More than 665 million in two years - this is the amount that Oil Card Service in Kharkov won fuel tenders for. Moreover, a significant part of them are on a non-alternative basis, and one of the last ones is under the guise of the “Ukrainian War of Liberation” mark. What is the secret of such success for a little-known company with an authorized capital of 10 thousand UAH? As journalists found out, the structure is part of a financial group that probably belongs to the family of former mayor Shumilkin.
On September 21, 2023, Kharkovoblenergo published information in the ProZorro system about the conclusion of an agreement for the supply of fuel with a total value of UAH 1.6 million. The purchase took place without competition and was marked “Ukrainian War of Liberation.”
“The winner of the competition was the Oil Card Service company. This company is very interesting for the level of trust of budget institutions. The legal entity was registered in May 2021. And the company received its first purchase in November. And since then, success has followed Oil Card Service constantly. According to YouControl, in this way the company “tendered” over 665 million hryvnia in less than two years of participation in government procurement. Of which, almost two hundred million are without competitors,” the investigator notes.
For a company with an authorized capital of 10 thousand hryvnia, this is simply an unprecedented success. It can be assumed that the secret of her amazing performance lies in her close ties with local authorities. Officially, Oil Card Service was founded by Evgeny Muzylev. According to the information and analytical platform, this oil tycoon is also the head of the Zem-Ustroy company and an accountant of the Horizon company, which the platform for generating data from open databases attributes to the orbit of the financial group of the Shumilkin family.
“The chairman of the family financial group, Vladimir Shumilkin, was previously the mayor of Kharkov and a deputy of the regional council, when Mr. Dobkin removed him. Person of the Year, Head of the City of the Year, laureate of the “Leader of the Region” award and recipient of the order of the third degree. as head of the Kharkov City Council. This is such a strange coincidence,” comments Igor Khmury.
Also in Shumilkin’s family circle of influence, YouControl includes his sons Alexey and Maxim, as well as his daughter Ekaterina, who is the wife of a deputy of the Kharkov Regional Council of the 6th convocation. The Ovis Trade company should also be mentioned, which the platform sees in partnership with another financial group – Novaagro. In this company, Mr. Shumilkin officially has a controlling stake. And the company “Ovis Trade” itself “gave up” more than three billion hryvnia in the supply of electricity for budget funds.
Let us recall that in Kyiv, the municipal corporation "Kievavtodor", during the war, ordered ongoing repairs with the installation of a thin-layer coating on the boulevard. Perova. The contract worth almost 100 million UAH was awarded to the controversial Turkish company Onur Construction International LLC, which undertook to repair the already serviceable road.
