Vilkul Oleksandr Yuriyovych
Official biography
Born on May 24, 1974 in Kryvyi Rih, Dnipro region.
- In 1996, he graduated from Kryvyi Rih Technical University with a degree in
«In 1996, he graduated from Kryvyi Rih Technical University with a degree in open-pit mining and took postgraduate studies there. - From 1991 to 1996, as a student, he had an internship
as an assistant excavator operator at Yuzhny GOK. - From 1997 to 1998 — Head of the Commercial and Financial Department.
- From 1998 to 2001 — Deputy General Director for Commercial and Financial Affairs of
“Yuzhny GOK” - From 2001 to 2002 — Deputy President of the Academy of Mining Sciences of Ukraine for
for Economic and External Relations - From 2002 to 2003 — Deputy Chairman of the Board for Commercial Affairs of Yuzhny GOK
In the fall of 2003, he was appointed acting Chairman of the Board, General Director of
“Central GOK” - From 2004 to 2006 — General Director of Northern GOK, OJSC, concurrently
General Director of Central GOK, OJSC - 2005 — Chairman of the Kryvyi Rih city organization of the Party of Regions
- Since 2006 — Honorary Director of the Mining Division of Metinvest Holding OJSC.
- From 2006 to 2007 — Member of Parliament from the Party of Regions, Deputy Chairman of the Committee on Industrial and Regulatory Policy and Entrepreneurship.
- From 2007 to 2010, he was re-elected as a member of the Parliament from the Party of Regions, Deputy
Chairman of the Committee on Industrial and Regulatory Policy and
entrepreneurship - Since 2010 — studied at the Dnipropetrovs’k Regional Institute of Public Administration of the National Academy for Public Administration under the President of Ukraine.
Management of the National Academy of Public Administration under the President of Ukraine in
specialty “public administration” - From 2010 spring to winter 2012 — Head of Dnipropetrovs’k Regional State Administration
- From December 2012 to January 2014 — Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine
- Since January 2014 — Acting Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine
- Since November 2014 — Member of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, Member of the Committee on
European integration - He was awarded a diploma of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, is an honored
Worker of Industry of Ukraine, awarded the Order of Merit of the III and II degree. - He ismarried to Olena Vilkul (born in 1978) and has a daughter, Maria (born in 2008).
He is the son of Yuriy Vilkul (born in 1949), who served as mayor of Kryvyi Rih and ex-chairman of the Dnipro Regional Council.
According to official data, Oleksandr Vilkul started his career early. Thus, while studying, he worked in a quarry for five years and managed to master a number of specialties: assistant excavator driver, then — driver, acting mining foreman at the Southern Mining and Processing Plant. Oleksandr Vilkul enjoyed a loyal attitude from the board of Metinvest Holding, which allowed him to take over the helm of Central GOK at the age of 29 and become its CEO. And two years later (from 2004 to 2006), he was appointed CEO of Severny GOK.
Before Oleksandr Vilkul was given the green light to enter the world of politics, he was responsible for building up the material and economic power of the owners of Metinvest Group and headed its mining division. Oleksandr and Yuriy Vilkul can be called Rinat Akhmetov’s top managers who run his Kryvyi Rih and Dnipro assets — “his people”. Thus, in 2014, they produced a total of about 35 million tons of iron ore concentrate.
Revenues from sales amounted to over $2.1 billion. Under the patronage of his father, Yuriy, and with his help, Oleksandr Vilkul almost instantly opened the Semeyka supermarket chain and virtually monopolized the production and sale of bread.
Bread is supplied to Kryvyi Rih from Dnipro and Zaporizhzhia, where bakeries owned by the former governor are located. In addition, with Oleksandr Vilkul’s assistance, his father became the owner of a part of Pasky LLC, a utility company located in Kharkiv region.
This is just a small example of strategic offensives and influence on regional economies by the Vilkul clan, which is fully consistent with the nature and manner of doing business by people of the “old school”.
Oleksandr Vilkul has demonstrated his sympathy, loyalty and devotion to politicians, businessmen and oligarchs of the “old school” throughout his labor and political career, which, in fact, he owes to them. Vilkul is an opposition politician who used to support the Party of Regions and was an active member of it from 2003 to 2014. Later, Vilkul became an MP from the Opposition Bloc and a member of the Committee on European Integration.
Like his patrons and patronage, Oleksandr Vilkul supports the strategy of reconciliation through negotiations with Russia to end the conflict in eastern Ukraine. He is a zealous supporter of the Russian church and has repeatedly emphasized how much more successful the Yanukovych regime was than the current situation in the country, and is a fierce critic of the Revolution of Dignity.
Budget cutting is a topic synonymous with politicians and public figures,
who consider themselves to be the owners of the territory where their sphere of
interests and powers.
