Position: People's Deputy of the 9th convocation from the "Servant of the People" party.
The sphere of corrupt activity: illegal enrichment - that is, Klochko's acquisition of assets, the value of which exceeds his legal income by more than 6,500 tax-free minimum incomes of citizens.
Region of corruption activity: Kyiv city and Kyiv region.
Qualification: SAP has registered criminal proceedings under Art. 368-5 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (illegal enrichment). This article provides for liability in the form of deprivation of liberty for a term of 5 to 10 years with deprivation of the right to hold certain positions or engage in certain activities for a term of up to 3 years.
Status: free, as of today, Andriy Klochko remains an active deputy of "Servants of the People".
The plot of the case: on September 7, 2021, Bihus.info journalists published a scandalous investigation into the luxurious life of Andrii Klochko and his mother. According to the investigation, Nataliya, the 70-year-old mother of People's Deputy from "Servant of the People" Andrii Klochka, became the owner of two apartments in Kyiv, a house, land plots and a car within two years. The market value of this property is now approximately UAH 14.5 million, and the start of expensive purchases coincided with Klochka's entry into the Verkhovna Rada.
According to the register of real estate rights, in August 2021 Nataliya Klochka bought two apartments (200 and 68 sq.m.) and a non-residential premises (4.5 sq.m.) in the capital's residential complex Riviera. The complex is located near the "Slavutych" metro station and the exit to the beach on the Dnipro. The average price per square meter in this residential complex is UAH 35,000. Therefore, the real estate of the People's Deputy's mother should be worth about UAH 9.5 million.
Before that, in April 2021, a woman bought a house of 150 square meters near Brovary in the village of Peremoga. At this address is the cottage town "Viva Village Town", where 13 townhouses are located. On the town's Facebook page, houses with a slightly smaller area are offered for UAH 1.8 million.
In 2020, the woman became the owner of 24 acres in Blystavitsa, 25 km from Kyiv. The plot is located on the territory of a closed cottage town in the middle of the forest, with its own lake. There is currently nothing on the site. However, only the land in this place was sold for UAH 86,000 per hectare without utilities. At such a price, the plot of the people's deputy's mother should cost somewhere around 2 million hryvnias.
In addition, last year the woman bought a car - a 2016 Tesla Model X. Prices for such cars on the secondary market start at UAH 1.2 million.
In response to this, the people's deputy published a post on Facebook, where he denied his participation in the financing of his mother's property. Instead, she said that her sister, who "is a well-off person and has a medical business, her husband heads the local branch of an international company," helped her with real estate.
At the same time, Klochka has a waiting room in Irpen, he is filmed by the ITV information resource, which is connected to the ex-mayor of Irpen and involved in anti-corruption investigations Volodymyr Karpluk. And it was Klochko who was on the line on September 1 in Irpen along with his colleagues from "Servants of the People" and unscrupulous developer Karpluk.
On October 27, 2021, it became known that the National Commission for the Prevention of Corruption found no violations in the declaration of Andriy Klochka.
After the investigation, the lawyers of "Tysna" (Bihus.Info) appealed to the General Prosecutor's Office with a statement regarding the possible illegal enrichment of the people's deputy - his acquisition of assets, the value of which exceeds his legal income by more than 6,500 tax-free minimum incomes of citizens.
After a complaint to the court, the SAP opened criminal proceedings under Art. 368-5 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (Illegal enrichment). This article provides for liability in the form of deprivation of liberty for a term of 5 to 10 years with deprivation of the right to hold certain positions or engage in certain activities for a term of up to 3 years.
However, to date, this case has not received the necessary publicity, Klochko has also not received suspicion.
In May 2024, the current People's Deputy of Ukraine was informed of suspicion of illegal enrichment for 11 million hryvnias. He faces up to ten years in prison.
And in October 2024 NABU referred to the court the case of illegal enrichment of People's Deputy Klochka.
The National Anti-Corruption Bureau and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office referred the case of People's Deputy Andrii Klochka, who is suspected of illegal enrichment of over 11 million hryvnias, to court.
In November, it became known that the High Anti-Corruption Court scheduled a criminal trial on the accusation of Andrii Klochko, a People's Deputy from the "Servants of the People" faction, for illegal enrichment.
Such a decision was made by HACC, the press service of the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office reports, without specifying the name of the politician.
According to "Word and Deed", it is about Klochka.
On November 8, 2024, based on the results of the preliminary hearing, the panel of judges of the Supreme Administrative Court of Ukraine scheduled for consideration on the merits the case concerning the current People's Deputy of Ukraine, who is accused of illegal enrichment of 11 million UAH. The hearing on the merits is scheduled for November 14, 2024
Wealth: According to Andriy Klochka's declaration, in 2020 he received a salary of UAH 517,000, as well as UAH 504,000 in the form of funds for reimbursement of expenses related to the performance of deputy powers. His wife Nelya Klochko earned three times more - UAH 3.3 million as income from entrepreneurial activity.
It is interesting that the people's deputy himself, unlike his mother, if we believe his electronic declaration, does not own his own home.
In the declaration of the people's deputy himself, the family does not have its own home, only two apartments for registration and one for rent of more than 100 square meters are indicated. He has 2 cars from Zaporozhye, a 2011 Volkswagen Touareg and a 2016 Toyota Rav4. In 2021, the Klochka family purchased a 2012 Nissan Leaf and a 2014 Mercedes S63.
Before the parliament, Klochko was a private entrepreneur whose main activity was the sale of books in specialty stores. The wife is still engaged in entrepreneurial activities. On the other hand, information about the mother of the people's deputy is not available in all business registers.
It is also interesting that in the process of checking the assets of the MP's sister, Bihus.Info found out that she was buying new real estate at the same time as her mother. The period also coincides with Klochka's entry into the Verkhovna Rada. Therefore, in general, during his stay in the parliament, the relatives of the people's deputy, according to journalists' estimates, saved up about 20 million hryvnias.
Persons who should have responded to Klochka's corruption schemes:
In the case of the Klochko case, law enforcement agencies responded in time. His case was handled by SAP employees, however, it is not clear at what stage the case against him is at.
Scandals: in September 2022, it became known that Andriy Klochko owed funds to the utility company of Zhytomyr Oblast.
The HONEST Movement received the relevant information from the Zhytomyr Commercial Court. They confirmed that in case No. 906/782/22, the People's Deputy is the defendant, and the lawsuit was filed by the KP "Agency for Regional Development of Zhytomyr Region".
Andriy Klochko owes almost UAH 15,000 and does not want to pay it.
In September of the same year, Klochko presented a legislative initiative aimed at disrupting the competition for the appointment of the NABU head and simplifying the procedure for his dismissal. In addition, supporting such an initiative would have a negative impact on the system of anti-corruption and law enforcement agencies — NAZK, DBR, BEB. The G-7 criticized the bill. After that, people's deputies did not put this issue on the agenda of the session.
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Klochko Andrii Andriyovych - Characteristics of a politician
SAP opened a case against People's Deputy Klochka after the Bihus.Info story