According to published income declarations for 2014, the wealthiest member of parliament in the Verkhovna Rada is Leonid Klimov, a former member of the Party of Regions, Odesa businessman, and current member of the Vozrozhdenie parliamentary group. His income for 2014 amounted to 3,3 million hryvnias, a large portion of which consisted of interest and dividends. Klimov is also known to hold 4,4 million hryvnias in bank accounts. According to the document, the value of his securities and stakes in the authorized capital of his companies is 789 million hryvnias. Thus, Klimov's total income for 2014 amounted to almost 800 million hryvnias.
However, as journalists have noted, despite Klimov's income figures, his Imexbank and the Chornomorets football club are facing numerous problems. The bank's depositors have been unable to withdraw their funds for a long time, and the football club's players and staff are heavily in arrears in wages. A criminal case has been opened against Imexbank's management, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs' Economic Crimes Directorate has established that the financial institution's top managers are involved in the theft of UAH 4,66 billion from the Deposit Guarantee Fund. It has also been revealed that Mr. Klimov, before the temporary administration was appointed, withdrew over USD 645 and UAH 1,12 billion from the bank.
Vitaliy Khomutynnik, a former Party of Regions member and one of the founders of the Vozrozhdenie group, also ranked second among the wealthiest Verkhovna Rada deputies. We previously reported that he earned 294 million hryvnias in income in 2014.
Third in terms of income was BPP MP Oleksiy Savchenko ( read more about him in the article " The Sharp Turns of the Notorious BPP MP Oleksiy Savchenko "). In 2014, he earned 28 million hryvnias. Of this amount, his official salary amounted to 7,5 hryvnias, with the rest coming from interest and dividends. Savchenko is also known to have 390 million hryvnias in bank accounts.
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