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The deputy head of the Ivano-Frankivsk Court of Appeal, Bohdan Kukurudz, who has worked in the judicial system for more than 30 years, declared 2,7 million UAH in salary, 283 thousand UAH in pension, and substantial cash savings in 2025. In May 2026 his 18-year-old daughter became the owner of an apartment of 204,3 sq. m. This is according to publicly available declaration data and materials about the judge.
Kukurudz began his professional career after graduating from Ivan Franko Lviv State University in 1991. At first he worked as a lawyer and senior legal counsel in local government bodies, and in 1994 he became a judge of the Ivano-Frankivsk City Court. In 1998 he was appointed deputy head of that court, and since 2003 he has worked at the appellate instance, media report. In 2018 the judge passed the qualification assessment of the High Qualification Commission of Judges, scoring 791,2 points. Later Kukurudz served as secretary of the judicial chamber for criminal cases and as a judge-spokesperson, and in 2024 he became deputy head of the Ivano-Frankivsk Court of Appeal. Special attention to the judge was drawn by the case of Ruslan Kotsaba. In 2017, during the retrial of the proceeding concerning the blogger, Kukurudz stated that he had known him for about 25 years and was on friendly terms with him. After a motion by lawyer Tetiana Montian for recusal, the judge filed a motion to recuse himself, and the panel of judges granted the respective motions. Kotsaba was detained in 2015 on suspicion of treason and obstructing the lawful activities of the Armed Forces. At a hearing in 2017 the lawyer also alleged supposed pressure on Kukurudz from the SBU, claiming that they showed him photos shared with Kotsaba. These claims are presented in the materials as the lawyer’s position, not as a fact established by the court. In 2025 Kukurudz was also mentioned in a disciplinary complaint by lawyer Viktor Chugunov. The complaint concerned the consideration of a criminal case by a panel of the Ivano-Frankivsk Court of Appeal that included the judge. The lawyer stated that the convicted person’s appeal was effectively not considered, which might have violated his right to defense. Earlier the Supreme Court annulled the appellate instance’s ruling due to substantial violations of the criminal procedure law. At the same time, on 28 May 2025 the Third Disciplinary Chamber of the High Council of Justice dismissed the proposal to open disciplinary proceedings and left the complaint unexamined. No disciplinary responsibility for Kukurudz was established in this episode. Financial indicators for the judge over the past decade show a substantial increase in official income. In 2015 his salary was 265,6 thousand UAH; in 2018 the total income from work at two appellate courts was 875 thousand UAH; and in 2019 the salary reached 1,88 million UAH. In 2022 this figure was 2,63 million UAH, and in 2025 — 2,7 million UAH. The judge’s wife, Svitlana Kukurudz, also received income from professional and entrepreneurial activities. In 2025 she declared 515,5 thousand UAH in business income and 123,8 thousand UAH from independent professional activity at a medical center. Kukurudz’s cash savings also grew. In 2016 he declared 120 thousand UAH; in 2019 — 650 thousand UAH, 9 thousand dollars and 8 thousand euros; and in 2022 — 1,5 million UAH, 18 thousand dollars and 31 thousand euros. At the end of 2025 the declaration already listed 2 million UAH, 27 thousand dollars and 38 thousand euros in cash. The most notable change in the family’s asset data in 2026 was the registration of an apartment in the name of the judge’s younger daughter, Ulyana Kukurudz. On 20 May a deed of gift was executed, after which the 18-year-old woman obtained ownership of housing of 204,3 sq. m in Ivano-Frankivsk. The available information does not specify who gifted the property, who owned it before, or its market value. The apartment’s address had already been associated with the Kukurudz family. At least since 2022 a sole proprietorship of Svitlana Kukurudz, who practices specialized medical activity, was registered there. This alone does not establish a link between the source of the gift and the family’s activities, but it is a circumstance that allows tracing the prior use of the property. The judge’s primary real estate includes a house of 238 sq. m in Uhryniv, purchased in 2008 for 423,2 thousand UAH, a garage of 45 sq. m, and two land plots in the Ivano-Frankivsk region of 1000 and 637 sq. m. The wife owns a Honda CR-V 2015 year, bought in 2019 for 474,6 thousand UAH. Kukurudz also declares the right to use a Subaru Outback 2006 year, whose owner is listed as his brother. Another daughter, Oksana Kukurudz, lives in Lithuania and has experience working for an NGO that provides free legal assistance to refugees. In Ukraine she owns an apartment in Ivano-Frankivsk of 87,7 sq. m, purchased in 2019. She also studied law at Mykolas Romeris University in Vilnius.
Thus, the open data make it possible to trace Kukurudz’s long judicial career, the growth of his official income and savings, and the appearance in 2026 of a significant real estate object owned by his adult daughter. At the same time, the origin of the gifted apartment, its previous owner and its value are not established in the provided materials, so these circumstances require separate verification.
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