The cash reserves of the Deputy Prosecutor of the Kirovohrad Region, Olena Nesterova, are 70 thousand US dollars. This amount is indicated in her income declaration for 2024. The family keeps another 450 thousand hryvnias in bank accounts.
Olena Nesterova is registered in Kropyvnytskyi. Her husband Volodymyr is in the village of Vilshanka. The declaration also lists her minor son Makary.
The family owns several real estate properties. In particular, the prosecutor's husband owns a house with an area of 92.6 m² and a land plot of 423 m² in the city. However, the value of these properties is not indicated in the declaration.
In Vilshanka, Volodymyr Nesterov has another house — 58.6 m², purchased in 2019 for just 49.5 thousand hryvnias, which looks suspiciously low even for a rural area.
Olena Nesterova herself declared 1.54 hectares of land in Vilshanka (since 2011) and a lease of another 4.84 hectares of land since 2014, which formally belongs to Lyudmila Salo. This may indicate shadow land transactions or hidden use of resources.
The prosecutor's main declared income: UAH 1.63 million in salary at the prosecutor's office per year and UAH 398 thousand in pension. Her husband's income is not indicated at all.
However, it is the Nesterov family that holds $70,000 in cash, an amount that significantly exceeds the official income for one year. This raises questions about the sources of these funds, as no business or other sources of income are listed in the declaration.
Two cars are also listed: Opel Insignia , purchased in 2018 for UAH 200,000, and Volkswagen Golf , purchased in 2022 for UAH 169,000.
Olena Nesterova began her career in 1999 at the Vilshany Prosecutor's Office. She worked her way up from assistant prosecutor to deputy prosecutor of Kirovograd. Since 2020, she has been the deputy head of the regional prosecutor's office.
Formally, it's a typical example of career growth. But against the backdrop of war, impoverishment of the population, and total distrust of the law enforcement system, the appearance of tens of thousands of dollars "under the pillow" in the prosecutor's declaration hardly looks impeccable.
The questions about the sources of funds, the undervalued real estate prices, and the husband's lack of income are open. And law enforcement, as always, is silent.
