Some Ukrainian MPs have been spotted driving premium cars that they purchased after the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion
This was reported by Bihus.info in its story.
Group “For the Future”
At the end of last year, MP Ihor Molotok of the For the Future group purchased and registered a 2022 Toyota Land Cruiser 300, which costs approximately $96,000, with Vant Ltd. The company is owned by the MP and his former parliamentary aide. Instead, the MP told journalists that he rented the car from a company where he is a co-founder.
From summer 2022 to April 2023, Epicenter K LLC, co-founded by another member of the For the Future group, Oleksandr Gerega, registered 5 premium cars:
- Mercedes-Benz G63 AMG 2022 (from $220 thousand)
- luxury crossover Mercedes-Benz Maybach GLS 600 2021 (from $187 thousand)
- premium sedan Mercedes-Maybach S 680 2022 (from $260 thousand)
- Mercedes-Benz V 300d minibus 2022 (from $120 thousand)
- electric car Mercedes-Benz EQS 580 2023 (from $128 thousand)
They also purchased several cheaper cars in the company’s name.
Dovira Group
In April 2023, Hennadii Vatsak, a member of the Dovira group, registered a Rolls-Royce Cullinan in the Black Badge version of 2023 on the balance sheet of his Vatsak confectionery house, with prices starting at $700 thousand.
MP Vasyl Petyovka, who is also a member of the Dovira group, arrived at the parliamentary session in a 2022 Volkswagen Touareg, which was registered to the Partner LLC of the MP’s wife in September 2022. The price of the Volkswagen Touareg is about $76 thousand. In a comment to Bihus.Info, Vasyl Petyovka assures that he declared the car, but does not recall the price.
But in September last year, the same company registered Skoda Kodiaq, which costs $38 thousand, Mercedes-Benz V 300d, which costs about $120 thousand, Mercedes-Benz G63 AMG – $221 thousand, and BMW X5, which starts at $75 thousand.
Vasyl Petyovka said he knew nothing about these cars.
Petyovka’s fellow MP Andriy Kit arrived at the Verkhovna Rada in a Mercedes-Benz GLE 400d made in 2022, which was registered in the winter of 2023 to his father’s company, Luhove Agrofirm. The price of the car starts at $84 thousand. And last winter, the company purchased a Toyota Corolla worth $20 thousand.
Dovira MP Larysa Bilozir arrived at the Verkhovna Rada meeting in a Tesla Model Y electric crossover in the Long Range Dual Motor 2022 version, which she registered in her brother’s name last fall. The car costs about $63 thousand. The MP assures that she only drives the car, but will include it in her declaration when the filing is resumed.
“Servant of the People” party
Servant of the People MP Ruslan Horbenko arrived at the Verkhovna Rada in a 2020 Mercedes-Benz GLS 400d, which costs from $90 thousand and was registered in the MP’s mother’s name last spring. This spring, she was registered for a Range Rover Sport, which costs from $118 thousand, but Ruslan Horbenko denied that he was using the car.
Bihus.Info has found out that the Mercedes-Benz EQS 450+ electric car, which was seen in the summer of 2023 by MP Orest Salamakha of the Servant of the People faction, is registered to his mother. In the summer of 2022, the car was bought at an auction in the United States among the broken ones and imported to Ukraine for $55 thousand, in the spring of 2023 it was restored and put up for sale for $99 thousand. Orest Salamakha said that he had only used the car, which was used by his brother, for a few days. In July 2023, the car was re-registered to another owner and no longer belongs to the Salamakha family, the MP said.
Batkivshchyna party
In August 2022, Oleksiy Kucherenko, a member of the All-Ukrainian Union Batkivshchyna party, purchased a third electric car registered in his family’s name, with prices starting at $37,000, a 2021 Volkswagen id.4. He said he needed the car because his family had many children.
Opposition Platform – For Life party banned
Earlier, journalists saw MP of the Platform for Life and Peace group Suto Mamoyan driving a Mercedes-Benz S500, which was registered to Mamoyan’s cousin, who in April this year was registered for a new BMW i7 electric car in the xDrive60 version. Its cost starts from $129 thousand.
- One of the owners of the Turkish company that received $30 million for the scandalous purchase of lightweight jackets for the Ukrainian military under the guise of winter jackets was the nephew of a member of the Servant of the People faction.
