Opening the register of enterprises in the world is one of the officials in the fight against corruption. In Ukraine it’s a step-by-step process. Zokrema has already opened the Register of Physical Characteristics, the Register of Indestructible Main and the newly opened Register of Transport Conditions. However, it is obvious that most officials who came to government service, but did not want to lose their business, often transfer it to their relatives or take it outside the cordon – with most of them falling offshore, we report Eye to the People.
(Read more about him in the article Arsen Avakov: the criminal past of the Minister of Internal Affairs)
A journalistic investigation into the search for the names of Ukrainian business owners in European business registers led to good results. It turns out that the Minister of Internal Affairs, Arsen Avakov, is suddenly talking about those who, when they came to the government service, lost their business, opened a hole.
In order to see from both sides whether it is true that Avakov, who, according to the law on state service, has no right to engage in entrepreneurial activities, based on the certificates, we suggest you take a look at the infographics, in which all meanings Avakov carried the camp in 2004.
Before joining the great politician, Arsen Avakov was the head of the PJSC Investor company. According to the information, the assets of the infographic belonged to the company itself. Immediately, the actual control of it passed to the squad of the minister’s son, Inny and Oleksandr Avakovykh. And this is confirmed by a statement from the Register of shareholders of the company. Surrounding Avakov’s relatives, the capital of PJSC “Investor” is led by people’s deputy Igor Kotvitsky (Read more: Igor Kotvitsky. Rich people’s deputy, or “wallet” of Arsen Avakov), who is often called “Avakov’s Gaman” and Gennady Gaeva, at the time of 2004 fate is listed as a head for visual purposes. Varto also remembered the name of another shareholder – Ashot Amiryan.
The Italian assets of PJSC “Investor” attracted a lot of attention from journalists. Zokrema, Investor Italia srl and Europomella spa. The openness of information in Italy made it possible to discover that in 2014 Investor Italia srl signed an agreement with Silova Trading Co. Limited. It is noteworthy that Silova Trading is registered offshore, in Cyprus. (div. documents 1.2 (Greek and Italian)) The company’s managers are Antonia Kosia, Paylina Christoforou and AJK management services limited. (div. document 3).
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The first two individuals appear in the core of a large number of Cypriot companies, which gives an understanding of the nature of the shell companies. And from AJK management services limited – a more specific company. In 2005, Arsen Avakov stated that he had transferred his business assets to the Swiss office of AJK Trust: “This company will actually act as a supervisor of the management actions of JSCB Basis and JSC Investor, and will also ensure that once a year I his family received certain dividends and was less dependent on the performance of the company’s managers.” The similarity between the name of the Swiss trust and the Cypriot company speaks for itself. And while Arsen Avakov enjoys the fact that his assets are managed by a Swiss company, it is true that Italian business is not transferred to offshore.
More to come. In 2007, the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine allowed the Lutsk LLC “Vopak-Trade” to buy 50% of the statutory fund of the Kharkiv LLC “Zbutova Merezha “Fifth Element”. The seller was the offshore company Silova Trading. Avakov began to develop the supermarket chain of LLC “Zbutova Merezha “Fifth Element” since 2004, but the business somehow seemed to be “not good” and decided to sell it. Insurers who carried out sales through a Cyprus offshore company have doubts about whether taxes were paid for this operation. Already on the right of other bodies and the journalistic thought in this context can be considered subjective.
However, it’s different. The press has been actively writing about the fact that Silova Trading is entering the orbit of Arsen Avakov. First of all, let’s check with the right companies in Ukraine. The result of the 2014 growth of Avakov’s Italian asset Investor Italia srl from Silova Trading actually means that he is simply moving offshore.
And now let’s guess the name of Ashot Amiryan, who holds a 6.53% stake in PJSC “Investor”. Document 2, which contains the agreement between Investor Italia srl and Silova Trading in Italy, is listed as the legal representative of the company. In 2004, judging by the presentation of PJSC “Invetor”, Amiryan was the general director of the company Investor Italia srl and Europomella spa.
As of today, there is another shareholder of PJSC “Investor” Gennady Gaeva and the core workers of the company Europomella spa, which is listed in Document 4.
