Mykolaiv MPs earned millions on business and dividends

MPs from Mykolaiv region declared millions in income and savings for 2024. The main sources of enrichment are business, dividends, and business activities of relatives. All MPs are representatives of the Servant of the People party.

According to the Center for Public Investigations, the family of Iryna Kormyshkina topped the wealth rating. Their total income in 2024 amounted to UAH 67.1 million. The ex-MP's husband, Yurii Kormyshkin, earned 1.2 million, another 4.3 million came from entrepreneurial activities, and the lion's share - 49 million - came in the form of dividends. For comparison, in 2023 the family declared UAH 123.5 million, and in 2022 - UAH 57 million.

David Arakhamia's family is in second place with an income of UAH 9.3 million. His business brought in UAH 1.3 million, and another UAH 62 thousand came from social benefits of his wife Victoria. In 2023, the family received UAH 1.7 million, and in 2022 - UAH 4.6 million.

The third place was taken by the family of Oleksandr Pasichnyi, who declared UAH 5.9 million. His wife Natalia's business brought in 3.2 million. In 2023, the couple earned UAH 3.3 million, and in 2022 - UAH 1.6 million.

Olena Moshenets and her husband Viacheslav were the fourth highest earners: 3.8 million hryvnias, of which 2.3 million were earned by her husband. For comparison: in 2023, the family received 1.3 million, in 2022 - 1.7 million.

The fifth position belongs to the family of Maksym Dyrdin. The total income is UAH 3.1 million, of which UAH 2.2 million is the result of his wife Iryna's business. In 2023 and 2022, they declared UAH 2.3 million each.

Ihor Negulevskyi, Oleksandr Haidu and Ihor Kopytin, as before, declared only their own income without information about the income of their family members. As in previous years, the key sources of income remain business, dividends, and entrepreneurial activities of MPs' relatives.

The family of Iryna Kormyshkina again became the leader in terms of assets. In 2024, they declared 174 million hryvnias, of which 23.3 million were the funds of the former MP herself, and 150.7 million were those of her husband. The couple lent out part of their savings: Kormyshkina - 13.8 million, her husband - 71.2 million. In 2023, the family's assets amounted to 212.7 million hryvnias, and in 2022 - 97 million hryvnias.

The second place goes to David Arakhamia and his wife: a total of 53 million hryvnias in assets. The MP himself keeps 44.9 million, including 36.3 million in cash in foreign currency. His wife has another 8 million in cash. In 2023, their savings amounted to UAH 44.2 million, and in 2022 - UAH 47.8 million.

The third position is occupied by Ihor Negulevskyi with UAH 12.9 million of his own savings, which he prefers to keep on hand rather than in banks. In 2023, he declared 11.8 million, and in 2022 - 10.9 million.

The family of Oleksandr Pasichnyi took the fourth place with assets of 11.3 million. The MP has 2.6 million, his wife has 8.2 million, and his son has about 500 thousand hryvnias. In 2023, their savings amounted to 9.4 million, in 2022 - 8.8 million.

Oleksandr Haidu is in fifth place with 8.6 million hryvnias. In 2023, he had 8.2 million, in 2022 - 7.8 million.

Smaller amounts of savings were declared by Maksym Dyrdin (7.6 million), Artem Chornomorov (7.1 million), Olena Moshenets (5.7 million), and Ihor Kopytin (4.4 million). In 2023, Dyrdin's family had 6 million, Chornomorov's 3.4 million, Kopytin's 4.9 million, and Moshenets's 3.8 million.

Анна Бальчінос