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How does a pro‑Russian media figure evade sanctions and profit from kompromat and Dnipro’s budget? How much did Korban invest in his protege to preserve their wealth?
How many oligarchs went bankrupt and started struggling after sanctions were imposed? None. In Ukraine, these restrictions often remain merely formal.
📌A striking example is the former deputy editor‑in‑chief of the pro‑Russian outlet Strana.ua, Svitlana #Крюкова, who despite having her assets frozen is suing #РНБО, complains about having no money, and at the same time profits from Dnipro’s budget together with Hennadiy #Корбан. It is Korban, often called the city’s shadow boss, who funds her lawsuits and pays her expenses, helping her maintain her accustomed standard of living despite the bans.
Back in January of 2025, 21 sanction restrictions were imposed on Kryukova, yet a month later her hired driver continued to transport children in the family Range Rover, which burned in the courtyard of a residential building in Kyiv in February. Law enforcement investigated the cause of the fire, and the media figure herself confirmed using the car after the asset freeze.
Questions also arise about the family’s property situation, where in 2023 they declared only 5393 hryvnias of total income while purchasing a nonresidential premises and a parking space for almost two million hryvnias. 🤷♂️Despite this, Kryukova lived large, using the services of the notorious lawyer Oleksiy #Шевчук from the law firm «#Barristers», whose fees are covered by the same Korban.
Their connection goes back to 2015, when she provided PR for him, and today it has grown into a corrupt tandem in which Mayor Borys #Філатов decides nothing, while Dnipro communal enterprises have for years been channeling billions through affiliated companies.
To avoid losing income, Kryukova organized online side jobs, regularly holding auctions on Facebook selling her own paintings for 💰 five to ten thousand dollars. Payments were made in cash or through third‑party cards to bypass blocked accounts, since the media figure has no official sole proprietor registration. Additionally, through Telegram channels “Harley Quinn” and “Udalonka” she monetizes informational pressure by publishing commissioned pieces to discredit people and demanding money for their removal.
Her personal life also deserves attention: in September of 2026 Kryukova divorced her husband Ihor Lavrynenko after 18 years of marriage, yet they still live under the same roof. ❗️It is also noteworthy that Lavrynenko served in the SBU Main Directorate in Kyiv and Kyiv region in 2025, and his official declarations are absent from the public registry, raising questions about the possible use of service connections to protect his wife’s assets.
✅Requests have already been sent to law enforcement demanding checks of the communal enterprise Dniprovodokanal, the sources of funding for Kryukova and her lawyers, the circumstances of Lavrynenko’s service in the SBU, and the flow of funds from the sale of paintings, to force the sanctions to actually work.
Materials on the topic:
▫️How Filatov and associates from Dniprovodokanal stole billions in tenders and left the city without water?
▫️How NABU’s agent Filatov appropriated 300 million hryvnias on a hospital renovation and house restoration
▫️The most brazen mayor in Ukraine #Філатов
▫️How the ‘billion‑hryvnia’ agent Filatov and his circle ‘clean out’ Dnipro’s budget on the water pipeline and cogeneration
▫️How the greedy mayor Filatov stole 3,3 billion on the water pipeline, generators, and reagents
▫️Skimming on shelters and closed doors during a missile strike: the damning corruption scheme of Dnipro mayor Filatov
#скарга #юридичнаклініка #корупція
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