Official of FDMU declared 5 tons of gold in Russia and deposits in occupied Donbas.

According to ТСН: Andriy Melnyk, Deputy Director of the Department of Lease and Management of State Property of the State Property Fund of Ukraine, indicated in his electronic declaration that he owns 5 tons of gold bars stored in Russia.

According to the declaration, the gold presented in the form of bank bars of European standard 999.9, with a total weight of 5.0 metric tons, equates to 160,753.61 troy ounces. The total value of this gold is 79,804,999 euros, which currently equals approximately 4 billion hryvnias.

According to the documents, the gold is stored at CJSC 'KITON 21st CENTURY', located in Moscow, on Yaseneva Street, Building 1, Building 30.

In addition, Melnyk declares the presence of securities of this company worth billions of hryvnias. Among his assets are 15 deposits of rare earth metals in the occupied territories of the Luhansk region, including DCHK 'Krasnodonugol', one of which is valued at 1.5 billion euros.

Salary

In his declaration, Melnyk stated that in 2024 his annual salary amounted to 1 million hryvnias.

It is worth noting that earlier, the driver of the Kirovohrad Regional Territorial Center for Recruitment and Social Support attracted attention with his financial assets. During the dismissal procedure, he submitted a financial report in which he mentioned

accumulations in the form of bank gold

Andriy Melnyk's declaration has sparked discussion as the significant assets and properties in the occupied territories have become a matter of public and regulatory scrutiny. This issue raises again the topic of transparency in the declarations of Ukrainian officials and their potential influence on state resources.