirmed full settlement by “Kovernot”. The developer also reported that the sale of apartments was carried out at the current prices of the sales department at the time of signing the contracts. At the same time, in “Kyivmiskbud”, it was noted that the content of agreements with counterparties and data on the movement of funds cannot be disclosed due to confidentiality (i.e., commercial secrecy – Media).
Who sold apartments to the Kyiv community
As mentioned above, a significant portion of the companies mentioned by law enforcement are related to the family of the former head of PrJSC “HC ‘Kyivmiskbud’” Ihor Kushnir. This is confirmed by data from the analytical system Youcontrol. Thus, the owner of PJSC “CNDVCIF ‘Kovernot’” and PJSC “CNDVCIF ‘Linter’” is the wife of the aforementioned former official, Oksana Kushnir, while the ultimate beneficiaries of CJSC “CNDVCIF ‘Evian’” and CJSC “CNDVCIF ‘Orlando’” are their children – Darya Kushnir and Ilya Kushnir, respectively. More details about this family will be discussed below.
Other companies through which the Municipal Enterprise “FC ‘Zhytlo-Invest’” purchased apartments with budget funds are also noteworthy. Thus, the ultimate beneficiary of CJSC “CNDVCIF ‘Amtel’” is Stanislav Hlimbovsky – the son of well-known businessman Oleksandr Hlimbovsky, who is associated with the developer group “Altis-Holding”. Incidentally, another child of the latter, daughter Kateryna Hlimbovska, is married to a figure in several corruption scandals Roman Nasirov – former head of the State Fiscal Service of Ukraine (2015-2017) and a people’s deputy of the VIII convocation from the “Petro Poroshenko Bloc”. She is also a deputy of the current IX convocation of the Kyiv City Council (elected from “VO ‘Batkivshchyna’”). She became a people’s representative only at the beginning of June 2022 – due to the fact that her colleague Mykhailo Kovalchuk terminated his deputy powers.
In turn, a co-owner of JSC «ZNVCIF «Knyahynia Yaroslavna» is the controversial Dmytro Isaenko – former Deputy Minister of Regional Development, Construction, and Housing and Communal Services (2007-2015), a current Member of Parliament of the 9th convocation of the Verkhovna Rada (elected from “OPZZh”), who still holds the position of Secretary of the Committee on State Power Organization, Local Self-Government, Regional Development, and Urban Planning in the parliament. Isaenko is attributed with control over the development company “Perfect Group,” which has numerous scandalous projects in the capital, although the parliamentarian has denied any involvement in such business. At the same time, we remind you that he is currently under investigation on suspicion of attempting to seize a land plot on the left bank of Kyiv.
Connections to well-known individuals are also associated with JSC «ZNVCIF «Weber». Its official owner is Anatoliy Korolyk from Kyiv, who is also the ultimate beneficiary and co-founder of several companies that the YouControl system associates with the so-called corporate group “Liko-Holding” (including LLC “MC “Venice” and LLC “Likonet-Service”). The key figure in this group, whose companies are primarily engaged in the construction sector, is Ihor Lysov – a member of the Kyiv City Council of the 4th convocation (2002-2006), former Deputy Head of the Kyiv City State Administration (2003-2006), and a Member of Parliament of the 5th and 6th convocations of the Verkhovna Rada (elected from the lists of the “Party of Regions”), as well as the President of the Ukrainian Diving Federation. He is also the honorary president of the development company “Liko-Holding,” founded in 1991.
Not coincidentally included in this list, it seems, is also PE «Real Estate Agency «Riel Kyiv». Its name is similar to that of the well-known Lviv developer “RIEL,” and the owner of this enterprise – Iryna Panochko from Lviv – owns several other companies with similar names (including PE “Construction Corporation “Riel”). Furthermore, in 2021, the media “titled” Panochko as a consultant for the “Real Estate Corporation “RIEL.” The founder and owner of this corporation is Lviv businessman Rostyslav Melnyk, and since December 2025, its management functions have been transferred to Oleksiy Zozulya.
Also worth noting is JSC «ZNVCIF «Minkar». Its owner, Valeriy Melnyk, was a co-owner of several companies that, according to YouControl data, were related to the corporate group “Chernovetskyi Investment Group” – including LLC “Interproject” and LLC “Goldsend”. The key figure in this group is Stepan, the son of former Kyiv Mayor Leonid Chernovetskyi. At the same time, the last two companies were registered in 2016-2019 under the entourage of Vladyslava Molchanova – a controversial businesswoman and owner of the developer “Stolitsa Group,” who is currently a suspect in a case regarding possible schemes with land plots totaling 18 hectares under the Kyiv market “Stolichny” (Sofiivska Borshchahivka).
