Russian passport of the mother and Markov’s Odesa schemes: what is hidden in the declaration of customs officer Valeriy Chikhin

Russian passport of the mother and Markov’s Odesa schemes: what is hidden in the declaration of customs officer Valeriy Chikhin

Customs officer Valeriy Chikhin submitted a declaration for the year 2025.

The customs officer’s cash savings increased by $9,800 (from $8,900 to $18,700). Valeriy Borysovych’s salary for 2025 amounted to 762,263 UAH, yet Mr. Chikhin managed to save over 400,000 UAH.

Additionally, there are no recorded expenses for renting an apartment in Cherkasy.

Subscribers drew attention to an interesting fact. Liya Khomenko holds ownership rights to 3 premises in Odesa (objects of unfinished construction). The land is owned by the NGO «Territorial Community of Odesa, Memorial Town Settlement Council». Liya Khomenko has the right to use the land free of charge, while the permanent right belongs to the NGO for people with disabilities «Help and Protection».

If the right to use was granted to Liya Khomenko by the NGO for people with disabilities «Help and Protection», this is a very intriguing story, as this organization was implicated as a controlled structure of collaborator Ihor Markov in a criminal case involving a scheme to siphon funds to support the activities of illegal armed formations in certain districts of Donetsk and Luhansk regions.

The mother of the head of Cherkasy Customs, Valeriy Chikhin, received a Russian passport during the full-scale invasion.

Media reports state that Nataliya Chikhin obtained Russian citizenship on October 23, 2023, at the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in Rostov Oblast.