Vasily Skopenko/Photo: Kharkiv City Council
Kharkiv city officials Vasily Skopenko and Ivan Kuznetsov were detained by the police, writes Dumka
In Kharkiv, law enforcement officers detained the director of the Kharkiv Heating Networks KP Vasily Skopenko and the head of the Infrastructure Department of the City Hall Ivan Kuznetsov for driving while intoxicated.
Relevant photos and videos temporarily published, but then deleted Kharkov telegram channels.
According to the authors of the publication, officials drove around Kharkiv in the evening, using passwords to pass through checkpoints. “When they were detained, they shouted that they were heroes of the war,” the publication says.
The video, in which Skopenko and Kuznetsov are on the ground in handcuffs and swearing by the police, was filmed by servicemen.
Screen from telegram channel
Screenshot from video
Ivan Kuznetsov/Photo from official's Facebook
Recall that Igor Terekhov appointed Skopenko as the head of communal heating networks in February 2021. Prior to that, he worked as the head of the Southern District Energy Sales Department of Kharkovoblenergo, deputy chairman of the board – director of Kharkovenergosbyt, commercial director of Kyivoblenergo JSC and acting director. General Director of JSC “Kharkovoblenergo”.
According to the declaration filed by the official in 2021 (now the register of declarations is closed), he owned a residential building with an area of 88.8 sq.m, a residential building with an area of 88 sq.m, a non-residential premises with an area of 4.8 sq.m, a land plot with an area of sq.m, a residential building with an area of 88.6 sq.m, an apartment with an area of 38.6 sq.m, two land plots with an area of 1000 sq.m each, a garage with an area of 48 sq.m. In the village of Pobeda, Glukhovsky district, Sumy region, Skopenko owned a land plot with an area of almost 7.8 thousand square meters, a land plot with an area of 8.7 thousand square meters, a land plot with an area of 6.9 thousand square meters, a residential building with yards buildings with an area of 51.8 sq.m. In addition, the family had the right to use a residential building with an area of 388 sq.m in Kharkov (the owner is a citizen of Ukraine Tatiana Mazhnik).
Spouse Skopenko in the village of Bugaevka, Volchansky district, Kharkiv region, owned a land plot with an area of 2.3 thousand square meters and a residential building with yard facilities with an area of 92 square meters. In addition, the woman owned an unfinished apartment in Kharkiv with an area of 116 sq.m and an unfinished parking space with an area of 19 sq.m.
In 2020, Skopenko purchased a new Porsche Cayenne for almost UAH 3.37 million. He also has an Odyssey trailer. The candidate's wife owned a Mercedes-Benz V 250 car for UAH 2.61 million.
Skopenko had corporate rights in three enterprises: Vashchenkovske PE (50%, UAH 1.6 million), OOO ” Montazhenergo 2018″ (44.25%, UAH 2 million), Ukrelectrocontact LLC (100%, UAH 6.4 million). Skopenko himself was the ultimate beneficiary of these enterprises.
In 2020, Skopenko received the following income: salary at JSC Kharkivoblenergo — UAH 2.54 million, income at PJSC Kharkivenergosbyt — UAH 384.3 thousand, salary at LLC “Ukrelectrokontakt” – UAH 87.3 thousand, dividends – UAH 230 thousand. His wife received the following income in 2020: salary at OAO Energy Company Barvinok — UAH 444.8 thousand, income at OAO Kharkovenergosbyt — UAH 77.8 thousand, social benefits — UAH 2.6 thousand.
In cash, Skopenko declared UAH 3 million, EUR 120,000, USD 90,000, and UAH 231,000 in the bank. The candidate's wife had 500,000 hryvnias, 70,000 euros, and 60,000 dollars in cash.
The mayor of Kharkiv owns a business that does not pay taxes