The head of the State Agency for the Protection of the Environment, Ishchenko, has an apartment abroad and has become very rich: he is being investigated by the NACP
The newly appointed head of the State Agency for the Management of the Exclusion Zone (DAZV) Hryhoriy Ishchenko declared foreign real estate and shows a sharp increase in income since the beginning of civil service. The National Agency for the Prevention of Corruption (NACP) has already paid attention to his wealth, having recorded signs of unreliable declarations in the amount of more than 8.5 million hryvnias.
In the declarations for 2023 and 2024, Ishchenko notes that he owns an apartment in Albania with an area of 69.7 square meters. m, which he bought in 2018 for 1.4 million hryvnias. In addition, he declared an apartment in Kyiv for 120.6 square meters. m, a country house, several plots of land with a total area of more than half a hectare and a BMW X3 car, purchased in 2022 – during a full-scale war.
The rapid growth of his income is especially noticeable: if in 2020 the declared income amounted to 574 thousand hryvnias, then already in 2021-2023 the sums of more than 6 million hryvnias appeared every year. In 2024, the declared income reached almost 10 million.
Along with incomes, monetary assets also increased. In 2023, Ishchenko indicated more than 350 thousand US dollars, more than 100 thousand euros and several hundred thousand hryvnias in cash. The official explains their origin as proceeds from the sale of property, which, according to him, belonged to his wife since 1998. At the same time, this information is not available in previous declarations.
NAZK established that in the declaration for 2023, Ishchenko provided inaccurate information for the total amount of 8 million 538 thousand hryvnias. The agency’s conclusion states that the recorded wealth does not correspond to the official’s official income. Verification is ongoing.
