A Ukrainian deputy listed almost 600 apartments on his income declaration
A deputy of the Irpin town council in the Kyiv region, Igor Overko, listed 586 apartments on his income declaration. According to the document published on the website of the Unified State Register of Declarations, he has already sold 400 of them.
186 apartments still remain listed as the deputy’s property. Overko’s income from selling the remainder amounted to more than 50 million hryvnias ($ 1.891 million). In addition to the apartments, Overko also owns four residential buildings and 18 plots of land.
As noted on the website of Ukrainian civil movement "Chesno" (meaning honestly, fairly), Overko is the head and co-founder of the Synergy-Bud construction firm. Overko himself has already commented on the declaration he submitted, stressing that there are no violations of the law in it. "I am one of the few deputies who declared all their earnings honestly. I'm engaged in construction. It is here where I invest all my means," he said.
In April, income declarations from a number of other Ukrainian officials, including President Petro Poroshenko, were published. The head of Ukraine declared an income of more than 12 million UAH, most of which was obtained from interest earned on deposits in foreign banks. The former Prime Minister of Ukraine and the head of the People's Front party, Arseniy Yatsenyuk, declared bank accounts in the amount of more than $1 million, two houses, one with 343.5 square meters and another of 114.5 square meters, and three apartments in Kyiv.