Oleksiy Honcharenko

Oleksiy Honcharenko (Ukrainian: Олексій Олексійович Гончаренко; born 16 September 1980) is a Ukrainian politician, chairman of the Odessa Regional Council and leader of the public organization "Quality of Life".[2] In 2014, he was elected to the Verkhovna Rada on the party list of Petro Poroshenko Bloc.[1] In the 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election Hocharenko was reelected as an independent candidate in single-seat constituency 137 (Podilsk).[3]

Oleksiy Honcharenko
Олексій Гончаренко
Personal details
Born (1980-09-16) 16 September 1980
Odessa, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union[1]
CitizenshipUkrainian
Political partyPetro Poroshenko Bloc[1]
Other political
affiliations
Party of Greens of Ukraine (2001–2005)
Soyuz (2005)
Party of Regions (2005–2014)[1]
Alma materOdessa National Medical University
Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration

Biography

Honcharenko is a son of former mayor of Odessa Oleksiy Kostusyev.[1] His parents divorced when he was three years old.[1]

From 1999 until 2001 Honcharenko worked in the Odessa emergency medical station.[1] In 2002 Honcharenko graduated with honors from Medical University, but did not pursue a medical career but a career in politics.[1]

In 2002, at age 21, he ran unsuccessfully for the Odesa City Council of the District in the village Tairove for the Party of Greens of Ukraine.[1] After that he worked as an assistant for a deputy of the city council.[1]

From 2002 Honcharenko was a student at Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation in Moscow, Russia (Graduate School of Financial Management).[1] He graduated from the Academy in 2005, receiving a degree in economics.[1]

In 2005 he was elected chairman of the Odessa city organization of the party Soyuz.[1]

In 2006 and 2010 he was elected to the Odesa City Council for Party of Regions.[1]

During the 2012 Ukrainian parliamentary election he was a candidate in majority district 133 (in Odessa) lost to Ihor Markov with 20.6% of the votes (Markov gained 26.6%).[1]

Before Euromaidan, Honcharenko was an active member of the Party of Regions. On 19 February 2014 after the first deaths of the Euromaidan-protests Honcharenko wrote the statement on his withdrawal from the Party of Regions.[1][4]

In the 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election he was elected into the Ukrainian parliament for Petro Poroshenko Bloc placed number 40 on the party list.[1] He became deputy head of the faction.[5]

On 23 February 2017, it was reported that Honcharenko had been kidnapped by unidentified attackers in Odessa.[6] A few hours in a televised interview Honcharenko said he "was in a safe place" and Ukrainian prosecutors reported that the people involved in the kidnapping had been detained.[7] Honcharenko claimed that his abduction was staged by the Ukrainian Security Service so that "separatist, terrorist groups operating in Odessa who planned causing me serious bodily harm" could be arrested.[8]

In October 2017, the deputy from the Opposition Bloc, Nestor Shufrych, during the show on the NewsOne TV channel told Honcharenko that he considered himself as his godfather in politics. In 2010, Shufrich helped resolve the conflict between Oleksiy and his father, Oleksiy Kostusyev. Oleksiy then didn't prevent his father from being elected as mayor of Odessa with the guarantee of Honcharenko's election in the Verkhovna Rada.[9][10]

On 1 November 2018, Oleksiy Honcharenko was included in the Russian sanctions list in connection with Ukraine’s unfriendly actions towards citizens and legal entities of the Russian Federation.[11]

In the 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election Honcharenko was reelected as an independent candidate in single-seat constituency 137 (Podilsk).[3]

Controversies

In January 2015, Ukrainian blogger and journalist Anatoly Shariy published a video showing that Oleksiy Honcharenko traveled on the Celebrity Silhouette cruise ship in the Caribbean. Honcharenko was criticized for going on an expensive vacation during the War in Donbass.[12][13]

On 1 March 2015 Honcharenko was arrested by Russian police during Nemtsov Memorial March.[14] According to Honcharenko when in detention he was beaten and deprived of medical and legal help. Honcharenko was released from prison the next day but he promised to sue Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs.[15] With the release of Honcharenko from the Moscow's "Kitay-gorod" police department,[16] the people's deputy was returned his $ 6,150.[17] Honcharenko explained the origin of money as a donation of a Russian citizen to the annual Odessa marathon. He stated this on Channel 5.[18][19]

