{"id":"01a0fdb2-13cd-7722-a9bf-13338b748698","age":null,"slug":"kurbal-yurii-cb79","isPep":false,"photo":{"url":"/media/persons/01a0fdb2-13cd-7722-a9bf-13338b748698/3837361f-7274-4a3d-ae2a-890ec31c3141-640.webp","credit":"https://lenta.ua/gurkit-vid-neprofesionalizmu-okremih-rozsliduvachiv-golosnishe-bud-yakoyi-roboti-kiyivpastransu-yuriy-kurbal-36692/","license":"lenta.ua"},"amounts":{"usd":{"alleged":"15488378.01","complete":true,"established":"0.00"},"byCurrency":[{"alleged":"391000000.00","currency":"UAH","established":"0.00"}],"confirmedRatio":0},"summary":"Former head of the construction directorate of MUE Kyivpastrans. Bihus.Info journalists reported that the directorate's tenders were won by firms linked to his uncle: in 2017, ARP Sofiia (after the publication the National Police opened criminal proceedings), and in 2018–2019, KP Spetsavtomatyka, which received contracts worth over UAH 300 million. The official stated that he does not communicate with the relative.","episodes":[{"id":"01a0fdb2-1a09-7d5e-b396-680199f778b6","title":"“Kyivpastrans” contracts for tram track repairs for a firm linked to the uncle of the directorate head","status":"journalistic","amounts":{"usd":{"rate":"0.0406530506","alleged":"13130935.34","rateDate":"2020-01-28","established":"0.00"},"alleged":"323000000.00","currency":"UAH","established":"0.00"},"dateEnd":"2019-12-31","sources":[{"id":"01a0fdb2-1a1b-7808-80ca-a6437b5f385b","url":"https://bihus.info/firmy-povyazani-z-dyadkom-nachalnyka-kyyivpastransu-navygravaly-budivelnyh-pidryadiv-na-300-mln-grn/","type":"ngo","title":"Firms linked to the uncle of the head of Kyivpastrans \"won\" construction contracts worth UAH 300 million","publisher":"Bihus.Info","archiveUrl":null,"archivedAt":null,"publishedAt":"2020-01-29","untranslated":[]},{"id":"01a0fdb2-1a13-7fe9-9d86-69c33fd1bae7","url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xveJWBVMFFA","type":"ngo","title":"The Godfather Uncle of Kyivpastrans: who builds the golden tracks in the capital /// Our Money No. 308 (2020.01.28)","publisher":"Bihus.Info","archiveUrl":null,"archivedAt":null,"publishedAt":"2020-01-28","untranslated":[]},{"id":"01a0fdb2-1a24-7093-a479-982a5d6177b1","url":"https://glavcom.ua/kyiv/news/firmi-rodicha-posadovcya-kijivpastransu-navigravali-tenderiv-na-ponad-320-mln-grn-655925.html","type":"media","title":"Firms of a relative of a Kyivpastrans official won tenders worth over UAH 320 million","publisher":"Glavcom","archiveUrl":null,"archivedAt":null,"publishedAt":"2020-01-29","untranslated":[]}],"dateStart":"2018-01-01","caseNumber":null,"description":"According to an investigation by Bihus.Info (January 2020), KP Spetsavtomatyka, which previously dealt with fire alarm systems and where Yurii Kurbal’s uncle Viktor Rafalskyi had previously worked, received a licence for track construction on 9 January 2019, and on 14 January 2019 a Kyivpastrans contract for UAH 17 million (repair of a section of the high-speed tram line from Hnata Yury station). The tenders were announced by the construction directorate headed by Kurbal. According to the Bihus.Info text article, in 2018–2019 the company won contracts worth over UAH 323 million (the video says almost UAH 300 million; the episode amount is the contract value stated by journalists, not established losses). Journalists reported that rails and fastenings were procured through the intermediary Avira Markets at roughly twice the price (fastenings at UAH 4,500 apiece versus about UAH 2,000–2,700 in previous procurements) and without the rubber pads required by the standards. As far as is known from the sources, no official criminal proceedings have been registered regarding these contracts.","disclosedAt":"2020-01-28","coDefendants":[],"untranslated":[],"courtCaseNumber":null,"statusUpdatedAt":"2020-01-28","criminalArticles":[],"dateIsApproximate":true,"investigatingBody":null,"daysWithoutMovement":null},{"id":"01a0fdb2-1a8e-70df-adcc-4157e8e653a3","title":"“Kyivpastrans” tenders for design work for ARP “Sofiia”, owned by the uncle of the directorate