People’s deputies of Ukraine moved into brand new premium cars, purchased after the start of the full-scale invasion of Russia.
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In particular, Igor Molotok, a representative of the “For the Future” party, was seen driving a 2022 Toyota Land Cruiser 300. The car was purchased at the end of last year and registered with Vant LTD LLC, where the people’s deputy himself and his former assistant in parliament are listed as the founders. The approximate price of such SUVs starts at $96,000. Molotok himself told reporters that he rents a car from a company where he is a co-founder.
At Epicenter K LLC, where co-founder is Molotok’s colleague in the group “For the Future” Alexander Gerega, a number of cars were registered from the summer of 2022 to April 2023:
2022 Mercedes-Benz G63 AMG (from $220,000);
- luxury crossover Mercedes-Benz Maybach GLS 600 2021 (from $187 thousand);
- premium sedan Mercedes-Maybach S 680 in 2022 (from 260 thousand dollars);
- Mercedes-Benz V 300d minibus 2022 (from $120 thousand);
- electric car Mercedes-Benz EQS 580 in 2023 (from 128 thousand dollars);
The Rolls-Royce Cullinan crossover in the Black Badge version of 2023 appeared in April of this year on the balance sheet of the Vatsak confectionery house, the founder of which is the parliamentarian of the Doverie group Gennady Vatsak. The cost of such an SUV starts from 700 thousand dollars.
Another people’s deputy from the Doverie group, Vasily Petevka, arrived in the Verkhovna Rada in a 2022 Volkswagen Touareg, which costs about 76 thousand dollars. Last September the car was registered to the LLC Partner of the Politician’s Wife. Also, other new cars appeared at the company of the wife of People’s Deputy Petevka during the full-scale war: in September 2022, Skoda Kodiaq (from 38 thousand dollars), Mercedes-Benz V 300d (from 120 thousand dollars), Mercedes-Benz G63 AMG ( from 221 thousand dollars) and BMW X5 (from 75 thousand dollars).
And people’s deputy from Doveriye Andrey Kit drives a 2022 Mercedes-Benz GLE 400d, which costs from $84 thousand). The car was registered to the company of the people’s deputy’s father, private enterprise Agrofirma Lugovoe, in February 2023. In addition, in December 2022, the company acquired a new Toyota Corolla, which costs from 20 thousand dollars).
Larisa Bilozir from the group “Trust” drives a 2022 Tesla Model Y electric crossover in the Long Range Dual Motor version. The cost of the car is approximately 63 thousand dollars). In September last year, the car was registered in the name of the parliamentarian’s brother.
People’s Deputy from Servant of the People Ruslan Gorbenko goes to work in a 2020 Mercedes-Benz GLS 400d SUV. Prices on the secondary market start at 90 thousand dollars. The crossover was registered in the name of Gorbenko’s mother in May 2022. Also in April of this year, a new Range Rover Sport was issued for her, which costs from 118 thousand dollars from the showroom.
And the “servant” Orest Salamakha was seen driving a Mercedes-Benz EQS 450+. Journalists learned that this 2021 electric car was purchased at an auction in the United States in June 2022, broken and imported to Ukraine for $55,000. It was registered in the name of the people’s deputy’s mother, restored, and in May 2023 put up for sale for $99,000. In July 2023, this car was transferred from Orest Salamahi’s mother to another owner. The politician claims that the car no longer belongs to his family.
And in August 2022, parliamentarian from Batkivshchyna Oleksiy Kucherenko purchased a 2021 Volkswagen id.4 electric car, which costs from 37 thousand dollars. The people’s deputy explained the purchase of his third electric car due to the large number of children in his family.
In April of this year, a relative of the people’s deputy of the Platform for Life and Peace group, Suto Mamoyan, was registered for a new premium electric car BMW i7 in the xDrive60 version. Prices for these start at 129 thousand dollars.
Let us remind you that on September 5, the Verkhovna Rada adopted a bill that resumes declarations for officials. Later, before the end of January 2024 (others within 90 days from the date of the obligation to file), declarations of officials not submitted for previous years must be submitted. However, e-declarations will not be opened immediately, but only after a year.
Already on September 6, only a few hours later, a petition to the President of Ukraine with a call to veto the high-profile bill No. 9534 and return it to parliament with a demand to immediately open the register of property declarations of officials received the 25 thousand votes required for consideration.
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