Position: head of the humanitarian and social policy department of the Cabinet of Ministers and member of the government's anti-corruption group.
The field of corruption activity: humanitarian.
Region of corruption activity: the city of Kyiv.
Qualifications: None at this time.
Status: at large.
Wealth: in the declaration for 2022, Vitaly Koblosh and his wife Natalya declared two apartments in Kyiv (one of them worth UAH 1,665,717) and a car space.
The official's wife owns an AUDI Q7 car, purchased in 2021 for UAH 1,435,000.
Koblosh's income for the first year of the full-scale war was UAH 1,039,562, and his wife Natalia's - UAH 499,358.
The spouse kept the largest savings in cash. In particular, Vitaly Koblosh declared $47,000, and his wife - $205,000.
In 2023, the Koblosh couple declared the use of an apartment and a parking space in Kyiv.
In the same year, Vitaliy Koblosh declared UAH 1,144,596 in income, while the official's wife reported UAH 845,034 in income.
Vitaly Koblosh declared $49,000 in cash, UAH 33,464 in his bank accounts. Instead, the official's wife indicated $205,000 in cash, as well as UAH 2,597 and $10,000 in bank accounts.
Scandals: in May 2024, a journalist was told by the "Scheme" projects that they had access to data on the owners of real estate in Dubai and found among them current Ukrainian officials who have property in the Emirates, but do not inform Ukrainian society about this, as required by anti-corruption legislation . This is, in particular, the director of the humanitarian and social policy department of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine Vitaliy Koblosh.
Wyndham Dubai Marina is a hotel in the United Arab Emirates. From its windows there is a view of the district, which the locals call the pearl of Dubai. This skyscraper especially attracted Russian tourists. Vitaliy Koblosh, a senior official of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, hid his secret in this hotel: in 2018, his wife Natalia bought one of the largest rooms at Wyndham Dubai Marina.
There is not a word about this in the government official's declarations. Two years later, in 2020, Koblosh joined the corruption risk assessment group of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine. However, even this role of a corruption watchdog in the government did not motivate him to finally declare his wife's foreign property.
"Schemy" found information about the apartment of Koblosh's wife among the data on real estate owners in the Dubai leak. Data show that this hotel room cost Koblosh's wife more than $331,000.
In October 2021, five months before the Russian full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Koblosh went all the way to Dubai to represent the government. At that time, the world exhibition "Expo" was held there. Part of the Ukrainian delegation stayed at the Wyndham Dubai Marina. Among them is Vitaly Koblosh.
For two nights, he lived in a hotel where his wife invested a third of a million dollars. When asked by "Scheme", the government official said: he knows nothing about his wife's foreign real estate. "This is the first time I'm hearing about it, it's something incomprehensible to me," Koblosh said.
Regarding whether it is a coincidence that both his wife and the Ministry of Economy chose the Wyndham Dubai Marina among all the hotels, the government official did not comment either.
In the year of purchase of Dubai real estate, the Kobloshes declared income, which is only 15% of the value of this property. Koblosh called "Scheme's" question about the origin of $331,000 to pay for Dubai real estate a provocation.
Related persons: Nataliya, the wife of Vitaliy Koblosh, to whom half of the assets and property are declared.
Persons who should react: the staff of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office should intervene in the case.
Sources:
The wives of officials of Ukroboronprom and the Cabinet found real estate in Dubai