Bihus.Info journalists analyzed how much money MPs of Ukraine spent on new cars after February 24th. According to them, politicians spent at least $1.3 million.
The story says that at the end of September 2022, MP from the Servants of the People Irina Allahverdiyeva became the owner of a Mercedes-Benz S500L 2021 release.
New cars of people's deputies
It is noted that the price of these starts from 4.4 million hryvnia. She also answered reporters that the car cost her only 1 million hryvnia, that is, allegedly four times lower than its market value. NABU is investigating criminal proceedings in which it checks the origin of 20 million hryvnias allegedly donated to the MP by her father during 2021-2022.
In August 2022, Bihus.Info journalists noticed another deputy from the Servants of the People Oleksandr Voroby under a restaurant in the center of Kyiv. He was brought there by a freshly purchased Mercedes-Benz S560 of 2017 worth 70 thousand dollars.
In response to journalists' questions, the people's deputy said that the car belongs to his retailer friend, who only brings the people's deputy. In fact, the owner of the luxury car turned out to be a driver who had been working with Sparrow for a long time and was waiting for him under the restaurant while the MP was inside.
Auto Sparrow/Photo Bihus.Info
< p>Last summer, the father of the People's Deputy from “Servants” Leonid Galushka was issued a Lexus NX300H hybrid in 2021, and in early December also a Volvo XC90 hybrid in 2022. Prices for these start at $40,000 and $55,000, respectively.
Bihus.Info journalists spotted a deputy in the government quarter driving a 2010 Mercedes-Benz S500 (starting at $10,000). All three cars have the people's deputy's favorite numbers with the number 9899. Recall that earlier MP Galushko used a Toyota Land Cruiser 200 with a similar license plate that belonged to his mother.
The car recorded by journalists/Photo Bihus.Info
On the Kyiv-Chop highway in early January this year, a 2019 BMW M760Li was speeding. In the passenger seat was a woman who looked like a people's deputy from the “Servant of the People” Margarita Shol.
At the wheel was a man who looked like Vasily Shol, allegedly the ex-husband of the deputy. A car worth at least 97 thousand was registered to the mother of Vasily Shol in November 2022.
Auto wife/Photo Bihus.Info
Another deputy from the Servants of the People, Olga Vasilevskaya-Smaglyuk, purchased a 2021 Jeep Grand Cherokee SUV in July 2022. Previously, she sold her used Honda CR-V and Mercedes-Benz GLC cars.
In a comment to Bihus.Info, the people's deputy said that the car cost about 1.8 million hryvnia, and also that she filed the appropriate changes in declaration.
In May 2022, the people's deputy from the “Servants” Evgeny Bragar became the owner of the 2012 Lexus CT200h. This is a refurbished cue ball purchased from the US for $3,250. In Ukraine, prices for similar cars start from 13.8 thousand dollars.
A Mercedes-Benz G63 AMG was issued for the son of MP Yevgeny Shevchenko (elected from the Servant of the People, and now a member of the Restoration of Ukraine deputy group) in 2022. Prices for those will start from 216 thousand dollars. Earlier, Bihus.Info journalists spotted the MP in the government quarter driving a BMW X5M ($169,000), also registered to his son.
People's deputies of other parties
Anatoly Urbansky, a deputy of the For the Future group, previously arrived at the Verkhovna Rada in a 2019 Range Rover Autobiography, registered to his wife. On January 7, 2023, a 2022 Mercedes-Benz G63 AMG was issued for her, which costs from 216 thousand dollars.
Once a people's deputy from the banned Opposition Platform for Life, and now a member of the Opposition Platform for Life and world” Vladimir Kaltsev in September 2022 purchased a Jeep Grand Cherokee in 2013. Prices for these start from 16.8 thousand dollars.
His bandmate Suto Mamoyan previously came to the Verkhovna Rada in a Rolls-Royce Cullinan, issued to his uncle Arafat Mamoyan. In July 2022, a new Lexus LX500d worth at least $123,000 was registered for the people’s deputy’s uncle, and at the end of September, two more Toyota Land Cruiser 300s, which cost at least $180,000 in total. Journalists recorded both Toyotas in the government quarter on the day of the plenary session of the Verkhovna Rada.