In July 2015, Oleksiy Honcharenko received online instructions from the SBU head Vasyl Hrytsak during the Shuster Live TV show. When Honcharenko began showing photos of the detention and arrest of a large sum of money from one of the court’s leaders in the Kherson Oblast, a push-message from Hrytsak displayed on the screen of the smartphone: “Talk about the Service, that it is changing, it’s starting to work, do not gain your publicity!”[20][21][22]

In August 2015, during the meeting of the Presidium of the Odessa Oblast Council the Governor of Odessa Oblast Mikheil Saakashvili called Oleksiy Honcharenko and the head of the Council Mykhaylo Shmushkovych "thieves and criminals." Saakashvili also said that "they all will sit [in jail]."[23][24]

On 4 June 2016, the Prosecutor's Office of Ukraine opened criminal proceedings against Oleksiy Honcharenko under section 110, Part 2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (Encroach on territorial integrity and inviolability of Ukraine) and section 161 (Part 2) (Violation of equality of citizens depending on their race and their religion beliefs). These cases were opened in response to the deputy appeal of Ihor Mosiychuk. He claimed that Honcharenko "promoted the ideas of the 'Russian World' in Odessa, communicated with FSB officers and worked against Ukraine." Honcharenko denied the accusations of representative of the Radical Party, described these cases as "nonsense."[25][26][27][28]

On 8 February 2017, Oleksiy Honcharenko painted with red paint the word "Nein" (which is translated from German as "No") on the fragment of the Berlin Wall, installed in front of the Embassy of Germany in Kyiv. With this action, Honcharenko protested against the statement of the German Ambassador to Ukraine, Ernst Reichel, who said that the absence of Russian troops was not a prerequisite for holding elections in the Donbass.[29][30][31][32] The Embassy of Germany in Kyiv responded to the incident with the following statement: "The Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany is very much regretting the damage and disfigurement of the fragment of the historic Berlin Wall located on the territory of the Embassy by deputy Honcharenko. At the same time, there is a violation of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations."[33][34][35] The Prosecutor General of Ukraine, Yuriy Lutsenko, announced the opening by the Prosecutor’s Office in Kyiv the criminal case against Honcharenko on the fact of hooligan actions at the German Embassy: "On the fact of hooliganism at the German Embassy, the Kyiv Prosecutor’s Office opened a criminal proceedings on the legal qualification of Part 1 of Art. 296 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. The authorities of the capital's Prosecutor's Office will ensure a full, objective and impartial investigation of this fact."[36][37][38]

On 9 October 2018, Oleksiy Honcharenko spoke at a meeting of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe in large rubber gloves. He said that without gloves it would be "unsafe to shake hands and touch door handles", hinting at the accusations of Russia in the poisoning of Skripals. Assembly President, Liliane Maury Pasquier (Switzerland), made a remark to the Ukrainian deputy: "Mr. Honcharenko, I want to remind you that we are not on the stage of the theater, so it’s not necessary to use different props for changing clothes."[39][40][41][42]

Earnings

In 2010, in an interview with journalist Roman Skrypin, Honcharenko explained the origin of the 700 thousand dollars indicated in the 2010 declaration. He said that he borrowed the money from his father-in-law who worked at Gazprom.[43][44]

According to the electronic declaration, in 2016, Honcharenko earned UAH 152.8 thousand as a deputy, he also received UAH 166.36 thousand compensation for rental housing, as well as UAH 26.4 thousand compensation for travel throughout the country. Deposits in banks brought Honcharenko UAH 97 thousand. His wife received from business activities UAH 1.43 million. The deputy had UAH 177 thousand and 54.5 thousand on accounts in banks, as well as USD 45 thousand in cash. Honcharenko declared two apartments in Kyiv (with an area of 141.2 m²) and Odessa (with an area of 75.5 m²). Olha Honcharenko owns an apartment in Mykolaiv with an area of 54.5 m².[45][46]

Personal life

Honcharenko is married to Olha, with whom he shared classes at Medical University.[1] The couple has a son, also called Oleksiy.[1]

