Ex-MP Mykhailo Havryliuk Builds House by Lake and Waterfall in Carpathians

The former MP's declaration does not include the house, and only salary is listed as income.

People's Deputy of the 8th convocation Mykhailo Havryliuk built a three-storey house in the village of Nyzhnii Berezov (Kosiv district, Ivano-Frankivsk region), with an area of 550 m². 

Journalist Vasyl Krutchak passed video of the construction of the former MP's house to TK Media.

The video begins with the journalist asking local women how to get to the waterfall and the lake where the three-storey house is being built. One woman shows the journalist the way and notes that the house belongs to the "Havryliuks". 

Then the same women ask the journalist, "Are you going to visit the Havryliuks?".

Later the journalist arrives at the construction site itself and shows the house being built by the MP. Krutchak asks a worker on site whether Mykhailo Havryliuk is there. The worker introduces himself as the brother of Havryliuk's father-in-law and calls his brother Ivan, Havryliuk's wife's father, to ask when the owner of the house will be on site.

In August 2019, when submitting a declaration before leaving his post, Havryliuk declared 381,000 hryvnias in salary as a People's Deputy of Ukraine. 

According to Havryliuk's declaration, he has no other income or savings. The former parliamentarian's wife declared 6,880 hryvnias in state assistance for the birth of a child. From the declaration it can be concluded that the MP's wife does not work and has no other income. 

The Havryliuk family also has a 2008 SsangYong car. Havryliuk stated that he bought it for 98,000 hryvnias (about $4,000 at the time of purchase).

It is worth noting that the journalist saw this car at the construction site.

The MP's declaration contains no information about the house in the Carpathians, unfinished construction projects, or ownership of the plot of land shown by the journalist. 

Updated January 3, 15:16. Mykhailo Havryliuk confirmed that he owns the three-storey house in the Carpathians. According to Havryliuk, he expected such news, as rumours that the plot belonged to him had long circulated among fellow villagers. The former MP said the plot belongs to his wife's family and that the parliamentarian's wife provides Havryliuk with financial support. Havryliuk himself has high hopes for the project and personally works on the construction site.

The former MP also complained that the media portray him as "stupid".

Who is Mykhailo Havryliuk?

Mykhailo Havryliuk is an Euromaidan activist who gained wide recognition after a video was published online showing him being abused by fighters of the Yaguar special unit. The security forces then forced the activist to undress completely in freezing weather while filming him on camera.

In October 2014, Mykhailo Havryliuk became a People's Deputy of the Verkhovna Rada of the 8th convocation from the People's Front party. Havryliuk was elected in majoritarian constituency 95 (Irpin, part of Kyiv-Sviatoshyn district). Mykhailo Havryliuk was called "the symbol of Euromaidan", and Honorary Patriarch Filaret of the OCU admired the MP's courage.

In 2015, in an interview with Natalia Vlashchenko, the politician said: "I am a fool, because I don't steal".