Vladyslav Kaskiv

Vladyslav Kaskiv
Владислав Каськів
Kaskiv in 2007
Member of the Zakarpattia Oblast Council
Incumbent
Assumed office
10 November 2020
ConstituencyOPZZh, No. 6
People's Deputy of Ukraine
In office
23 November 2007 – 23 February 2012
ConstituencyNUNS, No. 31
Personal details
Born (1973-12-01) 1 December 1973
Melnytsia-Podilska, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Ukraine)
PartyOpposition Platform — For Life (2020–present)
Other political
affiliations

Vladyslav Volodymyrovych Kaskiv (Ukrainian: Владислав Володимирович Каськів; born 1 December 1973) is a Ukrainian businessman and politician currently serving as a member of the Zakarpattia Oblast Council from the proportional list of Opposition Platform — For Life since 2020. He previously served as a People's Deputy of Ukraine from the proportional list of Our Ukraine–People's Self-Defense Bloc from 2007 to 2012, and helped to organise the 2004 Orange Revolution.

Early life, education and activism

Kaskiv was born on 1 December 1973 in the city of Melnytsia-Podilska, in Ukraine's western Ternopil Oblast.[1]

Education

In 1990-1991, he studied at the Junior College of Fedkovych State University in Chernivtsi. In 1991, he enrolled in the History Department at the same university. Starting in 2004, he continued his studies at the History Department of Dragomanov National Pedagogical University, and in 2006, he received a specialist degree.[2]

From 2007 to 2010, he studied at the Faculty of Senior Management, majoring in "Social Development Management," at the National Academy of Public Administration under the President of Ukraine. In February 2010, he defended his master’s thesis on "Principles and Stages of Reform in the Field of Public Administration" and received a master's degree in Social Development Management.[2][3]

Since 1994 he has been known for his social and political activity in Ukraine. He has acted as an advisor to the Minister of Economy, advisor to the President, World Bank contact group member in 2001 and was a coordinator of PORA's civic campaign, which played the key role in organizing the Orange Revolution.[4][1]

Political career

In the 2006 Ukrainian parliamentary election Kaskiv failed to win a seat in the Verkhovna Rada (Ukrainian parliament) in an alliance with his PORA and the Reforms and Order Party.[5]

In the 2007 Ukrainian parliamentary election Kaskiv was elected as a People's Deputy of Ukraine from the proportional list of the Our Ukraine–People's Self-Defense Bloc During his tenure, he was an adviser to Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko on foreign investment.[4] He resigned on 23 February 2012 after becoming head of the State Agency for Investment in Main National Projects of Ukraine,[6] on appointment by President Viktor Yanukovych.[1]

Kaskiv fled Ukraine following the 2014 Revolution of Dignity,[7] and served as head of Ozario, an Austrian investment company.[8]

In the 2020 Ukrainian local elections Kaskiv was elected member of the Zakarpattia Oblast Council for Opposition Platform — For Life (he was number six on its election list).[9]

Embezzlement scandal

Kaskiv was involved in an embezzlement scandal, centred around his time as director of the Ukraine State Investment Agency between 2010 and 2014.[4] In March 2016, Kaskiv was declared wanted.[9] He was suspected of having embezzled ₴7.5. million ($279,000) from the state budget, working alongside others.[7]

After being arrested, on October 3, 2016, Kaskiiv posted bail of $600,000 and was released. On the same day, the Pecherskyi District Court of Kyiv released Kaskiiv on bail of 160,000 hryvnias and ordered him to surrender all his foreign passports.[10]

He was arrested in Panama and extradited in order to stand trial in 2017.[11] On November 1, 2017, he returned to Ukraine from Panama after submitting a request for voluntary extradition.[12][7]

Recognition

  • Gold Medal from Slovak Government for international contribution to Democracy development (February, 2005)[1]
  • Award for achievement of the Hleytsman Foundation (December 2004, US)[1]
  • The memorial sign "Outstanding member of the Orange Revolution"[1]
  • "Person of the Year - 2005" in the category "Public Leader of the Year"

Family

  • Former wife (since 1996): Olena Hantsiak.
    • Son Maksym (born 1996)
  • Civil wife (2007–2008): Tetyana Volodymyrivna Danilenko, journalist.[13]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Каськив Владислав" [Kaskiv, Vladyslav]. LIGA.net (in Russian). 13 November 2023.
  2. 1 2 "Каськів Владислав". LIGA.net (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 12 July 2026.
  3. ↑ "Каськів Владислав Володимирович — Біографія, Балотування, Фракції, Політична Агітація | ПолітХаб". www.chesno.org (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 12 July 2026.
  4. 1 2 3 "Від Помаранчевої революції до розшуку. Що необхідно знати про кар'єру Каськіва" [From the Orange Revolution to search: What to know about Kaskiv's career]. Ukrainska Pravda (in Ukrainian). 19 August 2016.
  5. ↑ "Каськів Владислав Володимирович" [Kaskiv, Vladyslav Volodymyrovych]. Chesno (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 17 February 2024.
  6. ↑ Lytvyn, Volodymyr (23 February 2012). "Постанова Верховної Ради України про дострокове припинення повноважень народного депутата України Каськіва В.В." [Resolution of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on early termination of the powers of People's Deputy of Ukraine V. V. Kaskiv]. Verkhovna Rada (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 17 February 2024.
  7. 1 2 3 Talant, Bermet (1 November 2017). "Ex-head of Ukraine investment agency Kaskiv 'extradited to Ukraine,' released on bail". Kyiv Post.
  8. ↑ "Ozario - Official site of OZARIO Investment". Ozario. Archived from the original on 20 November 2015. Retrieved 2 November 2015.
  9. 1 2 "Ексглава Держінвестпроєкту Каськів пройшов від ОПЗЖ до Закарпатської облради" [Ex-DerzhInvestProiekt head Kaskiv enters Zakarpattia Regional Council under OPZZh]. Ukrainska Pravda (in Ukrainian). 10 November 2020.
  10. ↑ "Суд в Панамі відпустив Каськіва під заставу у 600 тисяч доларів | Українські Новини". ukranews.com (in Ukrainian). 3 October 2016. Retrieved 12 July 2026.
  11. ↑ "Vladyslav Kaskiv extradited from Panama to Ukraine". Ukrainian Radio. 1 November 2017.
  12. ↑ "Портнов стверджує, що Каськів сам прилетів до Києва". Українська правда (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 12 July 2026.
  13. ↑ ДУСЯ (28 May 2008). "Тетяна Даниленко і її маленька Христина Каськів". antonina.detector.media (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 12 July 2026.
  14. ↑ "Каськів розійшовся з жінкою, а вона народила йому доньку". ТаблоID (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 12 July 2026.
  15. ↑ Gazeta.ua (5 June 2008). "Тетяна Даниленко народила доньку Владиславові Каськіву (ФОТО)". Gazeta.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 12 July 2026.
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