The ideologist of the “Big Embezzlement,” Yuriy Golyk, fled to Austria while searches continue in Ukraine over billion-hryvnia theft cases

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The ideologist of the “Big Embezzlement,” Yuriy Golyk, fled to Austria while searches continue in Ukraine over billion-hryvnia theft cases
The ideologist of the “Big Embezzlement,” Yuriy Golyk, fled to Austria while searches continue in Ukraine over billion-hryvnia theft cases

Yuriy Golyk, the creator of the «Big Construction» program under the President of Ukraine, left the country as a volunteer with a «Path» pass, despite being mentioned in a NABU case and the discovery of significant budget embezzlement.

Who is Yuriy Golyk?

Yuriy Golyk – the ideologist of «Big Construction» and a former advisor to the head of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional State Administration, Valentyn Reznichenko.

Since Golyk de jure does not hold any official position but de facto is deeply involved in these processes, the media often refer to him as the «curator» of «Big Construction.» He describes himself as a «consultant» for the presidential project. Currently, he is also integrated into the processes of rebuilding Ukraine’s infrastructure and, for instance, accompanies Kyrylo Tymoshenko on trips to affected regions. 

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The ideologist of the “Big Embezzlement,” Yuriy Golyk, fled to Austria while searches continue in Ukraine over billion-hryvnia theft cases

Golyk has close ties with Reznichenko – they are connected through a number of projects, including infrastructure and budget policies, real estate issues (Reznichenko’s company «Sevent Consulting Group» rents an office in the business center «Creative State Dnipro,» co-owned by Golyk), and… their mothers (Golyk’s mother and Reznichenko’s mother are registered as individual entrepreneurs, listing the same mobile phone number in the state registry).

His current wealth is directly linked to the activities of LLC «Budinvest Engineering.» The co-owner of the company, Yana Khlanta, was closely associated with the then-head of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional State Administration, with whom she regularly traveled abroad, while the other half of the company may be controlled by the Dubinsky brothers, businessmen who have been officially declared wanted by Ukraine’s partner, the USA, on suspicion of financial fraud. In just 3 months of 2023, «Budinvest Engineering» received 1.5 billion UAH.

These facts have also attracted the attention of law enforcement agencies, including NABU. In connection with this, Golyk, as one of the suspects, has been subjected to searches multiple times. In May 2023, two mobile phones were seized from him, which later caused a new scandal – related to possible «leaks» of NABU investigation materials to Golyk himself.

Golyk’s Business Empire and Family Ties

According to open sources, Golyk is the owner of the following legal entities: LLC «77 Online Media,» LLC «Stakhovsky Wines,» LLC «Creative Country,» LLC «Modern Media Technologies,» LLC «KShS.» However, de facto, he also controls the already mentioned LLC «Budinvest Engineering,» LLC «Big City Group,» LLC «SC Stroyinvest,» LLC «EDBK,» and LLC «Avtomagistral 2016.»

Interestingly, Golyk has direct ties to Russia through his father, Yuriy, who is a Russian citizen and resides in Moscow. Furthermore, he works in the General Prosecutor’s Office of the Russian Federation. Golyk himself has traveled to visit his father multiple times, even after 2014. The question arises: how could such a person be the curator of a state program with billion-dollar funding?

Escape Abroad 

The ideologist of the “Big Embezzlement,” Yuriy Golyk, fled to Austria while searches continue in Ukraine over billion-hryvnia theft cases

The ideologist of the “Big Embezzlement,” Yuriy Golyk, fled to Austria while searches continue in Ukraine over billion-hryvnia theft cases

In addition to «Big Construction» and «NABU leaks,» Golyk is remembered for another fact – after numerous scandals, he simply… left the country. Moreover, the basis for his trip to Austria was the «Path» pass system, issued by order of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional State Administration leadership. The validity of the new pass documentation is six months, until October 16, 2024.

«Golyk left through the «Path» system with a disability certificate and is in Austria,» – reports one of the sources.

As a volunteer, Golyk received permission to cross the state border in April 2023. It was valid until October 20, 2023. A few days before the expiration of this period, the Dnipropetrovsk regional authorities issued a new order extending his stay abroad until April 6, 2024.

The ideologist of the «Big Construction» project, Yuriy Golyk, freely traveled the world under the guise of being a volunteer for the charitable foundation «Songs Born in ATO.» The founder of the organization is the former deputy of the ex-head of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional State Administration, Reznichenko – Volodymyr Yurchenko.

The Krasnohvardiyskyi District Court of Dnipro (ruling dated June 31, 2024, case No. 204/7275/24) ordered authorized persons of the SBU Office in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast to enter information into the Unified Register of Pre-Trial Investigations regarding Golyk’s involvement in budget embezzlement, including funds for infrastructure restoration, with the involvement of controlled structures such as «Budinvest Engineering» and «SC Stroyinvest.» However, the authorities are in no hurry to conduct this investigation.

Юрій Ковалишин

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