The deputy chairman of the Regional Service Center of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Odessa, Mykolaiv and Kherson regions Vadim Shmelkov became a figure of a scandal after it became known that he received a gift house as a gift. According to the information provided by ABSUlogy Leaks, Shmelkov was handed over a house of 290.2 square meters. m together with the land plot in Nikolaev, which is estimated at 838 thousand hryvnias.
For a long time, Shmelkov declared only the right to use an apartment of 38.1 square meters. m, in which he lived with his wife and two children. However, this housing was not owned by the spouse, and there was no official rental payment in the officials of the official.
From 2020 to 2022, Shmelkov stated in the declaration that he lives free of charge in a spacious house in Nikolaev, which belonged to Zhanya Liskovetskaya-former deputy head of the control and audit department of the Nikolaev Maritime Commercial Port. He then estimated the value of this property at UAH 1.04 million.
Interestingly, in October 2023, Ms. Liskovetska decided to give the official this house together with a land of 547 square meters. m. At the same time, the estimate of the value of real estate for some reason decreased to UAH 838 thousand.
Also in 2021 Shmelkov declared a car of Toyota FJ Cruiser 2007, indicating its cost of UAH 179 thousand. At the same time, according to the market, such cars cost at least $ 18,000 (about UAH 700,000 at the current rate).
In 2023, the official declared a income of more than UAH 650 thousand, as well as a pension of UAH 27.6 thousand. His wife Irina Shmelkova (Golovina), who holds the position of head of the department of psychological support in the Main Directorate of the National Police of the Mykolaiv region, earned UAH 517 thousand.
The couple saves UAH 948 thousand in cash.
