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Former Prosecutor General Ruslan Kravchenko, on the eve of his dismissal, not only signed suspicions against the heads of anti-corruption bodies, but also left the country. If he does not return after 19 September, when his business trip ends, Kravchenko could become the second Prosecutor General in the country's history to flee the country.
In the history of independent Ukraine, there have been 18 prosecutors general. Of them, seven (including acting) have served during President Volodymyr Zelensky's term. No minister has held the post for more than two and a half years.
About what former prosecutors general of Ukraine are doing now and who among them has become a millionaire, this is written by OBOZ.UA.
What former prosecutors general were doing during Zelensky's era
The first prosecutor general during Zelensky's time, Ruslan Riaboshapka, remained in office for just a little over six months; he was dismissed in March 2020 of that year. After resigning, he founded the public organization "Institute of Democracy and Rule of Law." His partner in the NGO is Polina Chizh, a former head of the Department of International Legal Cooperation and Asset Recovery of the General Prosecutor's Office.
In the summer, Riaboshapka invited people on his Facebook page to join the "Odessa Half Marathon of Resilience," and in May on his Instagram page he criticized Zelensky's decision to impose sanctions against former OPA head Andriy Bohdan. Riaboshapka called the decision "illegal" and based on personal revenge. At the same time, Riaboshapka stated that Bohdan is "an order of magnitude more pro-Ukrainian than Zelensky himself and his marauder friends," and he called the president's decision a "grounds for impeachment."
In November 2020 Riaboshapka, together with Oleksandr Daniluk (former NSDC secretary) and Pavlo Klimkin (former foreign minister, who served until 2019), founded the Center for National Resilience and Development.
No real estate or car was registered in the name of the former prosecutor general. He and his wife Svitlana divorced; in recent years there is no new property for Riaboshapka's parents either. The ex-head of the Office of the Prosecutor General remained loyal to his longtime friend Andriy Bohdan, but obviously has long ceased to be "the president's man."
After Riaboshapka, the duties of acting prosecutor general were performed by Viktor Chumak (from 6 to 17 March). His comments can be found on Riaboshapka's social media pages as far back as 2016. The editorial staff has already written that Chumak is now a retiree with one of the largest pensions in Ukraine. By court decision, the Pension Fund must pay him 240,9 thousand hryvnias monthly.
"I receive my pension in accordance with the Law 'On Pension Provision for Persons Discharged from Military Service, and Certain Other Persons' as of 9.04.1992, in the edition of 2025, with interpretations provided by decisions of the Constitutional Court 2005, 2008, 2015, which explain the impossibility of restricting pensions by any normative acts of executive authorities, as well as the unconstitutionality of reducing the pension amount established at the time this law was in effect," reads Chumak's written response he provided.
From March 2020 to July 2022, Irina Venediktova held the post of acting Prosecutor General. After her dismissal, she publicly communication essentially ceased. Since her dismissal she has remained the ambassador of Ukraine to Switzerland. She concealed her declaration, and in the NAZK registry there is no declaration for her husband Dmytro Kolesnyk, who worked in the National Police as deputy head of the Cyberpolice department.
After Venediktova, for 10 days the acting Prosecutor General was Oleksiy Symonenko, and on 28 July 2022 the Verhovna Rada, at the president's request, appointed Andriy Kostin to the post. He served until October 2024-th, that is 2 years and 3 months. Interestingly, Venediktova stayed in office for 2 years and 4 months. Like her predecessor, after leaving she became an ambassador. Since 2024-th, the former prosecutor general has been working in the Netherlands.
Kostin himself lost his post as a result of a scandal about prosecutors' pensions. It turned out that a number of them received disability status and, through the court, achieved early retirement, the size of which sometimes reached over 100 thousand hryvnias.
The biggest scandal involving Kostin is connected with his daughter Anastasia. In 2023 on her Instagram page she wrote that she "fucked off" Scotland, Finland and she wants to "go home to MONACO!!!". The media drew attention to the post; the girl apologized but later deleted her page.
Special prosecutors: what else are the former heads of the department known for
The true record holder among prosecutors general is Sviatoslav Piskun. He is the only one to have headed the department three times: in 2002-2003, 2004-2005, and then again in 2007-th. He was also an advisor to Prosecutor General Iryna Venediktova in 2020-th year.
Back in 2016-th year, Piskun stated that his family at that time had already lived for 10 years in Le Cannet (a town on the French Riviera near Cannes). Piskun's estate was shown by former MP Serhiy Leshchenko.
However, ties between the family of the former prosecutor general and Ukraine persist. In 2021-th year his daughter Tetyana became the owner of a brand-new Audi Q7 2021 year. At that time such a car cost up to 75 thousand dollars. In addition, in Ukraine she owns seven real estate objects. In particular, a house of 260,9 square meters in Irpin and a house in Kyiv of 744,8 square meters.
The last property is located on the Obolon Embankment and may cost more than a million dollars. It is a manor with a view of the Dnipro in one of the most expensive areas. In addition, the former prosecutor's daughter owns a house of 260,9 square meters in Yaromche.
Piskun's wife Svitlana owns four real estate objects in Ukraine. In particular, she owns a house of 109 square meters in Yaromche.
How a former prosecutor general became a sole proprietor with million-dollar wealth
Vitaliy Yarema served as prosecutor general from June 2014 to February 2015. A former deputy, a retired lieutenant general of the police, built a career in public service and politics, but after his dismissal became a sole proprietor.
Probably Yarema is a very successful sole proprietor, as his assets show. For example, his car fleet includes two cars and a BMW motorcycle. He owns:
In 2017 year, Yarema became the owner of an apartment of 219,1 square meters and a parking space in a residential complex on Redutnaya Street, 67. This residential complex is located near the Motherland-Mother statue and was built in 2016. It seems the prosecutor either invested in the construction of the apartment or bought it right after the building was put into operation. At that time housing in this complex was significantly cheaper. Now an apartment like Yarema's may cost over 900 thousand dollars.
His wife Margaryta owns a BMW iX 2025 year, which may cost around 85 thousand dollars. His daughter Ilona owns a BMW M4 2024 year worth about 100 thousand dollars. She also owns a neighboring apartment to her father on Redutnaya Street, 67. There is also an apartment of 113,7 square meters in the residential complex "Novopecherski Lipki."
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