Gennadiy Trukhanov

Last updated

Gennadiy Trukhanov
Геннадій Труханов
Sunantese UPEKs N. Dendia me ton Demarkho Odessou G. Trukhanov & episkepse sto ktirio tes Operas (12.07.2022) (52211684496) (cropped).jpg
Trukhanov in 2022
Mayor of Odesa
Assumed office
27 May 2014

Gennadiy Leonidovich Trukhanov [lower-alpha 1] (born 17 January 1965) is the mayor of Odesa. He has been named as part of a Ukrainian crime syndicate who laundered money through London by buying multi-million pound properties in the city. [1] In October 2022 he was charged in an ongoing corruption investigation concerning $18.5 million in municipal losses, [2] and on 4 May 2023 he was detained on charges of embezzling $2.5 million in city funds. [3] He was released the next day after paying $350,000 bail. [4]

Contents

Early life and career

Gennadiy Trukhanov was born on 17 January 1965 in Odesa, which was then in the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, a part of the Soviet Union. In 1986, he graduated from the Frunze Artillery School  [ ru ] in Odesa. After graduation, he was given the rank of lieutenant. He was an engineer that specialised in repairing and maintaining artillery. From 1986 until 1992, he served in the North Caucasus Military District. He retired from Armed Forces in 1992, after having attained the rank of captain.

In 1993, he worked at a private security firm. In 2000, he worked at Lukoil. He started work at the office of Verkhovna Rada, (the parliament of Ukraine) in 2004. He was elected to Odesa City Council in 2005, and was re-elected in 2006. [5] He served on various committees in the Odesa City Council.

Member of the Verkhovna Rada

Trukhanov as Member of the Verkhovna Rada NDU 7 Trukhanov Gennadii Leonidovich.jpg
Trukhanov as Member of the Verkhovna Rada

He was elected to the Verkhovna Rada as a representative of the Party of Regions in 2012. [6] Amidst rising unrest in Ukraine in the aftermath of the 2014 Ukrainian revolution and the violent 2014 Odesa clashes, he was elected mayor of the city on 25 May 2014. [5]

Mayor of Odesa

In the 2015 Mayoral election of Odesa Trukhanov was reelected in the first round of the election with 52.9% of the vote. [7]

In 2016, the leaked Panama Papers revealed that Trukhanov is a Russian citizen, despite Ukrainian law banning dual citizenship. [8] Trukhanov denied the allegation. [9] The Panama Papers also show that he has "a substantial business empire in Ukraine through companies registered in the British Virgin Islands", with a suburb of Moscow listed as his place of residence. [10] On 9 April, Eduard Gurwits, ex-mayor of Odesa, affirmed that Trukhanov possesses three foreign passports: two Russian and one Greek. [11] Trukhanov in 2017, through a Russian court, annulled his Russian passport. [12] Moreover, the Paradise papers indicate that, according to the Italian state police Deputy Commissioner, he trained members of a Ukrainian criminal gang in "hand-to-hand combat and sniper shooting with high precision weapons". [13]

Trukhanov was detained at Ukraine's Boryspil International Airport on 14 February 2018 suspected of embezzlement of property through abuse of power. [14]

In the July 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election Trukhanov was placed in the top ten of the party list of Opposition Bloc. [15] But the nationwide list of this party won 3.23% of the votes and thus did not overcome the 5% election barrier, keeping Trukhanov out of parliament. [16]

In the 2020 Odesa local election Trukhanov was again a candidate for mayor of Odesa (nominated by Trust Deeds). [17] Trukhanov defeated Mykola Skoryk of Opposition Platform — For Life in the second round of the mayoral election on 15 November 2020, 54.28% of the voters voted for him. [18]

In May 2023, Trukhanov was again taken into custody under corruption charges and after failing to present US$800,000 in bail. [19]

Notes

  1. ↑ Most commonly transliterated from Russian:Геннадий Леонидович Труханов, also known as Hennadii Leonidovych Trukhanov, Ukrainian: Геннадій Леонідович Труханов

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Mykola Tomenko</span> Ukrainian politician

Mykola Volodymyrovych Tomenko is a Ukrainian politician. He has been a member of Ukraine's parliament, the Verkhovna Rada from 2006 until 2016. In 2014, Tomenko became a member of the Petro Poroshenko Bloc, which elected him to the 8th Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada on its party lists during the 2014 parliamentary election. On 25 March 2016 the party Congress of Petro Poroshenko Bloc removed Tomenko's parliamentary mandate using the Imperative mandate provisions of the Ukrainian constitution. This was considered illegal by Tomenko; on 28 July 2016 Ukraine's highest Administrative Court rejected his appeal to gain back his parliamentary seat.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Eduard Hurvits</span> Ukrainian politician

