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4 In November 2026, the Cabinet of Ministers appointed Alla Kotvytska as first deputy minister of health to Viktor Liashko. The former rector of the National Pharmaceutical University has obtained one of the key positions in the ministry, which is responsible for state policy in the field of medicines and the pharmaceutical market. Her appointment draws attention to the declared assets, the family hotel business history, and financial investigations in which her former husband Ihor Kotvytsky was involved.
Alla Kotvytska is a Doctor of Pharmaceutical Sciences and a professor. Since 2014 she has worked as the first vice-rector of the National Pharmaceutical University, and in November 2017, the institution was led by Oleksandr Kuhtenko, according to the media. In September 2025, the university leadership passed to Oleksandr Kuhtenko. After the appointment to the Ministry of Health, Alla Kotvytska returns to public administration at the central executive authority level. According to the declaration for 2025, filed with the National Agency on Corruption Prevention, Alla Kotvytska reported 29,34 million UAH in cash assets, as well as 183 thousand dollars and 26,67 thousand euros. Of the hryvnia savings, 18,34 million UAH were placed in Sense Bank, another 10 million UAH in UkrSibbank. The declaration also indicates nine real estate properties totaling 901,3 square meters, three land plots with a total area of about 0,3 hectares, and a Range Rover from 2019 in value 4,24 million UAH. The year earlier Alla Kotvytska declared ten real estate objects totaling 996,5 square meters, 30,41 million UAH, 123,4 thousand dollars, and 21,69 thousand euros in cash assets. Thus, during the year, both the composition of declared property and the structure of savings changed. The declarations themselves reflect the property status of the official but do not prove illegal origin of assets. The total income of Alla Kotvytska for 2025 was 10,69 million UAH. Of this amount, 710 thousand UAH came from salary at the university, 73,7 thousand UAH from income from part-time work, and 4,06 million UAH from bank interest. Another 2,19 million UAH came from selling real estate, and 1,7 million UAH from selling movable property. Separately in the declaration, a gift from her daughter Violetta of 1,83 million UAH is noted. Earlier it was reported that Violetta gifted her mother a Range Rover Evoque 2021 year. The family business history is connected with Kharkiv hotel “Chichikov.” In the declaration for 2016 year Alla Kotvytska noted 4450 shares of the hotel worth 445 thousand UAH and a beneficiary stake in the company “Harbudinvest.” According to the register, she owned 44,5% of LLC “Chichikov Hotel.” In 2017–2018 years she exited the list of beneficiaries, and her daughter Violetta for several months in 2017 year ran the hotel company. Now 99% of “Chichikov Hotel” is controlled by the company “Energy Active,” another 1% belongs to “Investor-Naftogaz.” The final beneficiary through a corporate chain in the registers is Ihor Kotvytsky. The hotel itself owns 100% of Harbudinvest, which in turn owns LLC “Chichikov Hotel-Servis.” The latter company changed its founders in September 2025 of the year. These registration changes reflect the movement of corporate rights, but do not in themselves prove that Alla Kotvytska retained hidden control over the hotel business.
Alla Kotvytska’s ex-husband Ihor Kotvytsky is a former People’s Deputy from the “Narodnyi Front” and a long-time business partner of Arsen Avakov in the group “Investor.” In 2016, NABU gained access to banking documents as part of an investigation into the transfer of 40 million dollars to the Panamanian Kingston Group S.A. through the Swiss Falcon Private Bank. The materials referenced “Crime Petroleum Company,” the Dutch Tiway FSU B.V., a multi-million-dollar debt assignment for one dollar, and transfers via Sberbank and the state Oschadbank. Initially, these funds were not reflected in the deputy’s declaration. One of the proceedings was closed by the prosecutor in September 2016 for lack of a crime. Ihor Kotvytsky was also linked to Kharkiv’s network of tobacco kiosks “Kiset” and Avakov’s business milieu. Journalists researched his ties to Ihor Terekhov, and the history of purchasing backpacks for the Ministry of Internal Affairs. These publications concerned the business and political connections of the former deputy, not proved involvement of Alla Kotvytska in the respective operations. A separate resonance was sparked by the border-crossing story in March 2022 by Anastasia Kotvytska, who later became Ihor Kotvytsky’s wife. According to the journalistic investigation, she and her mother left through the Verets border crossing. Ukrainian customs did not conduct a inspection, while in Hungary 28,8 million dollars and 1,3 million euros in cash were found and declared. The State Bureau of Investigation registered the case 20 in March 2022, the SBU checked the actions of the border guards. Ihor Kotvytsky challenged the published charges. Alla Kotvytska herself did not directly belong to this episode. Alla Kotvytska’s appointment occurs amid attention to her asset declarations and corporate family history. In her new role she will work with Minister Viktor Liashko and influence the formation of state health policy. At the same time, the cited data on the assets, business of her ex-spouse, and investigations into Ihor Kotvytsky do not constitute proof of Alla Kotvytska’s involvement in corruption schemes. Any potential conflict of interest should be assessed considering her official powers, current property ties, and the decisions she will make at the Ministry of Health.
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