About Kushnir, “Kyivmiskbud,” and “FC “Zhytlo-Invest”
It should be noted that “Kyivmiskbud” has long been associated with Ihor Kushnir – in fact, they were perceived as one entity, despite the majority of the company being owned by the territorial community of Kyiv. At the same time, Kushnir’s persona is linked to numerous scandals with possible corrupt undertones, the most high-profile of which de facto became the reason for his dismissal from the company.
For instance, in May 2023, “Bihus.Info” reported that “Kyivmiskbud” paid billions of hryvnias to firms close to the then-Ihor Kushnir. According to journalists, four such LLCs – “Ukrbud Invest,” “Horbud,” “Yahuar,” and “Construction and Industrial Company Yahuar” – received over 3 billion hryvnias from the municipal developer in 2020-2021 for construction work. Additionally, “Bihus.Info” found out that relatives and associates of Kushnir built luxurious cottages on land in Kozyne, which the Kyiv City Council had transferred for use to “Kyivmiskbud.” The reaction from the capital’s authorities was quite prompt – two weeks later, the city council created a temporary control commission (TCC), which was tasked with analyzing the financial and economic activities of “Kyivmiskbud” and verifying the information about it published in the aforementioned journalistic investigation.
However, the resonance not only persisted but even intensified – also thanks to journalists. In July 2023, while the aforementioned TCC was conducting its work, “Bihus.Info” established that a company owned by Ihor Kushnir’s wife purchased a French firm in 2019-2020, which owns a luxurious villa on the Côte d’Azur with an estimated value of 20 million euros. Additionally, “Bihus.Info” reported that Kushnir and his wife conquered the summit of Mount Everest in May of the same year, having left the country due to health reasons – a third-group disability status. Shortly after, in July, Vitaliy Klitschko announced the suspension of Ihor Kushnir from his duties as head of “Kyivmiskbud,” and less than six months later, in December, he was dismissed.
During Kushnir’s tenure at this holding company, it is evident that his family “acquired” a significant number of assets in the capital – likely facilitated by his influence over officials of the Kyiv City State Administration and Kyiv City Council deputies. For example, as of 2023, two buildings on Valeriy Lobanovskyi Avenue, 25/16, previously owned by “Kyivmiskbud,” were registered to a company owned by Ihor Kushnir’s wife, Oksana. In turn, their son, Illia Kushnir, who was a deputy of the current convocation of the Kyiv City Council from “UDAR,” has over the past few years obtained several “lucrative” land plots for use through his companies.
In particular, this includes over 1.5 hectares of land under the former balneological hospital in Sotsmisto (Dniprovskyi district), which was dubiously removed from state ownership, and more than 2.8 hectares of land in Koncha-Zaspa (Holosiivskyi district), where a cottage town is being built under the guise of reconstructing a recreation base (law enforcement has taken an interest in its construction). Incidentally, the developer of the latter project is the company “BudCapital,” which is linked to the same Kushnir Sr. and his business partner Vadym Stolar (a current Member of Parliament of the 9th convocation of the Verkhovna Rada, elected from the now-banned “OPZZh”).
At the same time, Illia Kushnir was involved in the decision to increase the authorized capital of the Municipal Enterprise “FC “Zhytlo-Invest”: Illia Kushnir voted on September 8, 2022, to include the relevant draft decision on the agenda of the plenary session and its subsequent approval. This fact, by the way, may interest anti-corruption bodies (including the National Agency on Corruption Prevention) regarding a possible conflict of interest (interestingly, his colleague Kateryna Hlimbowska did not vote on these issues – media). Incidentally, in March 2024, Kushnir Jr. resigned as a deputy – this happened shortly after his father’s dismissal from “Kyivmiskbud.”
Ihor Kushnir was replaced at “Kyivmiskbud” by Vasyl Oliynyk – he took the position of chairman of the board of this holding company in February 2024. Prior to that, Oliynyk managed LLC “Spetsbud-Monolit” – a company within the orbit of influence of the same Vladyslava Molchanova. Incidentally, as early as 2021, in “Stolitsa Group,” Oliynyk was called a partner “in the implementation of ambitious company projects, including residential complexes «Varshavskyi Microdistrict», «Hoffmann House», «Quartet», «Galaktika», «Vidpochynok», and others.”
In his new position, Vasyl Oliynyk was publicly tasked with a rather important mission that Ihor Kushnir failed to accomplish – completing the residential complexes of the bankrupt state corporation “Ukrbud,” a task assigned to “Kyivmiskbud” in 2020. At the same time, some experts believed that the arrival of the new head could be fatal for “Kyivmiskbud” – they suggested that Vasyl Oliynyk would work in the interests of Vladyslava Molchanova, who would use the municipal developer as a financial donor for her construction projects, and that such activity would lead to the final “demise” of the holding company. There is currently no information in open sources indicating that Molchanova received any “preferences” through Oliynyk’s appointment and work at “Kyivmiskbud.” Nevertheless, his management approaches did not improve the situation in any way – like Kushnir, Oliynyk only “asked the city for money.”
