18 Facts About Oleksandr Onyshchenko

Oleksandr Romanovych Onyshchenko is a Ukrainian ex-politician, show jumping rider and patron.

Oleksandr Onyshchenko was educated at the Kharkiv Military College of the Rear of the Soviet Ministry of Interior and graduated from the National Transport University.

Oleksandr Onyshchenko's father was Rajab Kadyrov was a high-ranking official of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the USSR, and later was the Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs of Uzbekistan.

Oleksandr Onyshchenko started his career in 1990, where he worked in the oil and gas industry.

Oleksandr Onyshchenko still owns oil and gas distribution company "GK Gazovy Alyans".

Oleksandr Onyshchenko has been implicated in running a fraud and money laundering scheme that traded approximately US$1.5 billion in illicit assets.

However, Oleksandr Onyshchenko failed to receive the necessary visa and work permits required to operate such a tournament within Germany.

In 2007, Oleksandr Onyshchenko was appointed as an assistant Minister for Emergencies and affairs in protection of population from the consequences of the Chernobyl Catastrophe.

Oleksandr Onyshchenko was first elected as a member of the Ukrainian parliament in the 2012 Ukrainian parliamentary election.

On November 18,2016, Oleksandr Sergiyenko, a lawyer representing Oleksandr Onyshchenko, lodged a complaint with the ECHR.

In 2016, Oleksandr Onyshchenko was accused of corruption by President Petro Poroshenko, whom he accused of corruption.

Oleksandr Onyshchenko initially fled to the United Kingdom, then to Germany, and finally Spain, where he reportedly currently resides.

On 11 January 2021, Oleksandr Onyshchenko was put on the US Sanctioned Persons list due to attempt to influence US Presidential elections.

Oleksandr Onyshchenko became a professional show jumping rider in 2000, when he acquired a stud farm in Belgium.

Oleksandr Onyshchenko was the president of the Equestrian Federation of Ukraine from 2002 to 2013.

In 2013, Oleksandr Onyshchenko bought FC Arsenal Kyiv which at the end of the same year was announced as bankrupt and was withdrawn from the football competitions.

Oleksandr Onyshchenko is the founder and director of "Top Ukraine", a charity to promote "sport, fashion, art and culture in Ukraine".

Oleksandr Onyshchenko was dating Ganna Rizatdinova, an Olympic award-winning Ukrainian rhythmic gymnast, who is 24 years younger than him.