References

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  2. «Качество Жизни» высадило десант в Киеве — Алексея Гончаренко приняли в Кабмине ["Quality of Life" landed troops in Kyiv - Oleksiy Goncharenko received in the Cabinet of Ministers] (in Russian). Dumskaya. 17 April 2010. Retrieved 18 January 2019.
  3. Нардеп Гончаренко проходить до Ради по округу в Одеській області ('People's Deputy Goncharenko passes to the District Council in Odessa region') ukr.lb.ua/news
  4. Темное прошлое. Скандальные эпизоды биографии депутата Алексея Гончаренко [Dark past. Scandalous episodes of the biography of the deputy Alexei Goncharenko] (in Russian). TSN/1+1. 3 March 2015. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
  5. (in Ukrainian) Leshchenko, Naim and Zalishchuk leave the BPP. Why now and what's next?, BBC Ukrainian (28 February 2019)
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  7. "Alleged Abductors Of Ukrainian Lawmaker Reported Apprehended". Radio Free Europe. 23 February 2017. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
    "PEOPLE'S DEPUTY GONCHARENKO IS IN A SAFE PLACE - PROSECUTORS". Televiziyna Sluzhba Novyn (in Ukrainian). 23 February 2017. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
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  10. ""Крестил в политику": Шуфрич рассказал, как устроил Гончаренко заместителем главы Одеской ОГАy" ["Baptized into politics": Shufrych told how he arranged Goncharenko as deputy head of the Odssa Regional State Administration] (in Russian). NewsOne. 5 October 2017. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
  11. О мерах по реализации Указа Президента России «О применении специальных экономических мер в связи с недружественными действиями Украины в отношении граждан и юридических лиц Российской Федерации» [On measures to implement the Decree of the President of Russia "On the application of special economic measures in connection with the unfriendly actions of Ukraine against citizens and legal entities of the Russian Federation"] (in Russian). Government of Russia. 1 November 2018. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
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  14. "В Москве на марше памяти Немцова задержан депутат Верховной рады" [Deputy of the Verkhovna Rada detained on the march in memory of Nemtsov in Moscow]. TASS. 1 March 2015.
  15. Украинский депутат Гончаренко будет судиться с МВД РФ: избили и не пустили врача с адвокатом [Ukrainian deputy Goncharenko will sue the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation: they beat and did not let a doctor with a lawyer] (in Russian). Moskovsky Komsomolets. 2 March 2015.
  16. Сотрудники отдела московской полиции отпустили задержанного депутата Рады Гончаренко [Employees of the Moscow police department released the detained deputy of Rada Goncharenko] (in Russian). Moskovskij Komsomolets. 1 March 2015. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
  17. МВД обнародовало видеозапись нахождения украинского депутата в отделе полиции [The Ministry of Internal Affairs published a video of the presence of the Ukrainian deputy in the police department] (in Russian). TASS. 2 March 2015. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
  18. Депутат Гончаренко рассказал, откуда у него было свыше 6000 долларов [Deputy Goncharenko told how he got over $6,000] (in Russian). Sharij.net. 2 March 2015. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
  19. Столичные полицейские отпустили Гончаренко, вернув ему 6 тысяч долларов [Metropolitan police released Goncharenko, returning him 6 thousand dollars] (in Russian). NTV. 2 March 2015. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
  20. ""Самопомич" устроила скандал вокруг SMS главы СБУ: опубликованы фото и видео" ["Samopomich" made a scandal around the SMS head of the SBU: photos and video published] (in Russian). Apostrophe.ua. 21 July 2015. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
  21. "Грицак писал смс с инструкциями депутату во время шоу Шустера" [Hrytsak wrote an SMS with instructions to the deputy during the Shuster show] (in Russian). Argumenty i Fakty in Ukraine. 21 July 2015. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
  22. "Грицак в СМС инструктировал нардепа о том, как расхваливать СБУ: видеофакт" [Hrytsak instructed people's deputy in SMS on how to praise the SBU: video fact] (in Russian). Obozrevatel. 22 July 2015. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
