People's Deputy of Ukraine and co-owner of the Epicenter hypermarket chain Oleksandr Hereha indicated in his annual declarations that he has had a long-term residence permit in Spain since 2021. This was reported by Schemes journalists with reference to the State Register of Declarations, UNN reports.
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It is noted that in declarations for 2021 and 2022, Gerega indicated that both he and his wife Halyna Gerega have a long-term residence permit in Spain. However, the MP did not indicate such a document in his 2020 declaration.
The journalists add that they have asked the MP's press service to inform them on what grounds he received such a residence permit and for what purpose. The editors will publish the answer as soon as they receive it.
In addition, the MP declared several real estate objects in Spain - a residential building and land plots with a total value of about UAH 100 million.
In particular, it is a residential building with an area of 455 square meters and a value of about UAH 3 million, an "isolated dwelling" and a land plot of 3180 square meters, worth more than UAH 62 million, and another "plot with housing" with an area of 1378 square meters and a value of more than UAH 30 million.
All of these properties are registered in the name of the MP's wife, Halyna Hereha. According to her declaration, she has a total of more than 1 million euros on accounts in two Spanish banks in Valencia.
Addendum
Journalists also found out that from the beginning of the full-scale invasion until May 2023, Oleksandr Gerega spent a total of 209 days abroad.
Earlier, thanks to open access to declarations, journalists found out that Fedir Khrystenko, a member of parliament from the banned in Ukraine OPFL party, settled in Poland after leaving Ukraine in February 2022 and declared ownership of a 176-square-meter apartment in Moscow.
His declaration also lists a rented apartment in Warsaw and three luxury cars.