Yulia and Oleksandr Tymoshenko have been married since 1979. But if you do not know this fact, we can conclude that the ex-prime minister of Ukraine, a prominent statesman, is a single woman. Alexander Tymoshenko has always tried to be in the shadow of his wife, well-known in the country and abroad. He rarely appears in public, he prefers not to talk about himself and his family.
Childhood and family of Alexander Timoshenko
Alexander Gennadievich Timoshenko was born on June 11, 1960 in the family of a party leader of the Kirovsky district of Dnepropetrovsk. After school, he continued his studies in his city at the State University.
Alexander met his future wife Yulia Telegina by phone, accidentally dialing the wrong number. Meetings and gatherings began until the morning. After 3 years, the lovers filed an application with the registry office. The wedding took place in 1979. And in 1980, a daughter, Evgenia, was born in the Timoshenko family.
Business spouses
In 1988, the Tymoshenko family set up their first business with money that their parents lent them. However, their business became profitable only after the collapse of the USSR in the early 90s, when the Ukrainian Gasoline Corporation was established. For several years, the family took the place of a monopolist of fuel supplies for agricultural enterprises in Ukraine. Later, the couple created the Sial concern, whose activities were aimed at the development of deposits and the extraction of natural stone.
In the same period, the Tymoshenko spouses, in cooperation with the son-in-law of the President of Ukraine Leonid Kuchma, Viktor Pinchuk, established the Sodruzhestvo corporation, starting to trade in Russian gas. According to rumors, the organization was patronized by the Prime Minister of Ukraine Pavel Lazarenko, who received grandiose kickbacks from Yulia Tymoshenko.
In 1997, a high-ranking patron was dismissed. Bad times have come for the monopolists of the UESU. The company was sued by the tax authorities in the amount of ₤ 1.5 billion. At the end of the 90s. the scandalous company stopped working, and Julia went into politics.
On August 18, 2000, Alexander Timoshenko was arrested by the General Prosecutor's Office on charges of embezzlement on an especially large scale and giving bribes in the amount of over $ 4.6 million. After a long investigation, the charges against Yulia and Alexander were dropped.
Alexander Timoshenko became famous as the owner of a quail farm located in the village of Novoselki. The farm produced 30,000 eggs daily, generating an income of $ 1,200.
However, according to the Ukrainian media, the main profit for Alexander Gennadievich was brought by the company for the extraction of red granite "Beyutaga". In 2000, the man, together with his daughter Evgenia, opened a chain of cafes and eateries in Dnepropetrovsk.
The latest information about the Tymoshenko family
After the failure of Yulia Tymoshenko in the 2010 presidential elections, a black streak began in the life and career of the spouses. Yulia Vladimirovna's political activities influenced her husband's intra-family relations and business. After her arrest in 2011, the Ukrainian authorities began to persecute Yulia's husband. Alexander only managed to visit the Kachanovskaya colony only a few times, where his wife was kept.
In 2012, Tymoshenko left the territory of Ukraine, appealing to the Czech government with a request for political asylum (in connection with the pressure on the leader of the Batkivshchyna party through his family members). After the victory of the "Revolution of Dignity" in 2013, Alexander organized the Euromaidan movement in Prague. He returned to his homeland only in February 2014.
In 2018, the media reported that A. G. Timoshenko was cooperating with the Russian Federation through firms registered in the Czech Republic. His company earns funds in conjunction with the state-owned enterprise of the Russian Federation "Sevastopolenergo". The businessman is accused of hiding income. Such conclusions made it possible to draw the absence of information about the income and property of the spouse in the declaration of Yulia Tymoshenko in the last elections.
Alexander Tymoshenko officially recognizes himself as a rich man, the owner of several real estate objects, cars and many luxury items. According to tacit information, his income is currently in the hundreds of millions of dollars.
In 2019, Yulia and Alexander Timoshenko celebrate the 40th anniversary of their marriage. The details of Yulia Vladimirovna's personal life have always aroused increased interest in the press, various rumors constantly circulated around her name. However, the paparazzi never managed to accuse her of love affairs. According to Julia herself, the main person in her life has always been Alexander, because he is a real man who can be relied on in any situation.
