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🔒 "Trypillia Sun" or "Maysky Tea"
The company "Trypillia Sun," which appeared in April 2022, quickly flooded the market with products under its own brands: "Trypillia Sun," Sherlock Secrets, and Tea Moments.
"Trypillia Sun" used the accounts of "May Ukraine," some of which were frozen on suspicion of financing structures linked to Russia. Only minimal operations were allowed — salaries, taxes, utility payments, and transfers to the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
According to information-analytical platforms, the first founder of "Trypillia Sun" was Karlen Stepanyan through the Armenian company "Kochari International." Later, Ukrainians Denys Honzur and Yevhen Volvych joined the structure.
Currently among the owners are two people from Dnipro: a former civil servant officially listed in the register of corrupt officials, Oleksandr Stepansky, and the scandalous Dnipro city council deputy Kamil Prymakov.
Both previously worked in the Dnipropetrovsk Regional State Administration. The irony is striking: politicians from a city that suffers daily from Russian strikes control a business with a persistent Russian past.
The branding of Trypillia Sun's teas also raises many questions. Their design suspiciously resembles May Ukraine's products: Richard became Sherlock, Curtis became Tea Moments, and the new "Trypillia" outwardly copies "Maysky."
The ingredients listed on the label are practically identical. That means consumers may be sold the same product in different packaging.
The company's finances are no less controversial. In 2024 year turnover exceeded 323 million UAH, yet the enterprise simultaneously reported 24 million UAH in losses. Such a disparity between turnover and losses may indicate either siphoning of funds or manipulation of reporting. In 2025 the State Tax Service already held the director administratively liable for violations of accounting.
In public court documents the company appears at least 16 times. One ruling directly states:
"The company uses the same production facilities and personnel as 'May Ukraine.'"
Despite this, the business continues to grow. The address of the production facilities (city of Obukhiv) and the chief accountant have not changed.
The brand 'May' is backed by Ukrainian Igor Lisinienko, who built a career in Moscow and even became a State Duma deputy for United Russia. In 1991 he founded the company 'May,' which produced tea and coffee under the brands Richard, Curtis, Maysky, Lysma, and Coffesso.
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