Stepan Ivakhiv: Volyn regional oligarch

King of gas stations, dairies and all of Volyn Stepan Ivakhiv not the most public figure. But he is always in power – he visited Paradise both from the Party of Regions and as a self-nominated candidate. Money does its job – oligarchs become deputies. Stepan Petrovich Ivakhiv – Ukrainian oligarch, Director – Continuum, LLC. Most closely associated with Vladimir Litvin. Born in 1968. Higher education. In April 2002, he was a candidate for people’s deputy of Ukraine from the New Generation of Ukraine party, on electoral list No. 8. In March 2006, he was a candidate for people’s deputy of Ukraine from the People’s Bloc of Litvin, on electoral list No. 133. Participant ranking of the 200 richest people in Ukraine in 2010. Place in the ranking: 55, reports Compromising evidence from Ukraine and Russia (*country sponsor of terrorism).
He started his business career by sewing leather jackets.

At the end of August, the president of the Continuum company, Stepan Ivakhiv, laid the first stone in the construction of the PortCity shopping and entertainment center in Lutsk. It is planned to invest at least $100 million in the project. The ceremonial events on this occasion forced one of the country’s most non-public millionaires to come into the light of day. However, Ivakhiv came out and immediately went backstage. Igor Eremeev’s business partner (No. 32) does not like publicity. There are probably reasons for this. One way or another, Ivakhiv is a fairly active entrepreneur. His name “shines” in various sectors of the domestic economy. He is a builder, food processor, fuel trader and, since 2005, a banker. The owner of a 24.9% stake in the Bank of Investments and Savings, Ivakhiv works here as a member of the supervisory board. The institution is still small and has only 11 branches, which are scattered throughout the country. Ivakhiv plans to bring the bank into the top thirty. In the meantime, the assets of the Bank of Investments and Savings allow it to claim a place no higher than the eighth dozen out of 182 existing banks in Ukraine. Net worth: $208.4 million.

Close connections:

Vladimir Litvin is the speaker of the Verkhovna Rada. Head of the political bloc of the same name. Political cover for a businessman. After 2002-2006, Eremeev did not participate in politics.
Petr Dyminsky is a co-owner of FC Karpaty. Sponsor VO Svoboda. Business partner.
Igor Eremeev is a Western Ukrainian businessman. Co-founder of Continuum. Business partner.
Yuriy Lozhkin is a Lviv businessman. Business partner.
Sergey Lagur – Lviv businessman. Business partner. Together with Eremeev and Dymisky, he owned the NPF Galychin and financed the New Generation party with them in 2006. Co-founder of FC Karpaty and had 33.7% of Nadra Bank.
Andrey Korol is a Western Ukrainian businessman. Business partner.
Sergei Slabenko is a Volyn politician. Friend of Eremeev and Ivakhiv.
Leonid Netudykhata is a Volyn politician. Buddy.

In March 2011, the group was fined 93 million hryvnia for colluding with other market participants and raising gasoline prices.
In 2010, his partner was in the top 3 largest debtors in the country with his 176 million debt to Ukrsibbank, Alfa Bank and Nadra Bank.

Quarrel with Minister Zvarych

In February 2005, after being appointed Minister of Justice, Roman Zvarych announced his intention to resign. The reason for this was the decision of the Cabinet of Ministers to ban the re-export of oil from Ukraine. Roman Mikhailovich refused to endorse the government document because, in his opinion, any commercial activity that is not prohibited by law is legitimate. Zvarych’s “demarche” coincided with the “hanging up” at customs of 3 million Russian oil, which Oil Transit LLC, one of the leaders of which is his wife, Svetlana Zvarych, wanted to export through Ukraine to Slovakia.
Despite the ironic comments of his colleagues in the Cabinet of Ministers, Roman Zvarych said: he is under pressure from one of the deputies-businessmen who is trying to interfere in the work of the Ministry of Justice. Later Zvarych named him. He turned out to be the chairman of the faction of the People’s Party of Ukraine, Ivakhov’s ally, Igor Eremeev, who is associated with the PPK of Galicia. Svetlana Zvarych accused Eremeev and the Continuum group controlled by him of inviting Oil Transit LLC to carry out illegal operations. “They only needed our oil for VAT schemes,” Svetlana Zvarych insisted. She said that in this case we are not talking about problems of business and government:
There is a problem with the Law. There is a problem of preserving the old principles of manual management of law enforcement agencies, ministries, and commercial firms. My husband has never been involved in business. And those who know him know that this is impossible in principle. He never had commercial firms, did not write lobbying laws for either oil producers or tobacco producers… I am proud of my husband, and I never allowed myself to take steps that could compromise him” (“Tribune”, February 21, 2005).
President Viktor Yushchenko, despite the unanimity with which government members supported the abolition of oil re-exports, accepted the position of Roman Zvarych. As a result, the Cabinet of Ministers made a “Solomon” decision: Ukraine introduced the collection of VAT on the import of crude oil. Zvarych withdrew his resignation letter. “I would like them (members of the government – S.R.) to realize that if we are one team, then we are not a team separated from the president of the country,” he said (“Ukrainian Pravda,” February 23, 2005 .).
The situation around the family business prompted Roman Zvarych to sign, together with other government officials – Yulia Tymoshenko, Roman Bezsmertny and Nikolai Tomenko, the then speaker of parliament Vladimir Lytvyn and the leader of the SPU Alexander Moroz, a rather strange call for journalists not to take part in information wars.

