Kolomoisky, Bogolyubov and Zhevago are on the new NSDC sanctions list – media
13 February 2025 00:41
A number of media outlets and telegram channels have reported that Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) has imposed sanctions on oligarch Ihor Kolomoisky, businessman Gennadiy Boholyubov and former MP Kostyantyn Zhevago. There is no official confirmation yet, and [Komersant] is trying to get an official confirmation or denial of the information.
As a reminder, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in his evening address on February 12 that the National Security and Defense Council had made a decision on “billions earned by actually selling Ukraine,” but did not name any specific names.
Subsequently, former President, MP, and leader of the European Solidarity party Petro Poroshenko said that the NSDC had imposed sanctions against him, calling the decision “unconstitutional” and “politically motivated.“
It is not known who else was subjected to the new sanctions besides Poroshenko.
There has been no official confirmation of the sanctions against Kolomoisky, Boholyubov and Zhevago. The details of the NSDC decision and the full list of sanctioned individuals are expected to be made public this morning.
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Ihor Kolomoisky is currently in pre-trial detention, while Hennadiy Boholyubov and Kostyantyn Zhevago are abroad. None of them has yet commented on the possible imposition of sanctions.
It is worth noting that the sanctions will come into force after the relevant decree is signed by the President of Ukraine.
As reported by , 62-year-old businessman Gennadiy Bogolyubov, co-owner of Privat Group and business partner of Ihor Kolomoisky, left the country this summer. Prior to that, several attempts to leave Ukraine were unsuccessful for Bogolyubov. He allegedly went to Austria.
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Bogolyubov’s case
Earlier, the Pechersk District Court of Kyiv ruled to arrest Gennadiy Bogolyubov, who left Ukraine in the summer using forged documents.
According to the State Bureau of Investigation, Bogolyubov illegally left the territory of Ukraine accompanied by his close relative on June 24, 2024, while traveling on the Kyiv-Helm train. According to his documents, the oligarch did not cross the border of Ukraine. He traveled with an invalid passport of a citizen of Ukraine who is physically in Ukraine and has not left the country.
“At the same time, the oligarch presented his personal passport of a citizen of Ukraine to the Polish border guards for traveling abroad,”
– the SBI clarified.
According toUkrayinska Pravda, Boholyubov left Ukraine using the passport of a resident of Volyn Oblast, 67-year-old Syumak Mykola Kupriyanovych, who lost his passport in the spring of 2022.
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The PrivatBank case
Earlier, the HACC ruling revealed that PrivatBank’s money was laundered, among other things, through the Jewish Community of Ukraine.
The community was founded in 1999 but became active after the election of Ihor Kolomoisky as president. The founders and members of the community are Jewish public organizations and associations. The head office is located in the Menorah Jewish Community Center in Dnipro.
Hennadii Boholiubov is a representative of the leadership of the Jewish community of Ukraine and heads the Jewish community of Dnipro as president.
According to the investigation, the former owners of the so-called Privat Group withdrew a total of more than UAH 5.8 billion from PrivatBank. In this case, Ihor Kolomoisky has the status of a suspect and is in a pre-trial detention center. At the same time, some media outlets linked Bogolyubov’s sudden escape from Ukraine to the alleged intentions of law enforcement agencies to serve him with a suspicion notice in the PrivatBank case.
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