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Former head of the Road Service in Odesa region Oleh Varyvoda, after leaving Ukravtodor in 2019, moved to a road association, and in March 2024 he took the position of chief specialist at the Ministry of Defense. In his declaration for 2025 he indicated 197,8 thousand UAH salary at the Ministry of Defense, 69,9 thousand UAH income from the company that manages Fairmont Grand Hotel Kyiv, and also $200 thousand in cash. These data are contained in his declarations and the companies’ registration information.
According to the declarations, the total income of Oleh Varyvoda’s family in 2023 was 15,9 million UAH. A significant part of that amount was formed by a gift of almost 11 million UAH from his mother. In 2024 the family declared 5,86 million UAH of income, and in 2025 — 4,21 million UAH. The declaration for the last year also states $200 thousand in cash owned by Oleh Varyvoda and €50 thousand in joint ownership of the spouses. A year earlier the amount of euro savings was €30 thousand.Oleh Varyvoda headed the Road Service in Odesa region from 11 July 2016. In 2018 the agency carried out procurements worth 2,67 billion UAH. The repair of the M-15 Odesa — Reni route was accompanied by claims regarding the utilization of 79 million UAH, and the cost estimate for the works, according to data published at the time, rose from 150 million to 225 million UAH. Media also reported possible informal payments from contractors in the amount of 5–7% and from subcontractors — 2–3%. These claims related to the period of Oleh Varyvoda’s leadership and are not facts established by a court.In July 2018 journalists reported on a police investigation into possible false declaration. According to published information, Oleh Varyvoda did not indicate use of a Volkswagen Touareg since 31 March 2017 and a Porsche Cayenne since 15 December 2017. Both cars were registered to the press secretary. At the same time the official’s declaration reflected property of his wife Olha Muntyan: two apartments of 66 and 30 sq. m, cars Honda CR-Z and Porsche Cayman, and also $5 thousand in cash.18 October 2019 Ukravtodor dismissed Oleh Varyvoda by order No.427-k. Among the reasons cited in reports about the personnel decision were systematic failure to perform official duties and a conflict around weight control on the M-05 Kyiv — Odesa road near the Dachne checkpoint. In May 2020 the parties concluded a settlement agreement under which the reprimand and the dismissal were canceled. After that Oleh Varyvoda headed the National Association of Road Workers.In May 2024 media reported that together with Kyrylo Tymoshenko, Oleh Varyvoda joined the Ministry of Defense. Tymoshenko in March 2024 became a staff advisor to the minister of defense, and Varyvoda — a chief specialist. Previously journalists and participants in the road market linked him to representatives of the former road sector leadership and contractors of the “Great Construction” program. Businessman Araik Amirhanyan publicly stated about the influence of certain officials on the allocation of road contracts and possible payments of 10% of construction volumes. These statements are claims by their authors.
In Oleh Varyvoda’s declaration for 2025, submitted on 28 March 2026, it separately lists 69 863 UAH income from LLC “Grand Management.” The company manages Fairmont Grand Hotel Kyiv. It was registered on 10 August 2010, its authorized capital is 30,001 million UAH, legal address — Kyiv, Naberezhno-Khreshchatytska, 1. Oksana Ivashchuk is listed as director in the registration data, and Yelyzaveta Yurusheva as representative. Among the company’s owners are “Unibudinvest” with a 66,66% share and “Yaroslaviv Val” with a 33,34% share; the ultimate beneficiary is listed as Leonid Yurushev.By the end of 2025 the “Grand Management” received 228,21 million UAH in income and recorded 17,19 million UAH in losses. The company participated in 33 public tenders, with customers including the National Bank, state institutions and the Yaroslav Mudryi National Library. Varyvoda’s declaration lists income from the company, but the document does not contain separate information about the nature of the work or employment there part-time.The main part of the family’s entrepreneurial income in 2025 — 3,94 million UAH — fell to his wife Olha Muntyan. In the declaration this income is indicated as proceeds from entrepreneurial activity in the trade of dietary supplements. Oleh Varyvoda’s salary at the Ministry of Defense for the year amounted to 197 840 UAH. He also declared accounts at Monobank, Vostok Bank and PrivatBank. Part of the information about his wife’s accounts is not disclosed in the document.In Olha Muntyan’s name is an apartment of 214 sq. m in Odesa, purchased on 30 July 2021 for 3,82 million UAH, media write. The declaration also lists a parking space of 22 sq. m worth 152,43 thousand UAH, a non-residential premise of 2,2 sq. m for 11 968 UAH and another apartment of 30,6 sq. m. The spouses own 50% shares in land plots of 1955 sq. m in Kurortne and 1064 and 2500 sq. m in Mykolaivka of Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi district. Since March 2024 Oleh Varyvoda has rented an apartment in Kyiv of 84 sq. m.The family’s vehicle list includes a Porsche 911 2013 model year, purchased by the wife on 19 August 2021 for 1,55 million UAH, a Volkswagen Touareg 2016 worth 846 thousand UAH and a Zeekr 001 2024. The last two vehicles are listed as joint property of the spouses; the right to the Zeekr was registered in October 2024, but its value is not stated in the declaration.10 September 2025 Oleh Varyvoda filed a declaration before leaving the Ministry of Defense for the period from 1 January to 11 August 2025. He submitted the annual declaration for 2025 on 28 March 2026. Varyvoda’s previous law firm has ceased operations.
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