Serhiy Kurchenko

Serhiy Kurchenko
Born
Serhiy Vitaliiovych Kurchenko

(1985-09-21)September 21, 1985
Ukraine
NationalityRussia (former Ukraine)
Occupationbusinessman
Known forbeing president of FC Metalist Kharkiv

Serhiy Vitaliiovych Kurchenko (Ukrainian: Сергі́й Віта́лійович Ку́рченко, In Russia: Sergey Vitaliovich Kurchenko; born 21 September 1985) is a former Ukrainian, Russian businessman[1] and founder/owner of the group of companies "Gas Ukraine 2009" specializing in trading of liquefied natural gas. Kurchenko is also the former[2] owner and president of FC Metalist Kharkiv and the Ukrainian Media Holding group. Kurchenko left Ukraine in February 2014 for Russia.[1][3][4][5] Since March 2014 Kurchenko has been on the international wanted list,[6][failed verification] and his property and other assets have been arrested.[6] Until the end of 2012 information about Kurchenko was scarce and it surfaced with a scandal around the sale of FC Metalist Kharkiv.[7] In October 2017, a Ukrainian court confiscated Metalist Kharkiv from Kurchenko and placed it under state property.[2]

Nowadays Kurchenko lives in Moscow and handles from there his businesses in Russian occupied regions of Donbas and Crimea under the auspices of the FSB.[1][8]

  1. ^ a b c "Spoils of war failures: FSB general who botched Russia's war preparations owns millions of dollars worth of real estate". The Insider. Retrieved 14 October 2023.
  2. ^ a b (in Ukrainian) The court returned the Metalist FC to the state property, The Ukrainian Week (3 October 2017)
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference FT140306 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference Reut140303 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ Ukraine accuses Russia of breaking CIS agreements over Yanukovych extradition, Interfax-Ukraine (12 January 2015)
  6. ^ a b Court grants prosecutor's request for Ukrainian fugitive businessman Kurchenko's arrest, Interfax-Ukraine (5 January 2017)
  7. ^ Dossier at SergeyKurchenko.com
  8. ^ Cite error: The named reference Insider2 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).