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Ex-deputy of the Kharkiv Regional Council Kononenko with zero income declared 810 thousand dollars in cash and 3 million dollars in loans
Ex-deputy of Kharkiv Regional Council Albert Kononenko, in the declaration for 2024 year, indicated zero income and expenses. At the same time, together with his wife, he declared $810 thousand in cash, loans amounting to millions of dollars and euros, expensive watches and real estate, part of which has remained without registered ownership for years.
Albert Vasylovych Kononenko is registered in Kharkiv, and for correspondence with the NAPC he provided an address in the Serednyanska community in the Zakarpattia region. His wife is Valeria Anatoliyivna Kononenko.
The declaration contains no corporate rights, securities, or beneficial ownership of companies.
Income — 0 UAH. Gifts — 0 UAH. Expenditures — 0 UAH. Financial obligations as a debtor — also 0 UAH.
But the money assets tell a completely different story.
Together with his wife Kononenko declared $810 thousand in cash.
Another $3 million as a loan to a third party. In addition, the declaration includes a loan of $37,9 thousand, $850 thousand euros, and 300 thousand UAH.
Also noted are third-party debts of $760 thousand and 350 thousand euros, a construction contribution of $323,9 thousand, surety agreements for 28 million UAH, and debt collection under court decisions for 1,2 million UAH.
At the same time, the open part of the declaration contains no names of borrowers and debtors.
And this is not a one-off story for 2024 year. Similar amounts appear in Kononenko’s declarations at least since 2016 year. That is, for almost 9 years, in the public domain there were no specific counterparties for these multi-million loans.
Real estate: apartments, parking spaces, and 135 m² without registration.
In Kharkiv Kononenko declares several real estate objects.
His wife owns an apartment of 84,3 m², which she has owned since 2007 year. The value in the declaration is 346 thousand UAH.
Another apartment of 55,8 m² is in joint ownership of Kononenko, Luiza Vasylivna, Luiza Albertivna, and Vadim Vasylovych Kononenko. Ownership is indicated since 1998 year, and the value is 20 thousand UAH.
There is also an apartment of 67,2 m², owned by the wife together withOleksandra Synytsyna and Oleksandr Ruzhytskyi. Ownership acquired in 2018 year, and the value is not specified in the declaration.
Another apartment — 82 m² — belongs to Kononenko’s daughter Luiza Albertivna. Kononenko uses it free of charge.
Separately in the declaration there are 3 objects of unfinished construction, ownership rights for which are not registered.
These are 2 parking spaces of 15,2 m² and 19,1 m², as well as an apartment of 135 m². All 3 objects belong to his wife.
And here the date is especially interesting: the apartment of 135 m² is listed as unfinished construction since 2006 year.
For almost 18 years the object remains in that status.
Toyota, Mercedes, and Range Rover
There is also more to read in the transport section.
Kononenko, together with his daughter, declares a Toyota Camry 2013 year. Ownership right — since 2015 year, value — 338 thousand UAH.
Also together with his daughter he has a Mercedes-Benz ML 350 CDI 2010 year. The car was purchased in 2013 year, its value in the declaration is 720 thousand UAH.
In addition, Kononenko has the right to drive a Land Rover Range Rover 2008 year. The owner of the vehicle is Oleksiy Serhiyovych Svinarov.
6 expensive watches — and no stated value.
Another story — wristwatches.
Kononenko together with his wife declared 6 watches. Among them Patek Philippe, 2 Audemars Piguet, Richard Mille, Chronoswiss, and a feminine Jaeger-LeCoultre.
All of them are listed as acquired before the first declaration, so their value is not indicated in the document.
At the same time, these are brands, the models of which on the market can cost hundreds of thousands of dollars.
In the declaration — no valuation.
Questions about the declaration have accumulated.
The story looks particularly interesting against the backdrop of zero income for 2024 year.
The person declares $810 thousand in cash, $3 million in issued loans, hundreds of thousands of euros and dollars in debts and loans, a construction contribution over $300 thousand, expensive watches, and real estate — but shows 0 UAH income.
A separate question is the source of funds for multi-million loans. By law, the declarant must have lawful sources of origin for assets. In this case, the scale of monetary assets clearly requires attention to their origin.
No less interesting is the situation with watches. The formulation “acquired before the first declaration” allows not indicating their value, but this does not answer questions about the actual price of the assets.
There are questions also about the apartment of 135 m², which since 2006 year remains unfinished construction without registered ownership. It raises the question of whether this object was cross-checked with property rights registries and urban planning data.
And finally — loans of millions of dollars and euros, debts of third parties and lack of information in the open part of the declaration about specific counterparties.
Kononenko’s declaration has been in the open registry for over a year. The scale of these assets and the discrepancies leave enough questions for verification.
Separately, it is worth analyzing Kononenko’s status as a declarant: the declaration states that he does not perform any functions, while in the section on concurrent employment he is listed as a “deputy of the Kharkiv Regional Council” and “unpaid work.”
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