One of Oleksandr Vilkul’s priority and favorite areas of business
of Oleksandr Vilkul’s business is the construction, purchase of land and construction of shopping centers.
shopping centers.
The enterprises of PJSCElectromashpromservice, PE Spetskontakt, PEElectromashpromservice, PE Spetskontakt, PE Spetskontakt.
“Spetskontakt, Promestetika, Promresurs KR, etc. are major players in the real estate market in Kryvyi Rih.
players in the real estate market in Kryvyi Rih. Vilkul is the owner of
of various real estate and shopping centers in the city and region, despite the fact that
the fact that the property is officially registered in the names of fictitious people and organizations.
As Deputy Prime Minister, Vilkul began to actively supervise the operation of trains
“Hyundai” trains, which were systematically out of order and stuck on the railways
railways of Ukraine. Despite Vilkul’s high level and qualifications as a manager of
strategic enterprises, he apparently lacked the strength and perseverance to
to resolve this issue positively.
The results were not achieved due to, in particular
low efficiency in the general areas of work, Vilkul was removed from office, and
the resolution of this issue with Vilkul’s participation brought only significant
financial costs.
An opportunity to confirm his qualifications as a top manager and a brilliant
manager, into whose competent hands, at the age of 30, an entire plant was transferred,
Oleksandr Vilkul was appointed as the person responsible for holding Eurobasket
2015 and preparations for the 2022 Winter Olympics. The realization that this decision was
came at a time when during Euro 2012 the amount of public spending on the event
for the event exceeded the required amount by 80%, which resulted in budget losses totaling
by a total of UAH 65 billion.
Another striking example of Oleksandr Vilkul’s moral vector and principles of doing business was the
Vilkul’s moral vector and principles of business was the right to build 6 training bases in different cities of Ukraine under his patronage.
training bases in different cities of Ukraine under his patronage, by an unknown LLC “Tornado
SKV, which had never won a single tender before. As well as obtaining the right to
designing a training base in Dniprodzerzhynsk, a tender for which was won by
by the KROST group of companies, which is actually owned by Vilkul.
Thus, during his one year in the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, Oleksandr Vilkul
has not completed a single project on favorable terms for the budget, and thus for the country,
and mostly failed in his tasks. But what he has definitely managed to do
is to make money on fraud with public funds.
It should be noted that Oleksandr Vilkul is sympathetic to people from the
who provided him with immunity and security.
For example, the largest shopping center, Plaza, was built in partnership with
a local criminal mastermind, Tyson.
The entire construction business in Kryvyi Rih has long been almost completely
monopolized by Vilkul’s pocket contractor, the construction company
“KROST LLC. Also, according to official data, Vilkul directly or indirectly monopolized
80% of the land in Kryvyi Rih.
Let’s get back to the Semeyka supermarkets. The father and son Vilkuls, holding strategic positions, were able to successfully complete a huge
positions were able to successfully complete a huge number of “projects” that were not always legal.
were not always legal. One of them is a chain of budget supermarkets,
popularly called “yellow toilets” because the city authorities allowed them to
to set up stores in violation of fire, sanitary, and urban planning standards.
Journalists in Dnipropetrovs’k claim that Oleksandr Vilkul is
even owns a helicopter that does not appear in any of his declarations.
Vilkul demonstrated his anti-liberal and anti-democratic position when he ordered the
when he ordered security forces to disperse Euromaidan participants in Dnipro.
As mentioned above, Vilkul takes an active pro-Russian position, systematically
systematically participates in the pro-Russian action “Immortal Regiment” and even after the beginning of
Russian aggression in Donbas, he did not hide his friendship with such Ukrainophobes and
Putin’s friends such as Iosif Kobzon and Alexander Zaldostanov, nicknamed “The Surgeon.”
Apartments, houses, cars, and money — Oleksandr Vilkul has plenty of them.
In 2015, he declared 612 thousand dollars, 310 thousand euros and 300 thousand hryvnias in cash.
funds, a collection of paintings and icons, and his wife Olena — 1.8 million euros and 1.2 million dollars.
dollars. Vilkul declared a collection of 31 paintings, 27 icons, 271 books, and
151 antique documents, including shares of the XIX-XX centuries. He also listed 9
wristwatches, 2 pairs of cufflinks, a precious metal ring, a chain and a bracelet. In addition, Vilkul declared 9 wristwatches.
In addition, Vilkul declared the right to use 11 premises in Dnipropetrovs’k region, which he uses as
region, which he uses as deputy receptions. The deputy’s wife indicated
2 wristwatches, 2 pairs of earrings, 2 rings, a chain, 2 pendants and a bracelet in her declaration.
In 2016, Oleksandr Vilkul declared millions of hryvnias, dollars and euros in
in cash, but he had the moral right to receive UAH 157,780 in compensation from the state.
