Kniazhytskyi Mykola Leonidovych

People's Deputy of the "European Solidarity" party, media magnate, and landowner of ATO veterans in Prykarpattia

People's Deputy of the VII, VIII, and IX convocations from the "People's Front" and "European Solidarity" parties. Founder and former General Director of the "Espreso" TV channel. Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Culture and Spirituality, Secretary of the Temporary Investigative Commission on crimes against journalists. His declaration records over 5 million UAH in cash, three cars (Subaru Legacy, Volvo S60, Volvo XC70, Renault Duster)—although no criminal proceedings have been initiated against him personally.

A pistol from Avakov, a scheme to withdraw billions of hryvnias abroad, and purchase of land from ATO veterans

In 2017, Bihus.info established that Kniazhytskyi received a personalized Fort 17-05 pistol from Minister Avakov—despite having no affiliation with law enforcement agencies or the Armed Forces of Ukraine. That same year, his name appeared in an investigation by the Center for Combating Corruption and Organized Crime: Avakov's team illegally transferred nearly 1 billion UAH abroad, and Kniazhytskyi was implicated in this scheme. In 2021, Ukrainska Pravda found that a company associated with Kniazhytskyi purchased most of the land of the former Burkut resort in the Verkhovyna district of Ivano-Frankivsk region—land that had been allocated to local ATO veterans; on the acquired plots, a trademark was registered for the production of mineral water and a sanatorium business. Kniazhytskyi denied direct involvement in the land purchases.