head","status":"journalistic","amounts":{"usd":{"rate":"0.0346682745","alleged":"2357442.67","rateDate":"2018-01-22","established":"0.00"},"alleged":"68000000.00","currency":"UAH","established":"0.00"},"dateEnd":null,"sources":[{"id":"01a0fdb2-1a13-7fe9-9d86-69c33fd1bae7","url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xveJWBVMFFA","type":"ngo","title":"The Godfather Uncle of Kyivpastrans: who builds the golden tracks in the capital /// Our Money No. 308 (2020.01.28)","publisher":"Bihus.Info","archiveUrl":null,"archivedAt":null,"publishedAt":"2020-01-28","untranslated":[]},{"id":"01a0fdb2-1ab1-7cae-a570-031ceffea2b7","url":"https://bihus.info/nacpoliciya-rozslidue-makhinacii-na-tenderakh-kiivpastransu-pislya-syuzhetu-nashikh-groshey/","type":"ngo","title":"National Police investigating tender fraud at Kyivpastrans after a Our Money story","publisher":"Bihus.Info","archiveUrl":null,"archivedAt":null,"publishedAt":"2018-09-17","untranslated":[]},{"id":"01a0fdb2-1aa5-7858-b1ac-58c806938020","url":"https://nashigroshi.org/2018/01/25/dyadko-dyrektora-kyjivpastransu-rozpylyav-68-miljoniv-komunalnoho-pidpryjemstva/","type":"ngo","title":"Uncle of the Kyivpastrans director siphoned off 68 million of the municipal enterprise","publisher":"Nashi Hroshi (Bihus.Info)","archiveUrl":null,"archivedAt":null,"publishedAt":"2018-01-25","untranslated":[]}],"dateStart":"2017-04-01","caseNumber":null,"description":"According to an investigation by Nashi Hroshi (Bihus.Info, January 2018), from April 2017 Sofiia Architectural and Restoration Enterprise LLC, owned by Yurii Kurbal’s uncle Viktor Rafalskyi, won 12 of 13 tenders of MUE Kyivpastrans for design documentation — worth UAH 68 million (the episode amount is the contract value stated by journalists, not established losses). The tenders were announced by the construction directorate headed by Kurbal; he stated that he had seen Rafalskyi only once. After the publication, the Main Directorate of the National Police in Kyiv opened criminal proceedings into the embezzlement of property through abuse of office; according to Bihus.Info (September 2018), they concern tenders worth about UAH 100 million for ARP Sofiia, PB Rozmysl and Transelektroproekt. No notices of suspicion to Kurbal in these proceedings were found in the sources; as of January 2020, according to Bihus.Info, the investigation had produced no result.","disclosedAt":"2018-01-22","coDefendants":[],"untranslated":[],"courtCaseNumber":null,"statusUpdatedAt":"2020-01-28","criminalArticles":[],"dateIsApproximate":true,"investigatingBody":"National Police of Ukraine","daysWithoutMovement":null}],"fullName":"Курбаль Юрій Петрович","response":null,"birthYear":null,"deathDate":null,"indexable":true,"updatedAt":"2026-10-02T20:31:56.490552+00:00","revisionId":"01a0fe51-00c0-7308-891b-01f2c021aa00","connections":[],"citizenships":[],"govPositions":[{"id":"01a0fdb2-1f82-7cc4-bde4-e14ff9bd2d91","title":"Head of the Directorate for Construction and Maintenance of Transport Infrastructure Facilities","agency":"MUE \"Kyivpastrans\"","dateTo":null,"region":"Київ","sources":[{"id":"01a0fdb2-1f7e-7002-bf65-5509ed7988c3","url":"https://youcontrol.com.ua/catalog/individuals/declaration/e994b9ff-4c15-4371-9755-d4630cec44c7/","type":"registry","title":"Kurbal Yurii Petrovych, annual declaration for 2017","publisher":"YouControl (based on data from the NACP Register of Declarations)","archiveUrl":null,"archivedAt":null,"publishedAt":"2018-03-31","untranslated":[]},{"id":"01a0fdb2-1a13-7fe9-9d86-69c33fd1bae7","url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xveJWBVMFFA","type":"ngo","title":"The Godfather Uncle of Kyivpastrans: who builds the golden tracks in the capital /// Our Money No. 308 (2020.01.28)","publisher":"Bihus.Info","archiveUrl":null,"archivedAt":null,"publishedAt":"2020-01-28","untranslated":[]}],"dateFrom":null,"agencySlug":"kp-kyivpastrans-f1b4","untranslated":[],"appointmentType":"appointed"}],"nameVariants":["Kurbal Yurii","Kurbal Yuriy","Курбаль Ю. 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