People's Deputy of the 9th convocation from OPZZh, multimillionaire — record holder for button pressing
People's Deputy of the 9th convocation from OPZZh, acting mayor of Zaporizhzhia, first deputy head of Zaporizhzhia Regional State Administration, candidate of economic sciences. Recorded by media for record button pressing in the Verkhovna Rada of the 9th convocation. The 2016 declaration records more than 124 million UAH in income. In 2019, a scandal broke out due to social media publications showing Kaltsev on an African safari next to a slain lion, lionesses, elephant, antelopes, and ostrich — just before the OPZZh elections.
Destruction of Yalansky Park and years-long legal "war" over a square in a wartime city
In 2018, his company "Land Development" destroyed Yalansky Park in the center of Zaporizhzhia for the construction of a shopping and entertainment center. In 2021, the Court of Appeal declared the lease agreements invalid, but in 2022 the Supreme Court overturned this ruling. The legal battle continued until 2026 — after the death at the front of activist lawyer Denys Tarasov, in whose honor the community named the square. Kaltsev's company continues to litigate to overturn the city council's decision regarding the square.