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🔈 "Naftogaz" is ready to spend three times less on legal assistance for its supervisory board than "Energoatom". At the end of June the company signed a contract with a maximum value of 7,3 million UAH with JSC "Ekvo".
The expected value was up to 10 million UAH. "Naftogaz" is one of the few of the mentioned companies that held open bidding. The average hourly rate is 7 670 UAH.
"Ekvo" has five founders: Anna Babych, Yuliia Kyrpa, Denys Lysenko, Mariia Nyzhnik and Oleksii Filatov. Filatov was deputy head of the Presidential Administration under Petro Poroshenko. Mariia Nyzhnik served as deputy chair of the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine (AMCU). The law firm has been involved in several scandals; in particular its name appeared in a case concerning corruption in the AMCU.
"Since mid-2015 the AMCU has been headed by Yurii Terentiev. He and AMCU deputy chair Nina Sydorenko were classmates of Oleksii Filatov, who was deputy head of the Presidential Administration. Filatov’s civil partner Anna Babych is a co-owner of "Ekvo." Mariia Nyzhnik also went to work at the AMCU from "Ekvo"; in 2015–2019 she was Terentiev’s first deputy and was referred to as Filatov’s godmother," the outlet "Nashi Hroshi" wrote.
Over its existence "Ekvo" has won tenders at "Naftogaz of Ukraine" worth 21,2 million UAH. Another 1,4 million UAH – at "Ukrposhta" and "Ukroboronprom." At the same time, in just the first two quarters of 2026 the firm declared revenue of 234,8 million UAH (and net profit of 23,4 million UAH).
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