Estate worth 3,77 million dollars, cryptocurrency and father’s business in occupied Crimea: what was found on Judge Horbasenko

Estate worth 3,77 million dollars, cryptocurrency and father’s business in occupied Crimea: what was found on Judge Horbasenko

Judge of the Commercial Court of the Kyiv region Pavlo Horbasenko, together with his family, owns expensive real estate, cryptocurrency and jewelry, and also has financial and business ties in annexed Crimea.

Among the assets are a house in Lebedivka valued at $3,77 mln, a loan to his brother of 5,8 mln UAH and Tether cryptocurrency. This is only part of the property linked to judge of the Northern Commercial Court of Appeal Pavlo Horbasenko and his close circle. His father Volodymyr appears in the Myrotvorets database as the founder of Yalta companies LLC “Sevelenastroi” and “YUG Invest”. His twice-former wife, Kyiv City Council deputy Hanna Svyrydenko, owns land plots in Sudak, Haspra and Mindalne, a Bovet watch worth $130 thousand and a gift of 3,3 mln UAH from the father of a State Criminal Investigation Department investigator.

While Ukrainian judges issue rulings in the name of the law, the property stories of their families sometimes reach far beyond the country. In Pavlo Horbasenko’s case — to business registered under Russian law and land in occupied Crimea that became part of his family’s asset portfolio.

Pavlo Horbasenko earned a law degree from Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv in 2007, and three years later became a judge of the Commercial Court of the Kyiv region. In 2020 he headed that court and served in the position until 2025. He currently holds a position in the Northern Commercial Court of Appeal. At the same time, the conclusion of the Public Integrity Council dated 26 May 2024 states that the judge does not meet the criteria of integrity and professional ethics.

Luxury cars, cryptocurrency and inheritance: what is known from Judge Pavlo Horbasenko’s declarations

Over the years of Pavlo Horbasenko’s judicial career his asset base has changed repeatedly: some items disappeared from declarations, others appeared, and proceeds from property sales converted into other forms of assets. This allows tracing the dynamics of the judge’s and his family’s wealth.

In 2015 Horbasenko declared two apartments in Kyiv with a total area of 253 sq. m, a garage and a parking space. The first apartment (116,9 sq. m) was valued at 1,145 mln UAH, the second (136,1 sq. m) at 1,811 mln UAH.

That same year the judge declared the sale of an apartment for 1,3 mln UAH. His savings amounted to 21 thousand dollars, 19 thousand euros and 253 thousand UAH.

In subsequent years the structure of declared real estate gradually changed. In 2018 Horbasenko sold a parking space for 395 thousand UAH, and his savings were already 30 thousand dollars, 18 thousand euros and 80 thousand UAH.

In 2020 the judge purchased an electric vehicle Chevrolet Bolt EV 2017 model year for 479,8 thousand UAH (about 17,3 thousand dollars).

The largest real estate transaction took place in 2021: an apartment of 136,1 sq. m was sold for 5,847 mln UAH. The judge declared the entire amount as a loan to his brother Oleksii Horbasenko.

In the declaration for 2022 year assets of his wife Hanna Svyrydenko, who had not been previously listed, appeared. Her ownership includes an apartment of 155,4 sq. m, four parking spaces, land plots in Kyiv, property in Crimea, 57,5% share in LLC “Bonus U”, as well as Harry Winston watches (approximately 25,5 thousand dollars) and a Bovet watch (about 130 thousand dollars). Also noted was the right to use a Range Rover Sport 2015 model year.

That same year Svyrydenko declared a cash gift of 3,3 mln UAH from Vasyl Yakovych Kryvobok — father of senior investigator of the State Criminal Investigation Department Yurii Kryvobok. The wife also sold property for 2,263 mln UAH, and Horbasenko sold a garage for 484,2 thousand UAH.

In 2023 Horbasenko’s declaration an inheritance appeared — a share of a house with an area of 805,2 sq. m in the village of Lebedivka. According to market data, the value of such a house can reach about 3,774 million dollars.

Interestingly, the house was built in 2010 by the judge’s mother Tetyana Hryhorivna, who at that time was a homemaker. The estate has an area of 802 sq. m located on three land plots with a total area of 0,55 ha.

In 2024 Horbasenko purchased Tether cryptocurrency for 480,2 thousand UAH. Then his then-ex-wife Hanna Svyrydenko registered a Range Rover Sport for 850 thousand UAH, sold property for 416,3 thousand UAH and received 1,224 mln UAH in dividends.

In 2025 the judge sold the Chevrolet Bolt EV for 479 thousand UAH, bought a Hyundai IONIQ 5 for 991,8 thousand UAH and a BMW F900R motorcycle for 400 thousand UAH. The price of the new electric car was more than twice that of the sold one, and the motorcycle’s price was 30 thousand UAH lower than the lowest market offer. Cash savings amounted to 1 thousand dollars, 21 thousand euros and 12 thousand UAH.

Already in 2025 the Avtomaydan community on Facebook recalled claims against the judge: the family allegedly registers elite property and luxury cars in the father’s name while they actively use them. At the same time the judge’s father still conducts business in occupied Crimea and pays taxes to the aggressor country.

Double divorces, Crimean business and property in occupation

In Pavlo Horbasenko’s life there are family circumstances that attract at least as much attention as his property. Hanna Svyrydenko was his wife twice. After the first divorce in 2014 their relationship effectively did not end: despite the dissolution of marriage, they continued to travel abroad together, and in 2017 a child was born to them. Only in 2023 was the marriage dissolved for the second time.

Svyrydenko is a deputy of the Kyiv City Council from All-Ukrainian Union “Fatherland”, works as a senior legal counsel at the law firm “Dobrodii” and engages in entrepreneurial activity in the real estate sector. For a long time she worked at her father Vasyl Kryvobok’s law firm, which was registered in an apartment that belonged to Hanna.

Hanna Svyrydenko’s real estate is concentrated mainly in Crimea. In Sudak she owns three land plots, in the village of Mindalne — a house in the gardening association “Solnechna Dolyna” (Sunny Valley), and in Haspra — two houses on Alupkinske Highway. In Kyiv there is an apartment on Volodymyr Ivasiuk Avenue.

The judge’s father Volodymyr Illiich Horbasenko is linked to business in occupied Crimea. In Russian registers he is listed as a co-founder of companies OOO “Sevelenastroi” and OOO “YUG Invest”, registered in Yalta in 2015. His registered place of residence is also in Yalta. This was the reason for adding him to the Myrotvorets center database.

In Kyiv Volodymyr Horbasenko owns an apartment of 111,5 m² (purchased in 2012, approximate value — about 300 thousand dollars) and two garages. In Yalta there is an apartment of 332,7 m², purchased on 4 April 2014 — already after the start of the occupation of Crimea.

Thus, Pavlo Horbasenko’s assets and family ties reach far beyond an ordinary judicial dossier. Hidden family assets, relatives’ business in Crimea and the complex intertwining of interests call into question the judge’s transparency and integrity.

To clarify the origin of the family’s funds, possible discrepancies between income and the value of property, and the circumstances of owning real estate in occupied Crimea, the editorial office sent inquiries to the National Agency on Corruption Prevention and the Security Service of Ukraine. The High Council of Justice was contacted regarding the grounds for the judge undergoing qualification assessment despite the negative conclusion of the Public Integrity Council.