Leshchenko's position at Ukrzaliznytsia costs state UAH 13 million
Former journalist and MP Serhii Leshchenko's position as a member of the supervisory board of Ukrzaliznytsia cost the state UAH 13 million.
This is evidenced by the data of Serhii Leshchenko's electronic declarations for all the years of his tenure at Ukrzaliznytsia, Ukrainian News Agency reports.
In 2020, Leshchenko earned UAH 2.5 million in fees at Ukrzaliznytsia, in 2021 – UAH 4 million (this is the most in all years), in 2022 – UAH 2.7 million, in 2023 – UAH 2.9 million, in 2024 – UAH 3 million in fees.
For 2025, Leshchenko has not yet filed an income declaration, so it is currently unknown what amount his fees at Ukrzaliznytsia for 2025 amounted to.
In total, for 5 years of work at Ukrzaliznytsia, Leshchenko received UAH 13.1 million in salary.
As Ukrainian News Agency earlier reported, December 18 marked 6 years since the appointment of former journalist and MP of Ukraine Serhii Leshchenko to a leadership position on the Supervisory Board of the state-owned company Ukrzaliznytsia.
During his work at Ukrzaliznytsia, Serhii Leshchenko experienced a change of six heads of the company's board. At different times, the company was headed by Yevhen Kravtsov, Zhelko Marchek, Ivan Yurik, Volodymyr Zhmak, Oleksandr Kamyshin and Yevhen Liashchenko. In October 2025, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine partially updated the composition of the Supervisory Board of Ukrzaliznytsia, including re-appointing Serhii Leshchenko to the board as a representative of the state.
As part of his work on the Supervisory Board, Leshchenko announced Ukrzaliznytsia's plans to change its approach to pricing, which will lead to an increase in the price of train tickets. The company is also promoting the idea of increasing freight rates by 37%, which, according to analysts, could lead to a reduction in the cargo base, reduce transportation volumes by tens of millions of tons, and hit the state's GDP and tax revenues much harder than it would bring additional income to the company itself.