Sergey Matviyenko
People's Deputy candidate Sergei Matvienkov is running in single-mandate constituency No. 57, which includes the Ordzhonikidzevsky and Ilyichevsky districts.
The non-partisan candidate nominated himself. His name is on the list of deputies of the 7th Verkhovna Rada who voted on January 16 for the bills popularly referred to as "dictatorial."
Experts call Vadim Kolesnichenko and Volodymyr Oliynyk's bill No. 3879 anti-democratic.
Thus, Ukrainian citizens could be subject to criminal or administrative liability, for example, for holding meetings, rallies, marches, and demonstrations in violation of established procedures, which did not even exist at the time the law was adopted. The bill introduced the concept of censorship. It imposed a large fine for collecting information about police officers, enforcement officers, their relatives, and family members, as well as a ban on driving in motorcades. Criminal proceedings in absentia were legally permitted, and other provisions violating human rights and freedoms were adopted. Following a strong negative reaction from the Ukrainian public, the laws were repealed.
Donetsk Pravda, as part of the "16.01" project, continues to collect information on the activities of Donetsk majoritarian candidates who, in fact, voted for the authoritarian regime of Viktor Yanukovych in the country.
Serhiy Matviyenkov is originally from Mariupol. He is a mechanical engineer by training. Since 1982, he has held various positions at the Ilyich Iron and Steel Works of Mariupol. Specifically, he served as a shop floor supervisor, after which he spent a long time on the plant's party committee (the Ilyichevsky District Committee of the Communist Party of Ukraine of Mariupol), where he served as deputy general director for public services and general affairs. He also served as a member of parliament on the Mariupol City Council. He was first elected as a member of parliament in 1998. He served as a "people's representative" until 2007, after which he assumed the post of First Deputy General Director and Chief Engineer of the Ilyich Iron and Steel Works of Mariupol. In 2010, Serhiy Matviyenkov was also elected to the Donetsk Regional Council. In 2012, he returned to the Ukrainian parliament, where he joined the Party of Regions faction.
Ilyich Iron and Steel Works (MMK) is one of the three largest metallurgical enterprises in Ukraine. According to the latest data, since 2010, Rinat Akhmetov's Dutch company, Metinvest BV, has held a controlling stake in Ilyich Iron and Steel Works. Previously, the company's main shareholder was Mariupol-based Ilyich-Steel CJSC. The company currently owns 24% of the shares. Until 2010, control of the plant belonged to former MP Volodymyr Boyko. He was the man associated with S. Matviyenkov's activities in the Verkhovna Rada. According to Nashi Groshi, along with Volodymyr Boyko, Serhiy Matviyenkov owns a minor stake in Ilchivets Football Club LLC, 96% of which is owned by the Bahamian firm Sabina International Trading Limited.
In 2011, according to his asset declaration, Serhiy Matviyenkov's total income amounted to UAH 9,6 million, which he received as a salary. As a reminder, Matviyenkov was not a member of parliament in 2011. His asset declaration also indicates that he owns two apartments, measuring 285 and 66,5 square meters. His wife owns a 2010 Volkswagen Tiguan. In 2011, Matviyenkov had over UAH 6 million in his bank account.
In 2013, already a member of parliament, S. Matviyenkov declared a total income of 691,000 hryvnias, of which 236,000 hryvnias was his salary, 420,000 hryvnias was dividends and interest, and 35,000 hryvnias was financial assistance. Matviyenkov still had no cars registered in his name in 2013. However, his wife acquired a second car, a 2012 Audi Q7. As in 2011, Matviyenkov owns two apartments. His bank and financial account balances decreased to 35 million hryvnias. The nominal value of his securities was 57,000 hryvnias, and his company capital investments totaled 41,000 hryvnias.
During his time as a member of the 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 7th convocations of the Verkhovna Rada, S. Matviyenkov served on the Verkhovna Rada Committees on Industrial Policy and Entrepreneurship, Mining and Metallurgy, and Chemical Industry. He was also a member of the groups for interparliamentary relations with Ireland, China, Japan, India, the People's Republic of China, and Greece. He focused on entrepreneurship, regulatory, and antitrust policy. In May, he became a member of the Verkhovna Rada's Temporary Investigative Commission investigating the deaths of citizens in Odesa, Mariupol, and other cities in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions. In May of this year, together with MPs Vadym Novinsky and Nestor Shufrych, they initiated a bill whose main goals were defined as the implementation of the Geneva Accords, the implementation of constitutional reform and decentralization of power in Ukraine, the end of the anti-terrorist operation in eastern Ukraine, and calling on people to voluntarily surrender their weapons and leave seized administrative buildings.
S. Matviyenkov's name is also on the list of deputies who, on October 20, sabotaged the adoption of a bill allowing ATO fighters to vote during parliamentary elections. It's worth noting that the majority of Donetsk independent candidates who voted for the laws on January 16 opposed the inclusion of Leonid Yemets's bill No. 5157-1 on the agenda: Yuriy Boyarsky, Serhiy Klyuyev, Denis Omelyanovich. Eugene Geller, Leonid Baysarov, Igor Shkyria, Valery Omelchenko, Vitaly Bort, Andrey Ponomarev.
In his election platform, Sergei Matviyenkov speaks of peace in the country and ways to achieve it—"creating a social compromise." He also addresses the modernization of production, the development of small businesses, and social and environmental issues facing the Ukrainian state.
Donetsk Pravda
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