  23. "Скандал в Одессе: Саакашвили назвал депутата от БПП "вором и преступником"" [Scandal in Odessa: Saakashvili called BPP MP "a thief and a criminal"] (in Russian). Segodnya. 12 August 2015. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
  24. "Скандал в Одессе: Саакашвили назвал "смотрящего" от БПП "вором и преступником"" [Scandal in Odessa: Saakashvili called the "watcher" from the BPP "a thief and a criminal"] (in Russian). Obozrevatel.com. 12 August 2015. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
  25. Против нардепа Гончаренко открыто уголовное производство за сепаратизм [Against People's Deputy Goncharenko opened criminal proceedings for separatism] (in Russian). obozrevatel.com. 4 June 2016. Retrieved 26 December 2018.
  26. Против нардепа Гончаренко возбуждено дело по донесению Мосийчука [Against People's Deputy Goncharenko, a case was initiated on the report of Mosiychuk] (in Russian). Livyy bereh. 4 June 2016. Retrieved 26 December 2018.
  27. Депутата Гончаренко подозревают в продвижении «идей русского мира» [Deputy Goncharenko is suspected of promoting "ideas of the Russian world"] (in Russian). podrobnosti.ua. 4 June 2016. Retrieved 26 December 2018.
  28. ГПУ открыла уголовное производство в отношении Гончаренко [GPU opened criminal proceedings against Goncharenko] (in Russian). Dzerkalo Tyzhnia. 4 June 2016. Retrieved 26 December 2018.
  29. Гончаренко осквернил Берлинскую стену перед посольством ФРГ [Goncharenko desecrated the Berlin Wall in front of the German Embassy] (in Russian). Ukrayinska Pravda. 8 February 2017. Retrieved 30 October 2018.
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  32. Нардеп обрисовал стену у посольства Германии [People's Deputy outlined (tr.?) the wall near the German embassy] (in Russian). korrespondent.net. 8 February 2017. Retrieved 30 October 2018.
  33. "Посольство ФРГ: Порча депутатом Гончаренко фрагмента Берлинской стены — нарушение Венской конвенции" [German Embassy: Destruction of a fragment of the Berlin Wall by Deputy Goncharenko is a violation of the Vienna Convention] (in Russian). Focus. 8 February 2017. Retrieved 9 November 2018.
  34. "Посольство Германии упрекнуло нардепа Гончаренко за надпись на фрагменте Берлинской стены" [The German Embassy rebuked MP Goncharenko for the inscription on a fragment of the Berlin Wall] (in Russian). UNIAN. 8 February 2017. Retrieved 9 November 2018.
  35. "Посольство Германии резко отреагировало на поступок нардепа Гончаренко" [The German Embassy reacted sharply to the act of the People's Deputy Goncharenko] (in Russian). strana.ua. 8 February 2017. Retrieved 9 November 2018.
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  37. На Гончаренко завели дело за граффити на фрагменте Берлинской стены у посольства Германии [Goncharenko was charged with graffiti on a fragment of the Berlin Wall near the German embassy] (in Russian). UNIAN. 9 February 2017. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
  38. «Художества» Гончаренко будет расследовать прокуратура ["Arts" Goncharenko will be investigated by the prosecutor's office] (in Russian). Ukrayinska Pravda. 9 February 2017. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
  39. Украинскому депутату на заседании ПАСЕ сделали замечание за вызывающее поведение [Ukrainian MP was reprimanded for defiant behavior at PACE meeting] (in Russian). TASS. 9 October 2018. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
  40. Гончаренко в ПАСЕ: «Перчатки от костюма химзащиты понадобятся нам всем, если мы хотим пожать руку представителю России» [Goncharenko in PACE: “We will all need gloves from a chemical protection suit if we want to shake hands with the representative of Russia”] (in Russian). Dumskaya.net. 9 October 2018. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
  41. Dmitry Sudakov (9 October 2018). "Does PACE prefer Ukraine's clownery instead of Russia's money?". Pravda.ru. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
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  43. Занял у водителя «Газпрома». Нардеп Гончаренко в Е-декларации объяснил появление у себя в декларации $700 тысяч наличных [Borrowed from the driver of "Gazprom". People's Deputy Goncharenko in the E-declaration explained the appearance in his declaration of $ 700 thousand in cash] (in Russian). Strana.ua. 23 February 2017. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
  44. Родственник Гончаренко работал в «Газпроме» [Goncharenko's relative worked at Gazprom] (in Russian). 24 Channel. 23 February 2017. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
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