Analyzing the declarations of Ukrainian prosecutors, we have repeatedly met cases where the most expensive property of the family is owned by underage children. The southern region of Ukraine is no exception. Meet the deputy prosecutor of the Odessa region - Yuri Vladimirovich Kichuk In 1999, Yuri Kichuk graduated from the Odessa State Academy of Law. In the same year he began his career as an investigator of the Kyiv district prosecutor's office.. Of Odessa. In the period 2003-2012, Yury Vladimirovich worked in the Office of the Prosecutor's Office of the Odessa region. After that, he makes a sharp jump in his career. In December 2013, Kichuk Yuri was appointed deputy prosecutor of the Kiev district. Of Odessa. From December 2014 to July 2016, he served as Head of the Office of Supervision in Criminal Proceedings of the Prosecutor's Office of the Odessa Region. And already on July 3, 2016 becomes deputy prosecutor of the Odessa region.

According to media reports, in the summer of 2015, Yuri V. Kichuk was in the midst of a scandal in connection with the publication of the "list" of the distribution of posts of heads of local prosecutor's offices of the Odessa region even before the selection. Then the network got a letter with the theme "So far" with the enclosed file "District staff", in which Kichuk, in particular, informed the then deputy prosecutor of the Odessa region, Sergei Kostenko, how to distribute the management positions. In addition, the letter contained a note "local for Sevruk". As you know, Yuri Sevruk was the head of the Main Directorate of Supervision in the Criminal Proceedings of the General Prosecutor's Office of Ukraine.

Yury's wife - Viktoriya Kichuk also works in the prosecutor's office. As stated in her declaration - she is the prosecutor of the Odessa City Prosecutor's Office No. 1.

We analyzed the procuracy family's declarations for 2015 and 2016. The only income of Yuri and Victoria is the salary, which for 2 years was 492 thousand. UAH. It is interesting that in 2015 Victoria Kichuk did not declare any income, although she indicated that she works in the prosecutor's office.

In 2015, the children of the couple - at the time 5-year-old Ernest Kichuk and 11-year-old Valeriya Kichuk - received a gift in a non-monetary form worth 1 million UAH. They received a gift from Valery Prokopovich Chinakhov - father Victoria Kichuk. In this case, no business registered with the prosecutor's father-in-law, who could explain such valuable gifts - we did not find.

This gift for children was a house in Odessa near the sea. Thus, we once again meet the case when expensive property in the family of prosecutors owns their children.

Yury and Victoria Kichuk themselves also have enough real estate. Apartment of 61 square meters. is located in Odessa at ul.. Chernigiv, 9-В. Today the cost of such an apartment is almost 74 thousand. dollars. Although the declaration specifies a price of only 163 thousand. UAH. Another apartment of 34 square meters. located at g. Odessa, Academician Williams Street, 77. The location of the land we could not find out.

Also, the wife has the right to use the mother's car. Although it is strange that she does not know the value of the 2013 Kia Sportage, acquired in the same year. There is such a new car almost 20 thousand. dollars.

In addition to movable and immovable property, prosecutor Yury Kichuk declared 150 thousand. UAH savings.

In the judicial register, we also managed to find an interesting fact: on September 11, 2015, the marriage between Yuri and Victoria Kichuk was terminated.

However, the declarations for 2015 and 2016 and still state that they were married.

Thus, in addition to questions related to the professional activities of Yuri Kichuk, related to the influence on the distribution of posts in local prosecutor's offices, there are questions to the official's declaration. In particular, for the possession of elite property by the minor children of the prosecutor and the origin of the funds for this property.

- Source: PROSUD Translation: Argument.