Eduard Yosypovych Hurvits is a Ukrainian politician who served as the 71st mayor of Odesa on two occasions; first from July 1994 to 26 May 1998, and then from 5 April 2005 to 6 November 2010. He also served as a People's Deputy of Ukraine on two occasions, from 27 March 1994 to 26 March 2006 and from 28 October 2012 to 26 October 2014.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Natalia Korolevska</span> Ukrainian politician

Natalia Yuriivna Korolevska is a Ukrainian politician and ex-Minister of Social Policy of Ukraine. Since 23 December 2011 she has been the party-leader of the Ukrainian Social Democratic Party. On 22 March 2012 the Ukrainian Social Democratic Party was renamed Party of Natalia Korolevska "Ukraine – Forward!". Korolevska has been a people's deputy in Ukraine's parliament for four of its convocations until, during the 9th Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada, her mandate was terminated on her own request in February 2023.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Oleksandr Abdullin</span> Ukrainian journalist and politician

Oleksandr Rafkatovych Abdullin is a Ukrainian journalist and politician.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Valeriy Baranov</span> Ukrainian politician (1957–2023)

Valeriy Oleksіyovych Baranov was a Ukrainian politician. He served as Governor of Zaporizhzhia Oblast, March – October 2014 and was a People's Deputy of Ukraine (2007–2012).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Oleh Liashko</span> Ukrainian politician

Oleh Valeriiovych Liashko is a Ukrainian politician, journalist and soldier who was a long time member of the Verkhovna Rada and leader of the Radical Party.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">7th Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada</span> 2012–2014 meeting of the Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada

The 7th Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada was a session of the legislative branch of the Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine's parliament. Its composition was based on the results of the 2012 parliamentary election. Half of the seats in the parliament were apportioned between the five winning parties based on the popular vote, while the other half was apportioned between 4 parties and 44 independents between 225 constituencies throughout the country. It first met in the capital Kyiv on December 12, 2012, and ended its session on November 27, 2014, after the 8th Verkhovna Rada began its first session.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Oleksandr Yefremov</span> Ukrainian politician

Oleksandr Yefremov or Aleksandr Efremov is a Ukrainian former parliamentarian and politician. A former governor of the Luhansk Oblast, from 2010 until 2014 he was Party of Regions's faction leader in the Verkhovna Rada. On 14 February 2015 Yefremov was detained on suspicion of "abuse of power under aggravating circumstances". This arrest was effectively ended when his bail expired on 1 November 2015. Yefremov was again detained on 30 July 2016 on suspicion of violation of Ukraine's territorial integrity by helping to create the Luhansk People's Republic and misappropriation of property. He was released from prison pending investigation in 2019. Shortly after the February 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine Yefremov moved to Moscow, Russia where he now resides.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Hennadiy Kernes</span> Ukrainian politician (1959–2020)

Hennadiy Adolfovych Kernes was a Ukrainian politician who was the 5th mayor of Kharkiv from 24 November 2010 until his death in 17 December 2020. Previously, Kernes served as secretary of the Kharkiv City Council.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Revival (Ukraine)</span> Political party in Ukraine

Revival is a political party in Ukraine, established in its current form in June 2015. Its predecessor had been founded by Heorhiy Kirpa in 2004.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Mykhailo Dobkin</span> Ukrainian politician

Mykhailo Markovych Dobkin is a Ukrainian politician, former governor of Kharkiv Oblast, former mayor of Kharkiv, and a former deputy of the Ukrainian parliament.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2014 Ukrainian local elections</span> Municipal elections in Ukraine

The 2014 Ukrainian local elections took place on 25 May 2014, four years after the conclusion of the last local elections, which took place in October 2010. The elections occurred during the political crisis in the aftermath of the 2014 Ukrainian revolution.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Mykola Skoryk</span> Ukrainian politician

Mykola Leonidovich Skoryk is a Ukrainian politician who was Chairman of the Odesa Regional State Administration.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2014 Odesa clashes</span> Clashes between pro-Maidan and anti-Maidan demonstrators in Odesa, Ukraine

In early 2014, there were clashes between rival groups of protestors in the Ukrainian city of Odesa, during the pro-Russian unrest that followed the Ukrainian Revolution. The street clashes were between pro-unity protesters and anti-government (anti-Maidan), pro-Russian protesters. Violence erupted on 2 May, when about 2,000-strong 'United Ukraine' rally was attacked by about 300 pro-Russian separatists. Stones, petrol bombs and gunfire were exchanged. An armed anti-Maidan participant shot dead pro-Maidan protester. One more pro-Ukraine activist and four pro-Russia activists were shot dead in the clashes. The pro-Ukraine protesters then moved to dismantle a pro-Russian protest camp in Kulykove Pole, causing some pro-Russian activists to barricade themselves in the nearby Trade Unions House. Shots were fired at pro-Maidan from the building, and the pro-Ukraine protesters attempted to storm the building, which caught fire as the two groups threw petrol bombs at each other.