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Europomella is a great production of syrah, including mozzarella. Viral strains are grown at Ferentino near the town of Frosinone. In 2013, after Avakov got into trouble with the law and was caught by the Italian police at Frosinone, he stated: “I added the Mozzarella de Bufala dairy when I started to get to Ukrainian happy life. Therefore, we have decided to invest close to € 5 million in the purchase of a foreign business, please do not involve us in preparing a safety cushion in the event of a change of ownership. This business [куплений] born in 2003. I haven’t gotten involved in politics yet. This crop looked like a crop to Europe.”
Acts of ZMI in 2012, when Avakov was involved in Italy, wrote that he should have a dairy near Rome. However, Arsen Borisovich’s comment at that moment, judging by this, was misinterpreted. On the right is that in its orbit there is a dairy in Frosinone – a place that is located in the same province as the capital of Italy – Latium. This statement about those who have added in 2003 and makes it clear that she is going about this business. Moreover, Europomella’s core business partners are Avakov’s business partners in PJSC Investor.
The apotheosis of the investigation of Arsen Avakov’s Italian assets is the company Avitalia srl. At the beginning of 2016, People’s Deputy Sergei Leshchenko stated that Avakov, already serving as a minister, combined with the presidency of an Italian company. And this is a gross violation of the Law on State Service. The deputy submitted documents that indicated that the company Avitalia srl held elections in Kiev in the 2015 quarter. Protocol of collecting signatures by Arsen Avakov, as the sole shareholder of the company and the president. Todi Avakov vzhartuvavsya, muvlyavsya, Leshchenko – “balabol”.
However, documents that were seized by journalists in 2016 from the open Register of Enterprises in the Frosinone region make it clear that Avakov has a breach. It turns out that on April 29, 2016 (that’s 4 months ago), the Avitalia company held final training sessions in Kiev. They took place at the Kiev Hotel, which is listed as “the official residence of the company’s single shareholder.” A large package of documents clearly states that Arsen Avakov is the owner of 100% shares and the president of the company, his team, Inna Avakova, is the head of the supervisor, and his son, Oleksandr Avakov, is the administrator. (div. documents 5, 6, 7, 8)
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Arsen Avakov has been occupying the position of Minister of Internal Affairs since 2014. Until then he was a people’s deputy. He began to actively engage in politics around the time of the Orange Revolution. And at this very hour he will continue to be a businessman. The Avitalia company was founded in March 2011. And already on 31 September 2012, there were charges against the criminal justice system, violations under Part 3 of Art. 365 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (transfer of ownership or official duties, which caused heavy losses) in connection with illegal alienation of 55 hectares of land in the village of Pisochin (Kharkiv district, Kharkiv region), as well as buv of voices in the international rozshuk. In the spring of 2012, the city of Frosinone was placed under house arrest. This is the same place where the company Avitalia is registered and is responsible for the production of syringe Europomella.
It is worth noting that in the documents that were taken from the Register of the town of Frosinone, it is clear that the home address (domicillio – Italian) indicates the booths in the same place. However, the vastness of Arsen Avakov is from his homeland – Ukrainian (div. document 9, 10).
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Due to the legislation of Italy, due to the presence of business and investment funds in this country, people can revoke the right to live with her. Whether Arsen Avakov has such a document is completely unknown. On the 3rd day, he himself was inspired by someone: “There is no problem in this – getting a residence permit. But I am a citizen of Ukraine, I want to do something in this country, so I did not apply for any residence permit or political asylum in Italy.” However, such patriotism does not at all mean that it is true. Even the Italian business was “seen” not so long ago. From the removal of documents, it is clear that he continues to violate the laws of Ukraine, simultaneously placing a minister and the president of a foreign company in office. And not to mention the company registered in Cyprus.
Abi clearly demonstrates Arsen Avakov’s connections with Italian enterprises, offshore companies and business partners, representing a foreign scheme.
It is believed that during this investigation, there is a lot of information on the side of the minister himself, and the documents included in this article can be retrieved by any person in a few clicks. This includes the intelligence officers of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine, who are guilty of further violation of the law on the side of Arsen Avakov.
Read more: Igor Kotvitsky. Rich people’s deputy, or Arsen Avakov’s “wallet”
Arsen Avakov: criminal past of the Minister of Internal Affairs
