Position: People's Deputy from the Servant of the People party.
Sphere of corruption: false declaration.
Region of corruption activity: Kyiv, Odessa.
Qualification: Part 2, Article 366-2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.
Status: at large.
Case story: People's Deputy from the Servant of the People party Yulia Didenko and her husband Hryhoriy, who heads the Odessa Regional Council, are suspected of false declarations. The couple did not declare property worth more than UAH 8 million. The Anti-Corruption Center reported this on Monday, October 20. Detectives of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) and prosecutors of the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office (SAP) established that the couple did not include information about property worth more than UAH 8 million in their declarations for 2021-2023.
In addition, the SAPO prosecutor filed a lawsuit with the court to declare the assets of the Didenkos' spouses worth almost UAH 5 million unfounded and to recover them as state revenue.
It turned out that in 2021-2024, the couple purchased property worth almost UAH 5 million, including apartments and two Audi SQ8 cars (2021 and 2024 models). According to the investigation, there was no legal income for the purchase of this property. The panel of judges of the Supreme Court of Ukraine has already seized the apartment and non-residential premises owned by Hryhoriy Didenko. In the declaration for 2024, Hryhoriy Didenko, in particular, included: four apartments in Kyiv, Odessa and Donetsk, non-residential premises in Truskavets, an Audi SQ8 car, Swiss watches, jewelry and expensive clothes.
The actions of the suspects were classified under Part 2 of Article 366-2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. The investigation is ongoing.
Persons potentially involved in corruption schemes:
Head of the Odessa Regional Council, deputy of the Odessa Regional Council from the Servant of the People party and husband of Yulia Didenko — Hryhoriy Didenko.
It turned out that in 2021-2024, the couple purchased property worth almost UAH 5 million, including apartments and two Audi SQ8 cars (2021 and 2024 models). According to the investigation, there was no legal income for the purchase of this property. The panel of judges of the Supreme Court of Ukraine has already seized the apartment and non-residential premises owned by Hryhoriy Didenko. In the declaration for 2024, Hryhoriy Didenko, in particular, included: four apartments in Kyiv, Odessa and Donetsk, non-residential premises in Truskavets, an Audi SQ8 car, Swiss watches, jewelry and expensive clothes.
The actions of the suspects were classified under Part 2 of Article 366-2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. The investigation is ongoing.
Hryhoriy Didenko was elected a deputy of the Odessa Regional Council from the Servant of the People party in October 2020. Since December 5, 2020, he has been the head of the Odessa Regional Council.
In December 2022, President Volodymyr Zelensky awarded Didenko the Order of Merit of the 3rd degree.
Assets: in the declaration for 2024, Didenko indicated that she is a co-owner of an apartment in Donetsk with an area of 67.1 sq. m, the owner of a non-residential premises of 39.9 sq. m, the owner of 13 acres of land in Hungary, the owner of an apartment of 32.2 sq. m in Kyiv, also uses an apartment of 42 sq. m in Odessa, and also rents an apartment in Odessa with an area of 164.1 sq. m.
The family only has one car — a 2021 Audi SQ8 SUV, and it's a leased one. A new one sells for 125-130 thousand euros. Only the special anti-shock film that covers the car costs about 3.5 thousand dollars. The license plates are also not easy — ОО 0007 ММ.
This car is driven by Yulia Didenko, and it belongs to her mother, pensioner Lyubov Sirota, born in 1947. Earlier, the media wrote about this woman, who, despite her considerable age, leads a fairly active lifestyle. For example, on March 4, 2023, she became one of the beneficiaries of the Martin Group company, which demolished architectural monuments on Rishelyevskaya (the theater of the same name and the Fesenko printing house).
Among her valuables, Yulia Didenko listed jewelry (two sets of rings and pendants with diamonds and pearls), a Rolex watch, and a mink coat with a sable collar. Her husband, Grigory Didenko, listed Glashutte, Breguet, Romain Jerome, and HUBLOT watches (a gift from a certain Raisa Mikhailovna Didenko).
In a year, she earned 682 thousand UAH (56.8 thousand UAH per month). Her husband earned almost 900 thousand UAH. In addition, the People's Deputy earned 140 thousand by renting something to Denis Bilous. Hryhoriy Didenko keeps 209 thousand euros in cash, Yulia Didenko - 170 thousand US dollars. The husband has about 11 thousand UAH in his bank accounts, the People's Deputy - 5,000 UAH.
Persons who should have reacted: in the case of Didenko, law enforcement officers reacted in a timely manner.
Scandals: it was the discrepancy between declared income and expenses that became the basis for one of the criminal cases involving the couple. In particular, the matter concerns the fact that in the three years since his election, the head of the regional council has become richer by UAH 24 million. Which is UAH 17 million more than his financial capabilities. We have written about all these facts many times, so it is possible that NABU drew attention to the fortune of the main “servant of the people” of the Odessa region, having studied our publications.
In addition, anti-corruption officers are interested in the family's real estate. It is known that until December 2023, the Didenkos lived in an elite complex on Lidersovsky Boulevard, while they were registered, as they are today, in a 42-meter apartment belonging to Tomashevskaya.
Didenko's husband made some of his luxurious purchases with the help of "donations" from companies that received contracts for the management of property relations of the regional council. This includes, in particular, LLC "DD-stroy", which belongs to a regional council deputy - Didenko's party member. Among other things, this company participated in the extremely expensive reconstruction of two storage facilities.
Sources:
https://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2025/10/20/8003559/
https://dumskaya.net/news/vsego-15-mln-zarplaty-na-dvoih-i-bez-svoego-avto-187626/ua/
https://public.nazk.gov.ua/documents/f73db42e-4fcc-4d83-9f1c-05c30e57cded