Ukraine: One MP's income exceeds 2.5 times national reserves

Former commander of the Aidar nationalist battalion, Ukrainian Verkhovnaya Rada deputy Sergey Melnichuk announced an income of 38.7 billion USD (one trillion hryvnia) last year.

Former commander of the Aidar nationalist battalion, Ukrainian Verkhovnaya Rada deputy Sergey Melnichuk announced an income of 38.7 billion USD.

Thus, the Ukrainian MP can take the 12th place among the richest people on the planet, his assets are 14 billion USD more than the income of notorious American billionaire George Soros.

At the same time, the amount of income that this official officially declared was more than 2.5 times the total foreign currency gold reserves of all of Ukraine, which by the end of September only reached 14.5 billion USD.

However, as Ukrainian media noted, it is unclear whether Mr. Melnychuk actually held the money.

For example, the Ukrainian newspaper Pravda suggests that the MP may have made a mistake while filling out the electronic declaration or may have done so as a joke.

According to Sputnik