Serhiy Kurchenko
Serhiy Kurchenko | |
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| Born | Serhiy Vitaliiovych Kurchenko September 21, 1985 |
| Nationality | Russian Ukrainian (formerly) |
| Occupation | Businessman |
| Known for | Former president of FC Metalist Kharkiv |
Serhiy Vitaliiovych Kurchenko (Ukrainian: Сергі́й Віта́лійович Ку́рченко, In Russia: Sergey Vitaliovich Kurchenko; born 21 September 1985) is a former Ukrainian, Russian businessman and founder/owner of the group of companies "Gas Ukraine 2009" specializing in trading of liquefied natural gas. Kurchenko is also the former owner and president of FC Metalist Kharkiv and the Ukrainian Media Holding group. Kurchenko left Ukraine in February 2014 for Russia. Since March 2014 Kurchenko has been on the international wanted list, and his property and other assets have been arrested. Until the end of 2012 information about Kurchenko was scarce and it surfaced with a scandal around the sale of FC Metalist Kharkiv. In October 2017, a Ukrainian court confiscated Metalist Kharkiv from Kurchenko and placed it under state property.
Currently Kurchenko lives in Moscow and handles from there his businesses in Russian occupied regions of Donbas and Crimea under the auspices of the FSB.