“In the declaration of the Deputy Director of the Department of the State Property Fund Andrii Melnyk, assets worth billions of hryvnias are indicated, some of which are related to Russia and the temporarily occupied territories. The official declared five tons of gold bars, which, according to him, are stored in Moscow, as well as 15 deposits of rare earth metals in the occupied Luhansk region. The total value of only part of these assets reaches dozens”, — write on: ua.news
In the declaration of the Deputy Director of the Department of the State Property Fund Andrii Melnyk, assets worth billions of hryvnias are indicated, some of which are related to Russia and the temporarily occupied territories. The official declared five tons of gold bars, which, according to him, are stored in Moscow, as well as 15 deposits of rare earth metals in the occupied Luhansk region. The total value of only a part of these assets reaches tens of millions of euros. This is stated with reference to electronic declarations official
We are talking about Andrii Melnyk, the deputy director of the Department of Leasing and State Property Management of the State Property Fund, who at the same time heads the State Property Management Department. It was his declaration for 2024 that attracted attention due to the scale of the declared assets and their storage location.
In the document, Melnyk indicated that he owns five tons of gold bars. According to him, these are bank ingots of the European standard sample 999.9, manufactured according to the GOST 28058-89 standard. The declaration states the denomination is 5.0 metric tons, which corresponds to more than 160,000 troy ounces.
The official estimated the total value of this gold at 79,804,999 euros, which at the current exchange rate is about 4 billion hryvnias. At the same time, the declaration states that all these gold bars are not stored in Ukraine or in the EU countries, but in Moscow – in CJSC KITON 21 STOLITTYA. In the same structure, according to the declaration, the official also holds part of the securities worth billions of hryvnias.
In addition to gold, Andriy Melnyk declared ownership of 15 deposits of rare earth metals in the temporarily occupied territory of Luhansk region. Among them, the Krasnodonugol JSC is mentioned, in particular. One of the deposits in the declaration is valued at 1.5 billion euros.
Thus, the official’s documents combine assets related to both the Russian Federation and Ukrainian territories currently under occupation. Melnyk himself in the declaration notes only the fact of ownership and valuation of the property, without explaining how control or access to these assets is carried out in conditions of war. At the same time, the official income of the official looks much more modest. For 2024, Andriy Melnyk declared a salary of about 1 million hryvnias.
The official’s declaration has already raised questions about the origin of the assets, their storage location, and the appropriateness of such property to a position in a state body. There are currently no public comments from Andrii Melnyk himself on this matter.
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