House on Podil, NAZK protocol, and a Florida villa: Marykarōva’s property history against the backdrop of her return to power

House on Podil, NAZK protocol, and a villa in Florida: Marykarōva’s property history against the backdrop of her return to power

Oksana Marykarōva is being returned to high-level state policy—this time as an advisor on recovery and investments. The return of the former minister of finance and Ukraine’s ambassador to the United States occurs against the backdrop of longstanding questions about her banking and property history: the bankrupt Aktiv-Bank, elite real estate in central Kyiv, NAZK claims, and a expensive villa owned by a Florida-based family.

One of the loudest episodes concerns a building of about 4,5–4,7 thousand square meters on Borysiglinska Street in central Kyiv. The property was mortgaged to the state-owned UkrEximBank and valued at nearly 130 million UAH.

In April 2014 year, the management of Aktiv-Bank decided to sell this real estate. In the contract with LLC «Synonim» the amount was about 60 million UAH. At the same time, according to UkrEximBank’s position, stated in court materials, only about 16 million UAH was credited to the account.

The building was appraised by «Eastern Consulting Group», formerly led by Marykarōva. At the time of concluding the deal the state register still listed her as the ultimate beneficial owner of the bank and co-founder of the buyer company.

Marykarōva explained this by saying she had left the relevant structures earlier, and information in the registries was updated with a delay. UkrEximBank, since 2015 year, sought to defend its rights to the mortgaged object through court.

The Aktiv-Bank itself soon went bankrupt. Marykarōva joined its supervisory board in 2012 year and for some time served as acting chair of the management. Later control over the bank passed to ITT structures, and her husband Danilo Volynets, through «ITT-Invest», became the owner of the bank.

13 June 2014 year, the NBU recognized Aktiv-Bank as problematic, 2 September—as insolvent, and the next day the bank was placed under temporary administration.

Ahead of the collapse, other transactions occurred that later became the subject of disputes. Claims on 23,3 million UAH were transferred to «Arbimarket» for about 5,8 million, after which they passed to «ITT-Management». The difference amounted to about 17,5 million. The Deposit Guarantee Fund later challenged these deals.

In 2019 year the question already arose regarding Marykarōva’s personal declaration. NAZK sent a protocol to court for the declaration for 2017 year, indicating about 415 thousand hryvnias of false information.

It concerned, in particular, an apartment with no declared value, family members’ income, securities, and balances on bank accounts. Marykarōva explained discrepancies by the declaration’s filling methodology.

And then American real estate joined this story.

In July 2024 year Danilo Volynets registered in the United States the company VRZ 2036 LLC. In August it bought a villa in Pompono Beach for $2,35 million.

The American company of the husband figured in Marykarōva’s declaration, but the villa itself was not listed as a separate real estate object.

During this period Marykarōva declared 631 thousand hryvnias in cash allowances from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, almost 3,4 million UAH in compensation payments, and 14,7 million UAH from selling corporate rights in «Arkhidata».

Her husband Volynets also controls about 74,8% of «Akordbank» and since 2019 year has chaired its supervisory board. Family declarations also listed accounts in Ukrainian banks, Bank of America, and Citibank.

After serving as minister of finance, Marykarōva became Ukraine’s ambassador to the United States in 2021 year. In September 2024 year, US House Speaker Mike Johnson demanded her dismissal after Vladimir Zelensky’s visit to a factory in Pennsylvania, saying the trip was an interference in the American election campaign. Kyiv rejected these accusations.

In August 2025 year Marykarōva was dismissed from the post of ambassador.

Now she has returned to the presidential vertical again—as an informal advisor on recovery and investments.

Against this backdrop old questions arise again: a house on Podil with a mortgage value of almost 130 million UAH and disputed payment of about 16 million, bankrupt Aktiv-Bank, operations totaling tens of millions of hryvnias right before its collapse, a NAZK protocol for 415 thousand hryvnias, and a Florida villa for $2,35 million, purchased by her husband’s company.

Now Marykarōva will work again alongside the authorities—in the field of recovery and investments, where management of large financial resources will be discussed.