Alexander "Sasha" Borovik is an American lawyer of German citizenship. From 2015 thru 2016, he was invited to be First Deputy Minister of Economy of Ukraine. He also served as a deputy governor and an adviser to the governor of Odesa Oblast, Mikheil Saakashvili.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Dmitri Golubov (politician)</span> Ukrainian politician (born 1983)

Dmitri Golubov is a Ukrainian politician and former Member of the Parliament of Ukraine, cybercriminal, former carder. He is also the leader of the Internet Party of Ukraine, although he has never taken part in any election as a candidate of this party.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Serhiy Pashynskyi</span> Ukrainian politician and statesman (born 1966)

Serhiy Volodymyrovych Pashynskyi is Ukrainian politician and statesman. He has been a people's deputy of Ukraine of four convocations and is the chairman of the Committee on National Security and Defense Council.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Yevhen Deidei</span> Ukrainian politician and lieutenant colonel (1987–disappeared 2022)

Yevhen Serhiyovych Deidei is a Ukrainian politician and lieutenant colonel who served as a People's Deputy of Ukraine from 2014 to 2019. Previously, he served as coordinator of the Kyiv-1 Police Battalion of the Special Tasks Patrol Police under the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Opposition Bloc (2019)</span> Ukrainian political party

Opposition Bloc, formerly called Opposition Bloc — Party for Peace and Development until June 2019, was a Ukrainian political party that was founded in 2019. On 8 June 2022, the party was banned in court. The party officially ceased to exist on 25 July, due to not appealing the ban.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2020 Ukrainian local elections</span> Ukrainian municipal elections

The 2020 Ukrainian local elections took place on Sunday 25 October 2020. In the election, deputies of district councils and rural townships were elected and elections for city mayors were held. In practice this will mean that most voters had to fill out four ballots. On 15, 22 and 29 November and 6 December 2020 a second round of mayoral elections was held in cities with more than 75,000 voters where no candidate gained more than 50% of the votes.

References

  1. ↑ "Paradise Papers: Ukraine crime gang hid proceeds in luxury London flats". BBC News. 24 April 2018.
  2. ↑ "As Russia bombards Odesa, Soviet-friendly mayor rebrands as patriot". Kyiv Independent. 17 May 2022. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
  3. ↑ "Odesa Mayor detained over embezzlement charges". Kyiv Independent. 4 May 2023. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
  4. ↑ "Media: Odesa Mayor released on bail after 1-day detention". 5 May 2023.
  5. 1 2 "Odessa City Mayor". Official Site of Odessa. Odessa City Council. Archived from the original on 14 August 2009. Retrieved 25 July 2014.
  6. ↑ "Election Results 2012 Parliamentary Election". Ukraine. Retrieved 25 July 2014.
  7. ↑ "Incumbent Odesa Mayor Trukhanov declared winner in Sunday mayoral election". Interfax-Ukraine . 28 October 2015. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
  8. ↑ "Hromadske TV: Secret business assets of Odesa mayor Trukhanov". Kyiv Post. 4 April 2016.
  9. ↑ "Truhanov denies knowledge of citizenship". Ukrayinska Pravda (in Ukrainian). 4 April 2016.
  10. ↑ Gnap, Dmytro (27 May 2016). "Odesa mayor hides construction business offshore". OCCRP.
  11. ↑ "Ex-mayor of Odesa says Trukhanov has one Greek, two Russian passports". KyivPost. 9 April 2016.
  12. ↑ "Trukhanov in 2017 annulled his Russian passport through the court". Ukrayinska Pravda (in Ukrainian). 14 February 2019.
  13. ↑ BBC News (23 April 2018). "Paradise Papers: Ukraine crime gang hid proceeds in luxury London flats". BBC News.
  14. ↑ "Odesa Mayor Trukhanov freed against MP Golubov's guarantees". UNIAN . 15 February 2018. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
  15. ↑ "Вибори Ради: у списку Опоблоку мери 5 міст".
  16. ↑ "Новинський і ще 5 "опоблоківців" проходять у Раду, а Колесніков – ні".
  17. ↑ (in Ukrainian) In Odesa, 2 Zelensky, 5 Filimonov and Saakashvili will compete for the mayor's seat, Ukrayinska Pravda (30 September 2020)
  18. ↑ (in Ukrainian) Trukhanov officially won the mayoral election in Odesa, The Ukrainian Week (17 November 2020)
  19. ↑ "Mayor of Odesa Gennadiy Trukhanov Arrested in Connection with Embezzlement Charges". Kyiv Post . 4 May 2023. Retrieved 15 June 2023.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.