The case of "Daria Kushnir": how Ukrainian corrupt officials legalize their capital in Europe

Darya Kushnir-the daughter of ex-head of Kyivmiskbud Igor Kushnir, at the end of 2023 became the co-owner of the company registered in London. Daria Kushnir will be difficult to pass the compliance and whether the British are confiscated by the corruption in our journalistic investigation.

The daughter of Igor Kushnir Darya, as many of the children of the Ukrainian elite, study and live in London. Dasha was a student of Westminster University of Great Britain, where the cost of study is about $ 60,000 a year. And, in the best traditions of families of Ukrainian corrupt officials, Darya lives not in a student hostel, but in luxurious, even by the standards of London, apartments at Viaduct Gardens Street, Embassy Gardens Phase 2 Block E.

LCD Embassy Gardens, where Darya was settled at the expense of Ukrainian corrupt officer Igor Kushnir, is a gorgeous house with a view of the Thame, not far from the US Embassy. The price of apartments in an elite residential complex starts from £ 600,000. Daria Kushnir's residence has become known to journalists , thanks to Cyprus registers, where Darya acts as the founder of Armiks DK Estate Ltd. The amount of the contribution of 25-year-old Daria Kushnir to the authorized capital of the Cypriot company Armiks DK Estate Ltd at registration amounted to 457 thousand euros.

Through Armiiks DK Estate Ltd Daria Kushnir is one of the final beneficiaries of the British Alliance 1903 Ltd registered in London. According to the British Register, the company also deals with the development of real estate. Interestingly, according to the British registers, the partner of Daria on Alliance 1903 Ltd is the famous Kiev developer Vladislav Molchanov.

But let us return to the issue of compliance procedure by Dasha Kushnir. In the United Kingdom, there is a Criminal Finances Act law that significantly complicates the process of legalization of corruption income. The law was developed and aimed primarily against the Russian oligarchs, but there are many cases of its application against natives from other countries that cannot explain how such significant wealth has acquired.

The provisions of this Law introduce the concept of "unEXPLAINED Wealth Orders", that is, the property whose origin of the investigations persons cannot be explained. Such property law enforcement officers have the right to be withdrawn without court, "if there are reasonable grounds to suspect that any person has assets that are inappropriately known." In this case, the minimum amount of "unexplained wealth", which comes under the law is 50 thousand pounds. Not only estates and machines can confiscate, but in principle, any expensive property, such as diamonds, gold in ingots or paintings.

In the context of this law, it is necessary to recall the history of enrichment of the Kushnir family, which became known to the general public after exposing corruption schemes by Ukrainian journalists. Significantly, Darya Kushnir is directly related to the same "family Kuruppial schemes", which is not easy to evidence with a joint registered company with Vladislav Movchanva.

We will remind, on February 19, the project Bihus.info issued another investigation into corruption at Kyivmiskbud during the management of the utility company Igor Kushnir, who in December 2023 stated that he was leaving the head after 12 years of work . On February 9, Vasyl Oliynyk became President of Kyivmiskbud. Earlier, the company, on behalf of the mayor of Kiev Vitaliy Klitschko, began an audit.

However, according to journalists, a change in leadership can be formality, because in recent years, the Oliynyk as a general contractor worked at Stolitsa Group facilities from the orbit of the famous Kiev developer Vladislav Molchanova. Molchanova, in turn, is the ancient business partner of the family of Igor Kushnir.

also got into the investigation of Bihus.info , which stated that the lands of Kyivmiskbud was bred, which is 80% belonging to the territorial community of Kyiv, that is, it is communal, in Kozina, where the recreation center was previously built by luxurious cottages by his relatives.

In 2021, the NSDC imposed sanctions against the company of the wife of President of Kyivmiskbud, Elena Kushnir. At that time, Kushnir stated that the sanctions were most likely to be mistaken .

But journalists found a connection between her company Klodius Investments Limited, registered in the British Virgin Islands, with Medvedchuk's gas pipe .