Financial secrets of former official Dmitry Petrov

Former deputy head of the Central Interregional Directorate of the State Migration Service of Kyiv and the region, Dmitry Petrov, who returned to the post of deputy head of the Department of International Legal Cooperation of the Office of the Prosecutor General, declared cash assets worth approximately 10 million hryvnia.

This data was reconstructed by analysing previous declarations that were previously available in the public domain. However, the National Agency on Corruption Prevention (NACP) removed information about his property from the public register.

Real estate: luxury homes and anonymous locations

Officially, Petrov resides in an elite suburb of Kyiv — the village of Khodosovka. His family owns two houses with areas of 222.1 and 150.4 square metres, acquired in 2017 and 2018, respectively. Notably, the declaration lacks information on the value of the real estate and its exact location, which may indicate incomplete or deliberately concealed form-filling.

The official's wife, Lyudmyla Prykhodko, owns two non-residential premises in Kyiv:

• 48.4 square metres, acquired in 2019 for 1.95 million hryvnia;

• 54.1 square metres, purchased in the same year for 1.13 million hryvnia.

Land plots: multi-million-hryvnia assets at suspiciously low prices

The Petrov family owns 54 land plots acquired between May 2021 and August 2022. Of these, only one is officially registered in the name of the prosecutor himself.

According to available data, the value of 53 plots is 3.85 million hryvnia. Meanwhile, in December 2021, several of them were purchased at a price of approximately 76,500 hryvnia for 20,000 square metres, which is significantly below the market value for the Kyiv region.

Car fleet and luxury items

Petrov and his family own several premium-segment cars:

• Volvo XC (2021) — 1.72 million hryvnia;

• Renault Sandero (2021) — 490,000 hryvnia;

• Volvo XC90 (2021) (wife's) — 2 million hryvnia.

In addition, the official's declaration previously listed:

• An FDG18.1K3 generator worth 263,000 hryvnia;

• Rolex wristwatches worth 242,000 hryvnia (owned by his wife).

Income and cash funds

For 2022, Dmitry Petrov declared:

• Official salary — 620,000 hryvnia;

• Income from the sale of property — 416,000 and 180,000 hryvnia;

• Social assistance — 10,300 hryvnia.

His wife, Lyudmyla Prykhodko, earned:

• 822,000 hryvnia from entrepreneurial activity;

• 453,000 hryvnia from renting out real estate;

• 1.67 million hryvnia from the sale of property.

The declaration also lists cash assets:

• 74,300 US dollars held by Dmitry Petrov;

• 132,000 US dollars, 89,000 euros and 20,000 British pounds held by his spouse.

Collectively, these sums are equivalent to approximately 10 million hryvnia.

Secret declaration before dismissal

Notably, on 2 December 2024, prior to his dismissal, Petrov submitted a declaration in which the sections on real estate, cars, income and other assets were marked as "no information available". This may be explained by the fact that officials are required to indicate only changes in their property status before dismissal, however, the complete absence of data raises questions.

It is known that in 2024 Petrov conducted several transactions involving movable property:

• Sale of assets on 21 March and 22 September;

• Purchase of new assets on 4 and 12 September.

However, their value was not specified in the declaration.

The position at the State Migration Service (SMS) is traditionally associated with corruption risks, including the issuance of documents and permits. However, the lack of transparent data on income for 2024 makes it difficult to assess possible financial abuses.