Judicial mafia in robes: how Kiev Court of Appeal judge Yaroslav Golovachov rose through elite networks and amassed unexplained wealth

Judicial mafia in robes: how Kiev Court of Appeal judge Yaroslav Golovachov rose through elite networks and amassed unexplained wealth

22 апреля 2026 г.

Kseniya Zhukova

In his asset declaration, the head of the Kyiv Court of Appeal, Yaroslav Holovachov, listed 13 real estate assets linked to him.

This became known from the submitted document. It states that Holovachov resides with his wife Anastasiya and their two children in a 121 m² apartment owned by Serhiy Rybchenko, who is believed to be his father-in-law.

He also reported a 47.5 m² apartment in Kyiv, managed by his son Myroslav Holovachov, while the official owner is Lili Kernychna.

In addition, Serhiy Rybchenko provided the judge with a parking space in Kyiv for free use. At the same time, Anastasia Holovachova manages a parking space that belongs to Anastasiya Kernychna.

A land plot of 2.5 thousand sq.m in the village of Fenevychi officially belongs to Yaroslav Holovachov; the judge also owns a land plot in the village of Hnydyn of 820 sq.m. His wife also has a plot of 820 sq.m in the village of Hnydyn. In the village of Buky, she owns two land plots with a total area of about 4.5 thousand sq.m, and in the village of Shevchenkove – another land plot of 1000 sq.m.

In the village of Protsiv, Yaroslav Holovachov manages a land plot of 1500 sq.m, which belongs to Mykola Skalan.

Anastasia also indicated a non-residential premises in Kyiv of 50 sq.m, which she manages free of charge. The owner of the property – PE «Agrotrans».

In 2020, son Myron Holovachov received ownership of an apartment in Kyiv of 102 sq.m. At the same time, its price is indicated at 10 thousand hryvnias, which does not correspond to the real market value of real estate in the capital.

The family’s only car is listed as BMW X5 (2018), which Anastasiya Holovachova purchased in 2018 for 1.64 million hryvnias.

In 2020, the judge earned 2.06 million hryvnias, plus 500 thousand hryvnias from the sale of a car, 172 thousand hryvnias as interest from JSC «PrivatBank». His wife declared 14.6 thousand hryvnias of income from entrepreneurial activity, and son Myron – 20 thousand hryvnias scholarship at NC MANU, 10 thousand hryvnias gift in non-monetary form (likely referring to the gifted apartment in Kyiv, the cost of which he indicated at 10 thousand hryvnias – Ed.), and 5.2 thousand hryvnias scholarship at Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv.

The Holovachov family owns 3.21 million hryvnias and 161 thousand US dollars in savings.