Journalists found out that the family of Ukrainian film producer Artem Kolyubaev, a business partner of the head of the Presidential Office Andrei Ermak, borrowed funds from a Russian company to purchase a house in the suburbs of Washington for $600 thousand.
Investigators found that in September 2023, Kolyubaev’s wife, Ekaterina, purchased a house in the suburbs of Washington for $600 thousand.
According to the film producer himself, Catherine paid the funds from her own savings, borrowings and from funds for which she sold her property.
He claims that between 2022 and 2024, his wife sold two of her cars: a 2015 Mercedes-Benz CLS and a 2016 Mercedes-Benz GLE. She also sold two of her real estate properties in Kyiv and the Kyiv region.
Journalists verified that Kolyubaeva actually sold two cars and apartments, but could have received $350 thousand from the sale, which she paid for a house in Washington.
Kolyubaeva borrowed the rest of the amount, $250 thousand, from A&D Mortgage. Slidstvo.Info discovered that this Florida company has Russian leadership and connections with Russia.
“A&D Mortgage is owned by Maxim Slyusarchuk, who is also the director of the Russian Speaking American Chamber of South Florida.
On YouTube of this organization you can see many Russian-language videos. One of them contains a recording from the event “FROM RUSSIA WITH BUSINESS”, which took place in June 2017, when the war with Ukraine was already ongoing. “Russian Americans are “trying to find out how to live in the United States now after the imposition of sanctions on Russia.”
Ekaterina Kolyubaeva commented that the company for the loan was recommended to her by a broker, and the information about Russian connections found by journalists “will be verified and legally confirmed or refuted.”
