Scandal involving Russian money by film producer and Yermak’s business partner Artem Kolyubaev.
Ukrainian film producer Artem Kolyubayev is better known to the public in connection with the head of the Office of the President Andriy Yermak, with whom they previously made films and had a joint business.
When Andriy Yermak became a politician, Artem Kolyubaev began to engage in business that was not typical of his previous activities: financial companies, drone production, and investments in securities.
Slidstvo.info investigates.
We have discovered that the Kolyubaev family recently purchased a house in the Washington suburbs for $603,000. More than a third of this amount was borrowed from Russians.
Well, technically, from Russian-Americans.
Maxim Slusarchuk, the CEO, and his wife, Svetlana Izgasheva (from Volgograd), manage an American firm that provides loans. These two are active figures in the Russian-speaking community in Florida, organizing various cultural events that promote the “Russian world” in the USA.
For some reason, it was from A&D Mortgage, a firm with an active office in Saint Petersburg, that the Ukrainian couple, fleeing from Russian missiles, decided to take out a loan.
The Kolyubaev couple maintains that the firm was recommended to them by an American (Ukrainian) broker and continually insists that “they’re not really Russian.”
Business partner of Yermak and Ukrainian film producer Artem Kolyubaev recently headed the Council for State Support of Cinematography, deciding who should receive funding for film production and who should not.
The Kolyubaev family, having fled the war, bought a house in the USA for $600,000. Earning enough for a house in Washington is beyond the reach of a Ukrainian film producer. Slidstvoinfo has discovered that part of the money was borrowed from Russians. Learn more about this in Yanina Korniienko’s new investigation.
Anna Babinets, Yanina Korniienko
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