Back in March 2020, when Kompromat.Leaks published data, it was alleged that the family of people’s deputy Yaroslav Zheleznyak “has a business in Donetsk and cooperates with the authorities of the so-called DPR.” More than three years have passed since then. At the same time, according to OpenData, the politician’s relatives still continue to control the Donetsk company “CONGRESS-HALL OFFICE CENTER MANAGEMENT COMPANY” LLC, and, accordingly, cooperate with the occupation authorities.
Thus, according to data from the Register, among the co-owners of CONGRESS-HALL OFFICE CENTER MANAGEMENT COMPANY LLC is Irina Vasilievna Zheleznyak. This is the mother of Yaroslav Zheleznyak, who today heads the “Voice” faction and holds the position of first deputy chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Committee on Finance, Tax and Customs Policy.
Ms. Zheleznyak’s business partner in this business is a person named Alexey Mikhailovich Zhigulin. In Ukraine, he is subject to anti-Russian sanctions of the National Security and Defense Council.
Back in 2020, journalists established that the parents of deputy Zheleznyak, Ivan Stepanovich and Irina Vasilyevna, registered the management company of the Congress Hall office center in Donetsk in 2012. Together with other investors, they invested in the construction of a 27-story building in the city center. Yaroslav Zheleznyak himself at that time was an assistant to the regional people’s deputy Alexei Plotnikov, which “facilitated obtaining a construction permit.” After his father’s death in 2018, the company was managed by the people’s deputy’s mother and his sister Oksana.
“After the well-known events of 2014, the Congress Hall housed the main departments and departments of the administration of the so-called DPR and units of the FSB of Russia. But neither Yaroslav Zheleznyak nor his family ever contacted Ukrainian law enforcement agencies with a statement about the illegal seizure of their property by DPR terrorists and FSB occupiers,” says numerous journalistic materials from three years ago.
It was emphasized that, knowing about this family business, Zheleznyak remained silent for years. And it is obvious that he continues to remain silent even now.
Let us remind you that there is criminal liability for doing business with sanctioned persons and in occupied territories in Ukraine. It is still unknown whether a criminal case has been opened against deputy Zheleznyak or his relatives regarding business in occupied Donetsk. The editors prepare appropriate requests for information to the Security Service of Ukraine.