After receiving the construction sites of “Ukrbud,” “Kyivmiskbud” faced financial difficulties – at Khreshchatyk 36, there were repeated complaints that the city was not prepared to implement such projects, and the state authorities, when transferring “Ukrbud” construction sites to the new developer, did not consult with the capital’s leadership on this matter. As a result, since 2021, “Kyivmiskbud” has regularly “begged for money” from the city authorities – we are talking about billions of hryvnias. In October and December 2024, the Kyiv City Council adopted two decisions aimed at solving this problem – regarding the recapitalization of “Kyivmiskbud” in the amount of 2.56 billion hryvnias by allocating funds from the city budget to purchase additional shares of this PJSC, and regarding an appeal to the Cabinet of Ministers for compensation to this developer for losses related to the completion of “Ukrbud” projects. However, as of today, these steps by the city authorities have yielded no results.
In May 2025, “Kyivmiskbud” underwent another change in leadership – at that time, Svitlana Samsonova, a former lawyer of the “State Food and Grain Corporation,” became the acting Chair of its Board. Shortly after, she outlined her tasks for the near future: to achieve recapitalization of the developer from the city budget in the amount of 2.56 billion hryvnias, resolve the issue of debt repayment to contractors, sell already completed objects, and so on. The media predicted that Samsonova would not succeed in all of this. The main reason for such conclusions was that the new head of “Kyivmiskbud” did not present a clear and constructive plan to bring the company out of the crisis with the help of external investors, where each step would be substantiated by figures.
In fact, the media predictions came true, as Samsonova failed to resume construction work. In December 2025, she left her position – officially due to “personal circumstances.” She was replaced by entrepreneur Dmytro Nikiforov – former director of “Unitrade Market,” founder of the financial company “Omega Invest,” the pharmacy chain “Omega,” the drinking water brand VODA UA, and co-founder of the crypto wallet HitBit Pro.
However, the latter worked in this position for about a week, after which Valeriy Zasutskyi (former employee of the SBU, who oversaw the construction of housing for its personnel) became the new Chair of the Board, and he currently heads PJSC “HC “Kyivmiskbud.”
At the same time, the head of the Supervisory Board of “Kyivmiskbud” was also changed: instead of one deputy head of the Kyiv City State Administration, Vladyslav Andronov, it was headed by another – acting First Deputy Petro Panteleiev. The news about these personnel changes at “Kyivmiskbud” was supplemented with information that the company finally received recapitalization in the amount of 2.56 billion hryvnias and is moving to the next stage of the anti-crisis plan, which envisages stabilizing the financial situation, establishing more transparent communication and productive cooperation with investors, and gradually resuming construction at the sites. However, it seems that the “unfreezing” of construction sites will not happen soon – on February 6, 2026, “Kyivmiskbud” reported the creation of 24 working groups that will analyze each construction object.
We remind you that “Kyivmiskbud” effectively traces its history back to the mid-20th century – its “ancestor” was the Main Department of Residential and Civil Construction, established in 1955 under the Kyiv City Executive Committee. In 1963, this structure was renamed “Holovkyivmiskbud.” Between 1992 and 1995, “Holovkyivmiskbud” underwent a reform – the enterprise was transformed by the city authorities into a municipal holding company, which at that time included about three dozen business entities as subsidiaries. Currently, “Kyivmiskbud” is a private joint-stock company, with 80% of its shares owned by the territorial community of Kyiv – through the Department of Communal Property of the Kyiv City State Administration (KMDA).
As for the Municipal Enterprise “FC “Zhytlo-Invest”,” it was established by the Kyiv City Council in 2003 and is engaged in providing financial services to attract investor funds for financing the construction of real estate objects. Since April 2025, this enterprise has been headed by Maryna Zakharchenko, who replaced the director Viktor Pohrebny (who led this municipal enterprise since April 2015).
The latter left his position shortly after “Bihus.Info” published audio recordings related to a high-profile case of corruption in the land sector, known as the “Operation “Clean City”.” According to journalists, Pohrebny was mentioned in these recordings – among other things, they captured how a number of Kyiv officials, “managed” by the infamous lawyer and businessman Denys Komarnytskyi (currently abroad), were involved in the appropriation of communal land plots, including through the so-called “toilet scheme” – where large plots are allocated for small real estate objects or even non-existent structures, bypassing land auctions. At the same time, the former head of the Municipal Enterprise “FC “Zhytlo-Invest”” was more fortunate, as, unlike many of his colleagues, he did not receive a suspicion notice from law enforcement.
“FC “Zhytlo-Invest”” is under the supervision of the Department of Construction and Housing Provision of the KMDA, which has been headed by Borys Robotnik since July 2, 2021. The activities of this department have been overseen since 2018 by the aforementioned Deputy Head of the KMDA, Vyacheslav Nepop (who is also a deputy of the current IX convocation of the Kyiv City Council from the “UDAR” party).
Author: Oleksandr Hlazunov
