A company supposedly connected to the kid of previous Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych is exporting coal from Russian-occupied parts of eastern Ukraine to Turkey and other nations, according to an investigation by the banished news outlet IStories.Oleksandr Yanukovych managed large-scale coal, gas and residential or commercial property advancement jobs before his father was ousted in 2014 and the family got away to Russia.
IStories stated it thinks the younger Yanukovych is now gotten in touch with a Russian company calledEnergoresurs.Energoresurs exported a combined 500,000 metric tons of coal in 2023 and 2024, making 3.5 billion rubles ($35 million) from sales to Turkey in between 2021 and 2023, according to the report.IStories said that Energoresurs formal owner, Alexei Ivanov, is likely a front for Oleksandr Yanukovych.
Ivanov was previously used by a number of companies connected to Yanukovych.Energoresurs ships coal to Turkey by rail and sea, with the British Virgin Islands-registered Energy Union noted as its buyer.
Both Energoresurs and an Energy Union subsidiary are signed up in the southern Russian city of Rostov-on-Don, and the subsidiarys director is also utilized by Energoresurs, the report said.The coal is wrongly signed up as coming from Russias Rostov area, which surrounds the occupied Donetsk and Luhansk regions, IStories reported.
The outlet determined 5 coal suppliers for Energoresurs based in occupied Ukrainian territories.Before 2022, the companys purchasers consisted of Bulgaria, Estonia, the Czech Republic and Romania, however EU sanctions banned Russian coal imports following the invasion of Ukraine.Viktor Yanukovych worked as Ukraines pro-Russia president from 2010 up until his elimination.
Russian media reported last October that Oleksandr Yanukovych had been approved Russian citizenship.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky stripped Viktor Yanukovych of his Ukrainian citizenship in 2023 as part of efforts to root out pro-Russian influence.