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Kozyn, near Kyiv, has long become synonymous with elite country houses. Here are residences of politicians, businessmen, and other wealthy people. In recent months, the name of the village “Dynasty” more and more often appears in criminal proceedings as well. The journalists of Ukrainska Pravda conducted their own investigation and found a lot of interesting things.
It is in Kozyn that a large estate of more than 1500 square meters sits, which, according to registers, belongs to Ivan Petrovych Kravchuk — the father-in-law of people’s deputy Anton Yatsenko.
StopCor has already told about this property. In particular, journalists studied access to the shore of the Kozachka river near the estate. Walking through the dry land to the water proved impossible: the shore is fenced on several sides.
This time the editors decided to check the situation directly on the ground — and did so in an unconventional way.
Over 1500 square meters near Kozachka
The Kozyn estate is registered as the property of Ivan Kravchuk, who is connected with the Yatsenko family as his father-in-law.
The house itself draws attention with its scale: the land area of the property exceeds 1500 square meters.
However, during a new investigation, journalists were interested not only in the mansion itself but also in the area around it.
An analysis of satellite imagery and drone footage showed that a portion of the coast near the estate is fenced off. As a result, reaching the shore from the land side is practically impossible for an ordinary citizen.
And this raises questions not only about the comfort of elite property owners but also about compliance with the law.
What the law says about access to water
According to Article 88 of the Water Code of Ukraine, coastal protective strips are established along banks of rivers and other water bodies. The law prohibits restricting citizens’ access to the shores of such water bodies, including by erecting fences and other structures.
A similar provision is contained in Article 61 of the Land Code of Ukraine. It directly prohibits within the coastal protective strips the construction of fences and other structures that hinder citizens’ access to the banks of rivers, bodies of water, and islands.
Thus, the mere presence of a private estate near water does not mean its owner can block people’s path to the shore.
That is why StopCor turned to three authorities at once: the State Environmental Inspectorate of Ukraine, the State Environmental Inspectorate of the Metropolitan District, and the Department of Ecology of the Kyiv Regional Military Administration.
The editors asked officials to come out to the site, verify the situation, and officially record any possible violation.
While the appeals were under review, journalists decided to independently check what was happening on the shore.
If you can’t go by land, you can go by water
Approaching the Kozachka river near the estate from the land side turned out to be impossible. The fence essentially blocks access to the coastal strip.
So the editorial board chose an alternative route — by water.
Journalists, together with inspectors, loaded up kayaks and headed to the Kozachka shore. The landing went without obstruction.
On site, they managed to document the coastal strip, the fence, and the developed area near the estate.
Moreover, the shore itself looks quite suitable for recreation: clean sand, well-kept territory, and a luxurious gazebo.
Thus, the publicly accessible coastal zone ended up effectively next to a private residence, which cannot be reached from land without crossing the fence.
And next door — the Dynastiya residences
There is one more detail that draws attention to this story.
The property connected with the Yatsenko family is located practically next to the complex that has become known as the Dynastiya residence.
This name already appears in materials of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office.
NABU and SAPO reported suspicions against six participants in an organized group the investigation accuses of laundering more than 460 million hryvnias through elite construction in Kozyn.
According to the investigation, in 2021–2025 years participants in the scheme built on land plots with a total area of about 8 hectares four private residences with auxiliary buildings and a separate shared-use residence with a spa zone.
Some funds, according to the investigation, were obtained through so-called laundering controlled by one of the defendants. This concerns almost 9 million dollars.
In NABU’s statements, financing, in particular, was carried out using funds obtained as a result of corruption schemes at the state-owned company NJSC Energoatom.
Among those who were notified of suspicions under part 3 of article 209 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine is former Deputy Prime Minister Oleksii Chernyshov, a businessman whom the investigation calls one of the leaders of the criminal organization, and other individuals.
At the same time, it is important to emphasize: NABU did not claim involvement of Anton Yatsenko or his father-in-law in this criminal case. It concerns rather the geographical proximity of two objects that attract attention for different reasons.
What next for the Yatsenko family mansion
In the case of Ivan Kravchuk’s mansion, the question the editors are currently examining concerns the legality of restricting access to the coastal strip.
The relevant StopCor materials have been handed to competent authorities. The editors now await the results of checks by the State Environmental Inspectorate of Ukraine, the Environmental Inspectorate of the Metropolitan District, and the Kyiv OVA’s Department of Ecology.
But the story does not end there.
StopCor continues to investigate the property of the Yatsenko family and the entourage of the people’s deputy Anton Yatsenko. The editors are already preparing a new investigation into property that may be connected to his family.
Preliminarily, this concerns 78 real estate objects, titled under 31 title documents, with an estimated value of up to about one billion hryvnias.
Where exactly these objects are located, who they are registered to, and how this real estate was formed — StopCor will reveal in the next material.
As a reminder, the family offshore of deputy Yatsenko: the father-in-law, a retiree, with 78 real estate objects worth almost one billion hryvnias.
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