Oleg Berezha and the forgotten millions

Head of the Infrastructure Restoration and Development Service

of the Lviv Region Oleg Berezha has found himself at the centre of an anti-corruption investigation. The National Agency on Corruption Prevention (NACP) identified discrepancies in his declaration amounting to UAH 2.9 million, reports 368.media.

Specifically, the official failed to declare the value of two apartments in Lviv with areas of 93.4 and 70.5 sq m, as well as a parking space, which he later registered in the names of his daughters. In addition, discrepancies were found in the "financial assets" section of the declaration – UAH 1.6 million in savings were either declared incorrectly or were entirely absent.

Family property and income

In March 2024, Berezha submitted his declaration for 2023. It revealed that his wife had purchased another apartment in Lviv worth over UAH 3 million. Meanwhile, the family's total declared income for 2023 amounted to almost UAH 5 million.

Not the first scandal

Oleg Berezha has previously come under the scrutiny of anti-corruption bodies. In 2018, it emerged that he was renting out his own car to the municipal enterprise "Lvivavtodor", which he himself headed. The case went to court at the time, but was closed on formal grounds.

Berezha has held the post of head of the Lviv Region Infrastructure Restoration and Development Service since 2020. Previously, he was a member of the Lviv City Council and headed the municipal enterprises "Lvivelektrotrans" and "Lvivavtodor".