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Kim Vitalii Oleksandrovych

Кім Віталій Олександрович

Other spellings: Kim Vitalii / Кім В. О.

45 (b. 1981) · UA · Current official · Unknown

Journalistic investigation

Alleged across all episodes

US$350,000

Established by court verdicts

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no convictions

Corruption episodes

Apartment and parking space in the “Novopecherski Lypky” residential complex registered to the wife’s company

Journalistic investigationperiod: ~2025made public: 2026-09-21

Alleged

US$350,000

Established by court

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According to a Bihus.Info investigation, in summer 2025 the company «Mediahrupa», now solely owned by the official's wife (V. Kim himself was previously among its members), bought an apartment of over 100 m² and a parking space in the «Novopecherski Lypky» residential complex in Kyiv. According to its financial statements, the company had shown no activity for years. The journalists estimated the value of the unrenovated apartment with the parking space at about USD 350 thousand based on minimum prices; in an interview V. Kim gave the price of the apartment as USD 200 thousand. The apartment and parking space are not in the official's declarations; according to the declarations, the family's savings at the end of 2025 increased by about UAH 6.5 million compared with 2024. The journalists also recorded cars linked to the official's family near the complex, including a Porsche Macan registered to a company of his former director. V. Kim stated that he does not live in this apartment and does not use it. As of the date this record was prepared, no information on registered criminal proceedings or a notice of suspicion was found.

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Sources (2)

  • Minister Kim's secrets: a house in Lypky, his wife's Porsche and hunting grounds

    Investigation · Bihus.Info · 21 Sept 2026

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  • "Novopecherski Lypky", a fugitive's Porsche and 18,000 hectares for hunting: journalists found Minister Vitalii Kim's secret assets

    Investigation · Bihus.Info · 21 Sept 2026

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Public offices

PositionBodyRegionPeriod
Minister of Veterans Affairs of UkraineMinistry of Veterans Affairs of Ukraine—2026
Head of the Mykolaiv Regional State Administration (from 24 February 2022 — Regional Military Administration)Mykolaiv Regional State AdministrationМиколаївська область2026

Roles in companies

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Connections with other named persons

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