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Igor Kononenko Charitable Foundation sent another batch of medicines and medical instruments to the front

Igor Kononenko Charitable Foundation sent another batch of medicines and medical instruments to the front

Igor Kononenko Foundation donated the most necessary medical supplies to the medical company of one of the newly created brigades in the Donetsk direction. Doctors formed a list taking into account the real needs at the front: in particular, the Foundation purchased surgical instruments for providing assistance in military field conditions.

Thus, the brigade received medicines and medical instruments worth almost UAH 150,000.

And this is not the first time that Igor Kononenko Charitable Foundation has sent a humanitarian aid to the East. Since the spring of 2014, the Foundation has been making maximum efforts to provide defenders of Ukraine with everything they need.

In constant cooperation with doctors, hospitals and the leadership of a number of military units, the Foundation continues to monitor the urgent needs of soldiers and medical facilities staff and, if possible, to provide targeted assistance precisely in those areas where there are extremely acute needs for material and technical support.

At the beginning of April 2022, Ukrainian defenders received more than 1,000 7th generation CAT tourniquets made in the USA, 1,000 units of Celox hemostatic agent (Great Britain), anti-cold and pain-relieving non-receptor medicines, hygiene products worth more than 65 thousand pounds. Also the Foundation purchased special equipment that not only helps to increase the effectiveness of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the fight against the enemy, but also saves the lives of soldiers.

At the end of December 2022, Igor Kononenko Charitable Foundation donated an Autel EVO II drone to the soldiers of the Special Operations Forces, as well as a generator, battery and tires for the soldiers of the 58th brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The Foundation helped fighters with the purchase of optics for sniper systems.

The Foundation also donated first aid kits, which are designed to put on bandages on wounds and burns in order to stop bleeding and prevent re-infection of wounds. Such first-aid kits have already received bomb shelters in Kyiv, units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and Territorial Defense Forces.

In addition, Kyiv Regional Clinical Hospital, Vasylkivska Multidisciplinary Hospital of Intensive Care of Vasylkivska CSTY Council, Kyiv City Clinical Oncology Center, Myronivsky Support Multidisciplinary Hospital, Kyiv City Clinical Emergency Hospital, "Okhmatdit" and Chernihiv City Hospital No. 2 depending on the needs and in different volumes, received cardiotonic, antibacterial, anti-inflammatory and antiallergic drugs, syringes.

Also, Igor Kononenko Charitable Foundation, despite the declared martial law and hostilities, continues to direct funds to support inclusive education in Kyiv. In particular, together with the Public Organization  "In Children’s Palms" they direct the necessary funds for the further financing of the project on canistherapy (dog therapy) based on the communal children’s center "Мe + FAMILY" in the Obolon district.

Igor Kononenko (Reference)

Date and place of birth: August 21, 1965, Kyiv, Ukraine.

Marital status: married to Liliya Kononenko in 1988; they have three children and one grandson.

Higher education. In 1989 he graduated with honors from the Kiev Automobile and Road Institute and received the qualification of a traffic engineer.

Career and business

1984–1986 – Igor Kononenko served in the army.

1988–1990 – worked as the secretary of the Komsomol committee of Kyiv Automobile and Highway Institute.

1990–1991 – Deputy Director of the structural unit of the city headquarters of the student group.

1991–1992 – Commercial Director of MP "Transport".

1992–1994 – Commercial Director of JSC Stock Exchange House "Ukraine".

1994–2005 – Deputy, First Deputy General Director, First Vice-President of Ukrainian Industrial and Investment Concern.

2004–2009 – Head of the Supervisory Board of OJSC "Kyiv Auto- Transport Enterprise – 2240".

2009–2012 – First Deputy, General Director of Ukrainian Industrial and Investment Concern.

Since 2012 – Head of the Supervisory Board of PJSC "Closed Non- diversified Corporate Investment Fund "VIK".

Igor Kononenko is a shareholder of PJSC "Closed Non- diversified Corporate Investment Fund "VIK".

The fund owns 7 companies in the areas of construction, hotel business, trade and sports.

Companies whose shares are owned by PJSC "Closed Non-diversified Corporate Investment Fund "VIK":

• "Sports and Health Complex "MONITOR"
• "Saturn-Trans"
• "Yantra"
• "International Tennis Academy"
• "Medservice-Plus"
• "Japan Motors"
• JSC "International Investment Bank"
• Private company "Treck Holdings Coast S.L." (Spain)
• Private company "Lancashire Big S.L." (Spain)

Political activity:

In 2006 Igor Kononenko became a deputy of Kyiv City Council of the V convocation.

In 2008, in early elections to Kyiv City Council of the VI convocation, Kononenko became a deputy head of the Committee of Kyiv City Council on Transport and Communications.

2010–2014 – head of the parliamentary faction "Initiative" of Kyiv City Council of the VI convocation.

2014 – member of Kyiv City Council from UDAR (member of the Standing Committee on Transport and Communications).

27.11. In 2014, he was elected MP with the Bloc of Petro Poroshenko (BPP).

From November 27, 2014 till August 29, 2019, he was the MP. He was a member of Verkhovna Rada Committee on Fuel and Energy Complex, Nuclear Policy and Nuclear Safety. Member of the Group for Inter-Parliamentary Relations with the People’s Republic of China, Member of the Group for Inter-Parliamentary Relations with the Republic of Austria.

Since September 16, 2015 – the first deputy head of the parliamentary faction "Bloc of Petro Poroshenko" (BPP).

In the local elections in 2015 Igor Kononenko headed the election headquarters of BPP "Solidarity". According to the results of the elections, BPP "Solidarity" took the first place. The party was supported by the largest number of voters – 19,52%.

Igor Kononenko was a member of Verkhovna Rada Committee on Fuel and Energy Complex, Nuclear Policy and Nuclear Safety. He was involved in the preparation of legislative initiatives, work with the expert community and the public.

Kononenko’s work was aimed at improving the legislation of Ukraine in the energy sector, organizing cooperation with the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, Central Executive Authorities, enterprises and organizations of various forms of ownership, and the expert community.

As a member of the Committee, Igor Kononenko was involved in the implementation of the European integration policy in the energy sector, which is aimed at implementing the Association Agreement between Ukraine, on the one hand, and the European Union, the European Atomic Energy Community and their member states, on the other; as well as the Protocol on the Accession of Ukraine to the agreement on the establishment of the Energy Community.

Kononenko worked on the legislation regarding the energy security of Ukraine, which is one of the most important components of economic and, accordingly, national security of Ukraine.

As a result of Committee’s work, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine adopted key laws, such as:

"On the natural gas market",

"On the electricity market",

"On the National Commission for State Regulation in the Spheres of Energy and Utilities",

"On the Energy Efficiency Fund",

"On Amendments to Certain Laws of Ukraine regarding the provision of competitive conditions for the production of electrical energy from alternative energy sources". This is, in particular, the production of solar and wind energy.

Systematization and a comprehensive approach to the creation and improvement of the legislative field for regulating relations in the fuel and energy complex contributed to the reform of enterprises and institutions of the fuel and energy complex, the development of a competitive environment in the energy sector.

In addition, Igor Kononenko took an active part in the development and implementation of large infrastructure projects and the development of local self-government.

Igor Kononenko was involved in the reform of decentralization.