I wish everyone a bigger salary. The head of the State Land Bank, who earns a quarter of a million a month, mocked MPs – Suspect

Lustrated Andriy Vydyborets has led the State Land Bank LLC with the designation acting head since June.

Acting director of the State Land Bank LLC Andriy Vydyborets, whose monthly salary is 249 thousand UAH, during a meeting of the parliamentary committee wished the members of parliament higher incomes. This is reported by Glavkom citing its own material “Land Bank [va-bank]. State and farmers: who outwitted whom?”.

Andriy Vydyborets took charge of the State Land Bank with the designation acting head in June 2026 of the year. Before that, he worked for several months as chief accountant of the State Property Fund, where he had moved from business.

In 2017 the year, Vydyborets’s surname was mentioned in connection with a scandal at the State Migration Service. His appointment to the position of head of the anti-corruption unit raised questions due to the negative shadow associated with the agency’s activities.

Currently, the official receives a significantly higher salary than his predecessor. In particular, Vydyborets’s monthly remuneration amounts to 249 thousand UAH, while the former head of the enterprise, Yaroslav Yaroslavsky, received 192 thousand UAH.

According to the declaration, in 2025 year Yaroslavsky declared 2,28 million UAH in earnings from the State Land Bank.

During the parliamentary committee meeting, deputies drew attention to the size of the current head’s pay. In response, Vydyborets stated that he wishes everyone higher salaries.

“I wish everyone higher salaries. But this is not my decision (about the salary level — Glavkom) and it cannot be discussed while I have a current contract,” the official said.

Additionally, at the same meeting it became clear that the State Land Bank plans to spend about 10 million UAH on purchasing four cars, computer equipment, and developing its own website.

These plans drew criticism from deputies. In particular, agrarian committee member from Servant of the People Bohdan Torokhtiy questioned the necessity of such expenditures.

“According to my information, the service vehicles of the State Land Bank are needed so that they can later be transferred to the leadership of the State Property Fund for usage. I am not saying this concerns the head of the Fund,” the deputy stated.

Vydyborets denied such assumptions. According to him, the enterprise needs additional transport to conduct inspections of land plots, since currently only one car is at its disposal.

The LLC State Land Bank was created in August 2024 year through the corporatization of the state enterprise Agricultural Investment Fund. The company became one of the key participants in the “Land Bank” project, which provides for transferring state agricultural lands into rental through online auctions.

Recall that earlier Glavkom reported on the Fund of State Property’s plans to expand the “Land Bank” project. In June 2026 year, the head of the State Property Fund, Dmytro Natalyukha, stated the intention to increase the area of state lands transferred to sublease through auctions to about 120 thousand hectares. According to him, this would ensure almost a twofold increase in budget revenues.

Also, Glavkom wrote about the appointment of former Minister of Economy Bohdan Danilyshyn to the Supervisory Board of the State Land Bank. The corresponding order of the State Property Fund was issued 16 October 2026 year. Danilyshyn joined the supervisory board as a state representative. Earlier he had already held its chair, but left it about a month later.

In addition, Glavkom reported on the resignation of the head of the Supervisory Board of the State Land Bank, Oleksandr Vasylchenko. In January 2026 the official announced stepping down. Previously, the relevant committee of the Verkhovna Rada had appealed to the NACP to check a possible conflict of interest due to Vasylchenko’s simultaneous work at the State Property Fund and on the bank’s supervisory board.