A long-serving deputy of the Chernihiv Regional Council and agribusinessman Viktor Kiyanovsky, along with his family, holds massive assets including hundreds of land plots, an elite car fleet, and real estate near Kyiv. His business activities have already attracted the attention of law enforcement agencies and are featured in criminal proceedings regarding possible fraud and unauthorized land seizure. Investigative journalism exposes a whole layer of questions about how the deputy combines his long-term leadership of the specialized land commission in the regional council with the rapid expansion of his personal business holdings.
IMAGE__1Land empire and regional influence
Viktor Kiyanovsky's career in regional politics began back in 2010, after which his name consistently remained in the regional council's deputy lists through all changes of governments and political configurations. Simultaneously with his political career, he built a powerful agrarian and industrial empire. According to official registries, his wife Olha Kiyanovska alone owns over 340 real estate properties, the vast majority of which are land plots. At the same time, the deputy's key enterprise, Ichnyanske LLC, operates over 4.6 thousand individual land shares.
Local authorities point to the specific nature of interaction between big agribusiness and the community. The head of the Ichnia community, Olena Buturlim, explicitly states that local self-government receives no real help or systematic support from the deputy through the city council, while constant requests and applications for allocating new land plots for use arrive regularly. Such a dissonance between the parliamentary mandate, chairmanship of the specialized committee, and personal economic interests raises growing questions among the public and independent observers.
IMAGE__2Contradictory data
During the journalistic investigation and the shooting crew's interaction with representatives of Kiyanovsky's business structures, notable discrepancies emerged in the versions and actions of the parties. When journalists tried to get a comment at the enterprise, security guards refused to let them in, claiming the deputy was not on site. After the crew departed, a company employee began following their car, and shortly thereafter, the vehicle was stopped by police officers. Notably, the reasons for the stop changed repeatedly: initially, law enforcement cited an anonymous tip, but later the version transformed into an official statement about an alleged "intrusion into a guarded territory." The film crew emphasizes that they offered enterprise employees to call the police themselves during the visit, but they refused. Viktor Kiyanovsky himself did not answer journalists' phone calls and did not publicly voice his position.
Elite car fleet and criminal proceedings
In addition to the land bank, investigators paid close attention to the fleet of Kiyanovsky's structures, which totals 51 registered vehicles. Alongside working equipment, there are expensive premium foreign cars, including a 2025 Mercedes-Benz GLE-Class, a Volvo XC90, a 5 Series BMW, and three brand-new BYD Leopard 3 electric crossovers from 2025. According to conservative estimates by automotive marketplaces, the minimum value of this fleet exceeds 266,000 US dollars, equivalent to nearly 12 million hryvnias.
The financial and economic activities of the deputy's enterprises also have legal consequences. Ichnyanske LLC already features in court materials and criminal proceedings over facts of alleged unauthorized occupation of communal lands. During inspections involving specialized municipal council experts, facts of using areas adjacent to leased plots for sunflower and corn crops were recorded, which became the basis for investigators to apply to the court for the seizure of the disputed harvest.
