Recovery Deputy Minister Shemayev linked to activities in OPZZH "government"

Appointment as deputy minister

On 7 September 2026, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine adopted a decision to appoint Volodymyr Shemayev as Deputy Minister of Recovery. The corresponding Order No. 886-r has been signed, and from this moment he has been working within the structure of the department headed by Mykola Kalashnyk.

Past in the "opposition government"

The official biography of the official on the ministry's website presents him as a renowned specialist, but does not mention his participation in the political processes of 2015. At that time, Shemayev was included in the composition of the so-called "opposition government" formed by the banned party "Opposition Platform — For Life" (OPZZH). This "government" was headed by the former regionalist and former Deputy Prime Minister during the presidency of Viktor Yanukovych — Borys Kolesnykov. Shemayev held a ministerial position in it.

Following this episode, the official became involved in a public scandal related to his appointment to the Odesa Regional State Administration, where Mykhailo Saakashvili was working at the time.

Education and career trajectory

Volodymyr Shemayev was born on 22 December 1985. He has several higher education degrees: in 2006, he obtained a master's degree in finance at the Kharkiv National University of Economics, in 2014 — a master's degree in economics at the University of Montana (USA), and in 2022 — a master's degree in transport technologies at the State University of Infrastructure and Technologies. In 2018, he defended his doctoral dissertation in the specialty "Management of Transport Infrastructure Development".

In his professional experience, Shemayev lists work at the United Nations Population Fund representative office, the Ministry of Economy, the company "Interpipe", the Odesa Regional State Administration (in the field of investments in the transport complex), and the State Enterprise "Administration of Sea Ports of Ukraine" (strategic planning). From 2020 to 2026, he held managerial positions at the joint-stock company "Ukrzaliznytsia", the last of which was the position of Director of the Office of International Projects.

Financial indicators according to the declaration

According to the published data, Shemayev's income consisted of the following sources:

• Salary from JSC "Ukrzaliznytsia" — UAH 2.1 million;
• Income from entrepreneurial activity — UAH 146,000;
• Dividends from LLC "Investment Capital Ukraine" — UAH 74,000;
• Salary from a part-time job at the State University of Information and Communication Technologies — UAH 29,000;
• Investment profit from Interactive Brokers LLC — UAH 28,000;
• Dividends from Interactive Brokers — UAH 9,000.

His wife, Larysa Mykolaivna, according to the declaration data, received only social payments.

Property assets

Among the official's real estate, the following are listed:

• A land plot of 1,000 m² in the village of Zhukyn, Vyshhorod district, Kyiv region (owned since 2012);
• An apartment of 43.1 m² in Kyiv, acquired on 25 February 2023, with an estimated value of UAH 1.08 million;
• A non-residential premises of 2.2 m² in Kyiv (value UAH 46,400).

In the section on vehicles, two cars are listed:

• Toyota RAV4 (2022 model year), acquired on 27 December 2022, value UAH 1.22 million;
• Volkswagen T-Roc (2022 model year), acquired on 30 April 2024, value UAH 11.22 million.

In cash, Shemayev holds UAH 353,000, USD 25,700, and EUR 8,000.

Securities, which he acquired mostly at the end of December 2025, include 447 internal government debt bonds (OVDP), investment certificates of LLC "Inzhur", as well as shares of Amazon, Tesla, Microsoft, Alphabet (Google), Berkshire Hathaway, Costco, Brookfield Infrastructure, Hims & Hers, and other companies.

The declaration contains no data on financial liabilities and corporate rights. In the official's family, in addition to his wife, there are two daughters — Eleonora and Myroslava.