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Vyacheslav Leonidovych Konstantinovsky (born 11 November 1960) is a Ukrainian businessman and politician who served as a People's Deputy of Ukraine from Ukraine's 220th electoral district from 2014 until his resignation in 2017.
Early life, business and military career
Vyacheslav Leonidovych Konstantinovsky was born in Kyiv. In childhood he was engaged in classical wrestling and held the rank of Master of Sports. He has a twin brother, Alexander. He entered the catering business in the mid-1980s. He lived in the United States for seven years and then return in Ukraine in 1997. Later he took part in the Orange Revolution and Euromaidan.
Criminal Leonid "Lenya Long" Roitman was convicted in the United States in 2006 for ordering the murder of Vyacheslav Konstantinovsky. He was released in 2014.
He and his brother own the Kyiv-Donbas holding, the Kyiv Donbas Development Group, and Carte Blanche restaurant networks. In 2013, their fortune was estimated at $355 million.
In 2014, following the beginning of the War in Donbas, Konstantinovsky joined the Kyiv-1 Police Battalion. In summer 2014, he announced that he was selling his Rolls-Royce Phantom to donate the money to the Ukrainian army. On August 8, Konstantinovsky announced that he had received $180000 for the car, which he donated to the Army’s cause against the separatist movement in eastern Ukraine.
Political career
In September 2014, he announced to run for the Verkhovna Rada (Ukrainian parliament). In early parliamentary elections on 26 October, he won in Ukraine's 220th electoral district, gaining almost 33% of the vote.
On 17 June 2015, Konstantinovsky left the People's Front parliamentary faction.
On 13 July 2017, Vyacheslav Konstantinovsky wrote a statement to renounce his deputy mandate. On his Facebook page, he posted that three years in parliament were the darkest of his life. Konstantinovsky plans to continue doing business.
= Income
=According to an electronic declaration for 2015, Konstantinovsky was the wealthiest member of the Verkhovna Rada. He declared $14.7 million, €500,000, and ₴6,778,776 in cash.
The deputy had two land plots in the Kyiv region (with 1500 m² and 647 m²), a house with an area of 649 m², an apartment of 84.4 m² and four garages.
Konstantinovsky owned Land Rover Sport (2012), a 2002 Harley-Davidson V-Rod muscle, a Toyota Highlander (2016). He also indicated six Rolex watches and a gun among the valuable property.
= Philanthropy
=He and his brother were producers of "Orange love" (2005), the first Ukrainian movie about Orange Revolution.
On the end of February 2014, brothers transformed their restaurant Kureni into base of volunteer rapid response unit (70 persons) to maintain peace and order in Kyiv. Later this squad acted near Slovyansk under the command of SBU.
He donated $50000 to Nataliya Yusupova, who helped Kyiv military hospital after selling Rolls-Royce in 2014. Other money millionaire spent on military equipment for Kyiv-1, one of Territorial defense battalions (Ukraine).
Personal life
Konstantinovsky is married to top model Yuliana Dementieva. They have two children: daughter Stefania and son Maximilian Konstantinovsky, who is a United States citizen.