---
id: 21
name: Oleksandr Klymenko
sanctionsCountry: Ukraine
fullName: Oleksandr Viktorovych Klymenko
nativeName: Олександр Вікторович Клименко
surname: Klymenko
firstAndMidleNames: Oleksandr Viktorovych
aliases:
  - Aleksandr
  - Alexandr Victorovych
  - Viktorovych
  - Viktorovich
  - Wiktorowytsch
  - Viktorovyč Klimenko
identifyingInformation: Former Minister of Revenues and Duties
placeOfBirth: 'Ukraine, Donetsk oblast, Makiivka'
dateOfBirth: 16.11.1980
countryOfResidence: Russia
corruptionLink: government
familyMembers:
  - name: O.M. Klymenko
    type: spouse
  - name: V. O. Klymenko
    type: daugther
  - name: A. O. Klymenko
    type: son
familyMembersSubjectToSanctions: []
suspectedOrConfirmedOverseasProperties: ''
suspectedOrConfirmedLinksToLegalEntities: >-
  Offshore companies in the British Virgin Islands and Cyprus
  [1](https://www.rferl.org/a/kyiv-raids-properties-800-million-graft-probe/28617121.html)
suspectedOrConfirmedLinksToBankAccounts: >-
  Accounts linked to offshore companies in the British Virgin Islands and Cyprus

  [1](https://www.rferl.org/a/kyiv-raids-properties-800-million-graft-probe/28617121.html)
suspectedOrConfirmedLinksToOtherAssets: ''
estimatesOfAssetsFrozenOrConfiscated: ''
estimatesOfAssetsReturned: None
typeOfSanctions: Asset freeze and prohibition to make funds available
startOfSanctions: 06.03.2014
---
With a background in management and finance, Oleksandr Klymenko held several 
public positions before becoming the Revenue Minister. After the events in 2014, 
Klymenko was accused of being involved in a vast tax fraud scheme that inflicted 
financial losses on Ukraine of several billion USD. He himself has denied the 
allegations as politically motivated and has established a new political party 
Successful Ukraine. He is believed to reside in Russia.

[1](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/oleksandr-klymenko-ukraines-exiled-tax-minister-says-charges-against-him-are-payback-time-for-vested-a6758046.html), 
[2](https://www.occrp.org/en/history-of-occrp/27-ccwatch/cc-watch-briefs/2484-ukraine-11-billion-allegedly-stolen-in-colossal-3-year-tax-fraud), 
[3](https://oleksandr-klymenko.com/en/uspishna-kraina/)
