Judicial and Police Officers Under Fire: Alleged Massive Privitization of State Housing in Kiev
In a groundbreaking investigation, Bihus.Info has uncovered a questionable practice among judges and police officers who have been acquiring and privatizing state-provided housing in Kiev’s luxury developments. This, despite many of them having personal residences in their possession.
The Findings
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Judges: Former judge Lyudmila Gubskaya of the Sixth Appellate Administrative Court received a three-bedroom apartment in the ‘Comfort Town’ complex in 2019. She later privatized it and resigned in 2023. Despite her family accumulating properties and cars worth approximately $400,000, they were granted state assistance.
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Relatives’ Benefits: prosecute for Julia Voytkovskaya, formerly secretary of the Sixth Appellate Administrative Court, secured a state apartment and later privatized it. Her daughter, Anna Koshenko, then acquired a new apartment in the ‘Rusanovsky Harbor’ complex, which was used by judge Yevgeny Mesenzev.
- Police Heads: Sergio Boychuk, head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs’ department, privatized a state-provided apartment in the ‘Crystal Springs‘ complex despite owning a flat in his previous declarations. Two senior police officials close to National Police Head Ivan Vygovskiy, Dmitry Sokolov and Artem Rodigin, have also received luxurious apartments in Kiev.
The Controversy
While the practice of distributing and privatizing state housing is legally sanctioned, it raises questions when the beneficiaries are not those in dire need. Many recipients already own personal housing, and those properties suspiciously disappear from their declarations around the time they start using state-provided housing.
Bihus.Info’s investigation suggests a pattern of senior judges and police officers, and sometimes their family members, exploiting these systems for personal gain, rather than using them to address genuine housing needs.
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