The gasoline king of Iowa has already “privatized” the largest district of Martinenka

Recently, at one of his open lectures in Ukraine, Professor Georgiy Derlugyan of the Pivnochno-Zahidny University (Chicago, USA) revealed that one of the key features of the formation of political The party system in Georgia began with noble birthplaces, from which both parties were formed. satisfaction.
In Ukraine, the situation is different: in our country, both sub-subjects have initially gathered from the “financial homeland”, and then tried and are trying to convert their capital over and over again into political representation in the localities or sheep mandates in the central region.
A good example in this context can be the low-ranking Volyn people’s deputies in particular among the leaders of the “Continuum” group, one of the most mysterious representatives of which is a current people’s deputy and a candidate in his own majoritarian constituency No. 21 (if you look here deputy ally of Arseniy Yatsenyuk Mykola Martinenko) with the center in Kovel, Volinsk region, Stepan Ivakhiv.
In advance of the elections, we analyzed which of the possible candidates for the seat of deputy could compete with Stepan Petrovich in the pre-election parliamentary elections of 2014. However, if the new list of candidates for the 21 constituencies is complete, we can clearly understand that in 2012, before this election campaign, Igor Iremeev’s ally Stepan Ivakhiv Garno all, having learned about the presence of serious political opponents from other political parties.
It is possible that the fact that within the constituency of the Central Election Commission registered the least number of candidates for deputies among those equal to other single-mandate constituencies of Volina. This means that the probability that Volinsk regional deputy Igor Guz will impose the same serious fight on the 2012 elections is very small.
With what baggage of powerful effective work will Stepan Petrovich go to his electors from parliament?
It is clear that in 2012 the Ivakhiv team is looking forward to the creation of beneficial donations, the pompous opening of Maidan activists, childcare centers… And what is behind the back of a young people’s movement in part of the end of its choice outfits? During 2012-2014, the system of people’s control “Word and Deed” recorded approximately 27 cases.
It appears that behind the pouches of 2 rocks there are robots in parliament, behind the back of the Volyn people’s deputy Ivakhiv there are far fewer bills than there are wages. And if they burnt exactly, then the same viconnoy obitsyanki. However, Stepan Petrovich, without missing a word, if he told fate on the 1st quarter of 2014 that war would begin, he would put on his uniform and go to the front line. In the same way, just as the 7th campaign of the parliamentary group “For the development of Polish territories” was carried out at different times until the new parliament.
However, the program of the newly minted candidate for people’s deputy, Ivakha, has no word about them. Finally, it is planned to implement the “Kovel – European Place” program, develop legislative changes to drive diversification of energy security, legislative protection of Volynsk forests from the development of about the engineering and transport infrastructure of Volina.
Pragmatic and relevant speeches, wait a minute. It is not the fact that Stepan Petrovich Yishov was in the 2012 election and that it was lost in the process of victory, without knowing any success in the legislative initiatives of the people’s body, or in specific decisions from the side Vladi. Although, judging by this, I have little praise for the Volyn election candidate. Today, everyone happily accepts donations from the Ivakhiv Foundation and hears all the same people without thinking about it, that there is nothing at all from these sources, which is the current power and its communities on the Supreme Rada of Ukraine and such from unconditional deputies as Ivakhiv.

