The head of the Kupyansk city military administration, Andriy Besedin, published a declaration in which he indicated a minimum set of assets: an old minivan, several apartments for his wife, $10,000 in cash, and an official income of 1.72 million hryvnias. Data on the official's property status became public on the e-declaration portal and attracted attention due to the significant difference between the declared property and the level of responsibility of his position.
Besedin heads the Kupyansk MVA, the administration of the city, which was under Russian occupation for more than six months and was deoccupied in September 2022. He is also a deputy of the Borivka settlement council in the Kharkiv region. Despite the complex regional context, his declaration looks quite modest.
The declaration states that the family lives in a rented apartment of 62.5 square meters in Kharkiv, owned by a third party. Several real estate properties in Borovaya are registered for his wife Natalia: a 52.9 m² apartment purchased in 2017 for 49.8 thousand hryvnias, an older apartment in which she owns a share, and a land plot of more than 10 hundred square meters. Besedin himself does not declare any real estate.
In the list of vehicles, the official indicated only a 2001 Volkswagen Sharan, purchased in 2019 for 47.6 thousand hryvnias. However, in fact, he uses a more modern car — a 2013 Nissan Qashqai, which belongs to his wife and was purchased in 2023 for 172 thousand hryvnias. For comparison, the market value of such cars in 2023 was from 9 to 13 thousand dollars, that is, significantly more than the indicated price.
According to the declaration, in 2023, Andriy Besedin received a salary of 1.72 million hryvnias, while his wife, a doctor, earned 264,500 hryvnias. The official's cash savings are limited to 10,000 dollars.
Although the declaration does not contain obvious signs of excessive enrichment, the difference between the market and declared value of the car actually used by the head of the MBA, as well as the general structure of the family's assets, raises questions. In the context of working in a region that has survived occupation, close attention to the transparency of officials becomes a necessity for both society and the state.
