The Kyiv Metro has been making headlines for all the wrong reasons lately. Issues like unfinished stations on the Vynohradar line, contract disputes with contractors, and emergency situations on certain sections, along with station closures on the blue line, have been ongoing problems. All these issues have been piling up over the years under the leadership of someone who had ambitious expansion plans a decade ago.
Viktor Brahinskyi took over as director of the Kyiv Metro in 2014, but since then, no new stations have been added as promised. However, there has been significant accumulation of assets among Brahinskyi's relatives. In the first part of Lesia Ivanova's investigation, we delve into their properties, apartments, cars, and even those who didn't make it into Brahinskyi's declarations.
00:00 - Importance of Kyiv Metro
01:55 - Metro problems: Vynohradar line and the troubled blue line
03:26 - Viktor Brahinskyi - Metro director
09:26 - Advertisement break
10:32 - What's in Brahinskyi's declarations?
11:31 - Investment-minded mother and apartments in the capital
15:23 - Sister and land plots near the Dnipro river
19:00 - Former millionaire ex-wife
25:01 - Lawyer's perspective on the Brahinskyi divorce