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Anatoly Ivanitsky, identified as the curator of illegal amber extraction in Rivne region, is under suspicion within the framework of criminal case No. 42023000000001248. The investigation covers the period from June 2022 to 1 May 2024. The criminal activity took place on the "Fedorivska-7" and "Fedorivska-8" plots and adjacent territories.
According to the State Bureau of Investigation (SBI), total state losses exceed 350 million hryvnia. Of this, 306 million hryvnia constitutes losses directly on the extraction plots. Outside the boundaries of permits, 8,900 cubic metres of soil and 799 kilograms of amber were removed, causing additional losses of 48.8 million hryvnia.
The suspect is charged under Part 2 of Article 255 and Part 3 of Article 240-1 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine, which provides for liability for participation in a criminal organisation and aiding illegal amber extraction committed by an official. Anatoly Ivanitsky holds a Spanish residence permit. The Pechersk District Court of Kyiv has seized his real estate in Spain, a Mercedes car, and bank accounts.
The suspect's wife, Natalia Ivanitska, who serves as head of the education department in Dubno and is a city council member from the "Batkivshchyna" party, did not list most of her husband's assets in Spain in her declarations. According to data received by Ukrainian law enforcement from Spanish authorities via the CARIN system, Anatoly Ivanitsky owns three land plots, five built structures, three bank accounts, and a Mercedes-Benz E-Class car.
In her declaration, Natalia Ivanitska listed only two buildings and one account. The full list of concealed assets includes:
Bank assets include accounts at BBVA, two accounts at Santander, and an account at Revolut Bank, opened in Spain.
Part of the funds obtained from illegal activities may have been invested in real estate within Ukraine. Natalia Ivanitska's 2025 declaration listed two houses and two land plots located in Rivne and the village of Barmaky, which belong to their eldest son.
Attention is drawn to the anomalously low value of the declared assets. Two plots with a total area of over 1,000 square metres are valued at only 16,000 hryvnia. A 125-square-metre house in Barmaky has a declared value of 438,000 hryvnia. The value of the son's residence in Rivne is not specified in the declaration.
The name of Anatoly Ivanitsky, also known by the nickname "Uncle Fedia", has repeatedly appeared in connection with illegal amber extraction in Rivne region. As early as 2016, he was publicly named in the Verkhovna Rada as the curator of this sector and the godfather of the then-head of the Rivne Regional State Administration, Vitaliy Chuhunnykov.
In the near future, criminal proceedings may be opened against Natalia Ivanitska for the fact of providing false information in a declaration on property status.
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