UAH 780 as compensation for rent.
He indicated in the declaration two apartments: one in Kryvyi Rih with an area of 62.1 m2 (owned by his wife) and the other in
owned by his wife) and the second in Dnipro, with an area of 123.1 m2, owned by his
owned by his father.
His declaration also includes 11 non-residential premises in Dnipro,
Kryvyi Rih and Kamianske in Dnipropetrovs’k region, which
belong to the NGO “Oleksandr Vilkul’s Foundation ‘Ukrainian Perspective’.
It is noteworthy that the ownership of almost all of these premises was acquired
within a few weeks in May 2015.
In addition, Oleksandr Vilkul declared the same collection of paintings (31 pieces),
a collection of icons (27 pieces), as well as a collection of antique documents (151 pieces),
a collection of books — 217 items.
Among other things, the MP also owns 11 watches of well-known companies, while
At the same time, the cars in the declaration are relatively modest. Among them are Chevrolet
“Express, made in 2008, and Volkswagen Multivan, made in 2011.
In 2016, the MP kept UAH 5 million 675 thousand in his bank accounts, while his wife kept UAH 190 thousand, UAH 3 million 100 thousand, UAH 3 million 100 thousand.
UAH, 3 million 100 thousand dollars and 748 thousand euros. The ex-regionalist also declared his
cash: 612 thousand dollars, 310 thousand euros and 300 thousand UAH. His wife has 1 million 820
thousand euros and 1 million 200 thousand dollars.
During the election campaign, Oleksandr Vilkul provided the commission with
a declaration for 2017 that differed from the one he had submitted earlier.
He declared only his father’s apartment in Dnipro as residential real estate
and a rented apartment in Kyiv, his wife’s apartment and all non-residential properties in
The paintings, icons, watches and
jewelry from the previous declaration remained in the next one. The car was
only one car was listed — a Chevrolet.
Also, the income of the candidate’s wife was not indicated, and he himself earned only 222 thousand UAH in 2017 in the
in the Verkhovna Rada in 2017 and received interest on a bank deposit of UAH 593 thousand, plus he was paid UAH
thousand UAH, plus he was paid compensation for renting housing in the capital for
for the performance of his parliamentary duties in the amount of UAH 252 thousand.
Oleksandr Vilkul indicated that he keeps UAH 432 thousand and USD 7 million 944 thousand in banks, and
also indicated cash in the amount of 511 thousand dollars, 310 thousand euros and 300 thousand UAH.
Oleksandr Yuriyovych was noticed by the public and repeatedly received accusations of
training and supplying “titushky” to subordinate organizations in order to disperse and disrupt
demonstrations in Dnipro during Euromaidan.
During the 2015 local elections, Vilkul was accused of bribing voters.
In 2016, Oleksandr Vilkul got into a conflict with MP Volodymyr
Parasyuk, which ended in a fight, and the latter damaged his opponent’s car.
Let’s also go back to Euro 2012, during which Vilkul was constantly showing his full
potential as a financier in order to effectively prepare the sporting event.
Vilkul managed to have a hand in exceeding the cost of this project by 80% even without controlling the organization of the project.
even without full control over the organization of the preparation process, otherwise this
percentage could have increased many times over. Thus, during Vilkul’s tenure as governor of
of Dnipropetrovs’k region, in addition to his main functional duties, Oleksandr
Vilkul, according to media reports, acted as a “lookout” for the corruption
corruption schemes of the head of state. The money was siphoned off from the state budget and other
sources, and at least UAH 2 billion was transferred to the president every month,
which were subsequently transferred outside the country to offshore zones.
The creation of financial platforms through which public funds were siphoned off was
Oleksandr Vilkul’s task, thanks to which and existing criminal
schemes, the former president withdrew from the country’s budget from 20 to 30 billion dollars, and his
percentage of the total pot, of course, was received by the organizer and curator of the process — Oleksandr
Oleksandr Vilkul, the organizer and curator of the process.
After such a scale of abuse and parasitism, it looks like a slap in the face
attempt at PR and charity by Vilkul, who, on behalf of his
charitable foundation provided medical masks and gloves to Kryvyi Rih hospitals.
Gloves. Thus, one of the Kryvyi Rih nurses recorded a video in which she showed that
the quality of charitable aid itself requires help and it is impossible to use it correctly
for its intended purpose is impossible. Apparently, Vilkul decided to save money here, too, by purchasing and
and donating the cheapest and low-quality goods he could find.
Summary
Morality, responsibility and creation are absent in the actions of Oleksandr Vilkul, but
there is selfishness, self-interest, abuse and an irresistible desire to
to increase the welfare of his clan, as well as his sphere of influence, at all costs!
It has become!