Fedir Khrystenko

Fedir Volodymyrovych Khrystenko (; born 11 October 1983) is a Ukrainian politician currently serving as a People's Deputy of Ukraine from Ukraine's 46th electoral district since 29 August 2019. Formerly a member of Opposition Platform — For Life, he is currently an independent since 2022.

Early life and career Fedir Volodymyrovych Khrystenko was born on 11 October 1983 in the village of Starohnativka, in Ukraine's eastern Donetsk Oblast. He is a graduate of Donetsk National University. He is the founder of Istholdkapital TOK. Before founding Istholdkapital, Khrystenko was involved in the transportation industry.

Political career In the 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election, Khrystenko ran for the position of People's Deputy of Ukraine in Ukraine's 46th electoral district. He was the candidate of Opposition Platform — For Life (OPZZh). Khrystenko was successfully elected, defeating Servant of the People candidate Rodion Voshchanov with 38.01% of the vote to Voshchanov's 25.60%. In the Verkhovna Rada (Ukraine's parliament), he is a member of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Agriculture and Land Policies.

During 2019, Khrystenko only proposed one bill. The same year, he declared his assets to be ₴114 million in cash. Khrystenko was subsequently reported to be living in the United Arab Emirates but was eventually arrested in Ukraine in unspecified circumstances on charges of treason. The Security Service of Ukraine had previously accused Khrystenko of working with the Russian Federal Security Service to establish an "influence mechanism" over the leadership of an unspecified law enforcement agency between 2020 and 2021 to enable Russia to obtain sensitive information.

Moscow party scandal In 2020, Khrystenko became the centre of a scandal after it was reported by the Anti-Corruption Action Center that Khrystenko's wife had spent US$1 million on a party in Moscow including Russian musical artists Nikolay Baskov, Philipp Kirkorov, Grigory Leps, and Aleksandr Revva. This was in spite of the fact that Khrystenko had not reported any significant change in his assets. Following the Anti-Corruption Action Center reporting the incident to the National Agency for Prevention of Corruption, it was announced that the agency was investigating the incident.