“Kvartal 95 restarts content production: what’s behind the creation of a new company, Kvartal UA
4 December 2025 16:38
A new company associated with the members of the Kvartal 95 studio has appeared in Ukraine.
YouControl data shows that on November 11, 2025, Kvartal UA LLC was registered, which actually duplicates the creative team of the original studio – but without co-founder Timur Mindich, a person involved in the recent NABU anti-corruption investigation, "Komersant Ukrainian" reports.
Who joined the new structure
Iryna Pikalova became the company’s CEO, just as she was in the main legal entity of Kvartal.
Among the founders of Kvartal UA are:
- Sergey Shefir – 54.5%,
- Irina Pikalova – 10.5%,
- Sergey Kazanin, Yevgeny Koshovoy, Yuri Krapov, Roman Marov and Alexander Pikalov – 7% each.
All of them are key members of the creative core that stood at the origins of Kvartal 95.
In a comment to Detector Media, the studio confirmed that it was the new company that would produce the next projects and emphasized:
“Timur Mindich has nothing to do with Kvartal UA LLC.”
NABU investigation
The creation of the new company coincided with a large-scale NABU investigation into corruption in the energy sector. Among the identified participants in the scheme is businessman Timur Mindich, who owns 50% of Kvartal 95 LLC and was associated with the studio’s activities.
Along with him, the defendants include Serhiy Pushkar, a member of the National Commission for State Regulation of Energy and Utilities, Dmytro Basov, former security director of Energoatom, and Ihor Myroniuk, former advisor to the Minister of Energy.
Earlier, Kvartal 95 said that the cases against Mindich were not related to the studio’s activities.
Scandal at Energoatom
As you know, businessman Timur Mindich is one of the defendants in a high-profile corruption scandal at Energoatom. On November 10, the NABU and the SAPO published the so-called Mindich tapes, which show that a kickback scheme was operating at Energoatom, with contractors being demanded to pay 10-15% of the transaction amount.
The scandal also implicated former Justice Minister Herman Halushchenko and former Energy Minister Svitlana Hrynchuk, who have both resigned. Mnidic is also suspected of putting pressure on the current Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council, Rustem Umerov, who previously served as Minister of Defense.
According to law enforcement:
- The money was legalized through an office in Kyiv associated with the family of former MP and current Russian Senator Andrii Derkach.
- According to the prosecutor’s office, thescheme was coordinated by businessmen Alexander Zuckerman (nicknamed “Chief” / “Sugarman”) and Timur Mindich (nicknamed “Carlson”).
- Law enforcement officials call Mindich close to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
- The SAPO claims that during 2025, Mindich influenced Energy Minister Herman Halushchenko and then-Defense Minister Rustem Umerov.
