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Who is Acting Prosecutor General Anton Kovalsky? Property registered to relatives, a successful businesswoman wife, controversial subordinates
President Volodymyr Zelensky assigned the duties of prosecutor general to the prosecutor of Khmelnytskyi region, Anton Kovalsky.
The Centre for Civil Liberties has a dossier on this official, since we analyzed everyone appointed by the now-former Prosecutor General Ruslan Kravchenko.
After the scandal around prosecutors with disabilities, which started precisely in Khmelnytskyi region, there were expectations that the new head of the local prosecutor's office would be a person with an impeccable reputation. But those expectations were in vain.
📌 As genre convention dictates, most of the property is registered to relatives, and the wife is a successful businesswoman.
From 2011, i.e., from the moment of purchase, until 2022 year the prosecutor drove a car that was registered to his brother.
Since 2018 year Kovalsky and his family used an apartment in Vinnytsia with an area of 79 square meters.
The apartment, which is registered to his mother, was used by the prosecutor’s family immediately after purchase. In other words, it was effectively bought specifically for the needs of the prosecutor's family.
At the same time, questions remain about the source of funds of the mother, who worked in a psychoneurological hospital.
In 2019 year her untaxed income was 51 thousand UAH; in 2020 – 72 thousand UAH; in 2021 – 122,5 thousand UAH.
There were no savings in those years, so it is unclear how, with such incomes, she could have bought an apartment.
📌 Now about the wife, who is originally from the Russian Federation. Since 2019 year a new Nissan Qashqai has been registered to her. But different declarations list different prices for this car.
In March 2023 year Kovalsky’s wife Oksana became a sole proprietor. And quite a successful one. Because in less than the first year she received income of 5,2 million UAH. That is, if one believes the declared figures, selling sports nutrition allowed her to earn over 500 thousand UAH per month.
Given the specifics of the business, doubts arise about such a high income for the wife at the start of her entrepreneurial activity.
📌 Next, about Kovalsky’s deputies. One of his deputies is Maksym Kuterha. According to material on hromadske.ua, in 2019 year he failed attestation and was dismissed from the prosecutor's office.
However, in 2020 year he was reinstated through the Kyiv Administrative District Court and obtained over 300 thousand UAH in compensation. He then received a lawyer’s certificate while working in a structure with an obvious Tatariv link.
In just 2024 year Kuterha and his wife acquired assets worth approximately 325 thousand dollars (over 13 million UAH). Kuterha’s mother-in-law purchased three real estate properties while working as a pharmacy manager.
There is also Kuterha’s father-in-law, who was suspected by NABU, fled Ukraine to the Russian Federation and was convicted in absentia for collaboration to 8 years in prison.
You’ve probably also read about another subordinate — prosecutor Anton Vendel, who was recently dismissed over an OnlyFans account. Part of his videos he shot in his office and sent to court staff.
❗️That is why we demand the introduction of an independent competition for the position of prosecutor general. Without procedural change, changing the names in the prosecutor general’s chair will not matter.
In addition, it is important to restore competitions for the positions of heads of regional prosecutor’s offices, which Kravchenko arbitrarily removed in order to appoint people like Kovalsky by hand.
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