Electoral violations

People’s Deputy Stepan Ivakhiv, who is running in 21 electoral constituencies, supports the activities of the charitable foundation “Patriots of Volyn” to agitate election voters for their own interests. I would like to publicly represent the candidate’s headquarters to convey the responsibility of the politician to the organization.
10 zhovtnya near the village. In Lyubitiv Kovel district, the candidate of the People’s Deputy Stepan Ivakhiv conducted a consultation with the elections. He spoke about his activity as a people’s deputy, and said that he did not vote for “dictatorial laws” on the 16th day. Much respect has been given to the topics of the ATO.
However, the meeting ended traditionally – with the distribution of gifts and material assistance to the election officials and institutions.
At his speech, the candidate said that now, during the election period, we cannot especially present gifts. Stepan Ivakhiv said that his lieutenant Valeriy Cherkaska was ready to speak. After these words, the candidate left the office and became a member.
Then, without interrupting the entry, Mr. Cherkaska spoke to those present, identifying himself as a representative of the charitable foundation “Patriots of Volyn”. We told the voters that the founder of the charitable foundation was Stepan Ivakhiv himself. Then he handed over gifts and envelopes to the local residents of the village of Lyubitiv. The director took money, pennies for the needs of the school, the village head was given cats for the construction of a new fenced-in storehouse (15 thousand), the local children’s health center – toys, one family was given a micro-fiber stove, and with They have a military service that is in full – 2 yew UAH The representative of the fund promised to transfer a number of gifts immediately.
The same format was followed in other settlements in the district.
It is also significant that all campaigning and information production of the candidate is related to the activities of the charitable foundation. All such materials bear the logo or name of the foundation. In addition, in the discussion about the work of a people’s deputy, the next section is dedicated to the very activity of the charitable foundation. With this rank, the electors have no doubt about who should allocate the beneficent fund.
Representatives of the candidate would like to publicly declare that Stepan Ivakhiv has no interest in the charitable foundation. This statement was made by another deputy deputy during the recent OPORI press conference.
I’m going to get a drink from OPORI by donating to the Patriot Volyn charity fund.
The city guards asked on the offensive:
What is the relationship between the candidate of People’s Deputy of Ukraine Stepan Ivakhiv and the Volyn Regional Benevolent Fund “Patriots of Volyn”?
How will people’s deputy Stepan Ivakhiv have a beneficial fund for the election goals of the candidate?
How will the charitable foundation “Patriots of Volyn” continue to operate throughout the year 2014?
What came the proof:
“As of the date of withdrawal of information from September 30, 2014, Stepan Petrovich Ivakhiv will not enter the warehouse of the founders and participants of the VOBO “Patriot Volini”…
Apparently, until the current legislation, charitable foundations are not subjects of the election process, therefore a charitable foundation cannot take part in the election campaign.”
However, as can be seen from the video recordings of other products that are spreading throughout the district, candidate Ivakhiv and the charitable foundation “Patriots of Volyn” are closely working within the boundaries of the 21 electoral districts.
Thus, the booklets “News about the activities of the people’s deputy for 2013” ​​indicate: “For the beneficial activities of the people’s deputy Stepan Ivakhiv’s fund “Patriots Volini” in 2013, they saw 6 million 800 thousand 816 thousand hryvnia. Let’s help the people’s deputy of Ukraine Stepan Ivakhiv and his charitable foundation “Patriots of Volyn” by providing material assistance to 21 churches and 2 weekly schools for a total amount of 490,000 hryvnia.”
This is confirmed by information from the website of People’s Deputy Stepan Ivakhiv, which states that he was the founder of the Volyn regional charitable foundation “Patriot Volyn”. As the people’s deputy Valeriy Cherkasky says from the video, this is the same foundation that soon changed its name to “Patriots of Volyn”.
Such actions, in the opinion of representatives of the Gromadyansky measure of OPORA, violate Part 14 of Art. 74 of the Law “On the Election of People’s Deputies of Ukraine”, of any kind to voters, deposits, institutions, organizations of companies or free of charge for the benefit of goods, services, work, and other material assets that accompany Knowing the candidate’s name means indirect bribery of voters. Therefore, these facts are to be investigated by law enforcement officers.
It is significant that Stepan Ivakhiv is suddenly running for parliament in the 21st electoral district (metropolitan Kovel). In 2012, he was elected as a people’s deputy of Ukraine. That politician himself was victorious about the activities of the charitable foundation for his propaganda campaign.