The “Baba Alino” syndicate: how Odesa developer Oleh Nevzorov illegally built 104 houses in Bulgaria and fled in a vehicle linked to the Ukrainian Embassy

Journalist Iryna Hryb has repeatedly written about Odesa businessman Oleh Nevzorov. Now, information that previously circulated through sources is beginning to receive confirmation and new details are emerging in Bulgaria.

According to Bulgarian media reports, law enforcement authorities near Varna have taken an interest in the “Baba Alino” project. The development consists of a residential complex of 104 buildings constructed on approximately 10 hectares of land near the Golden Sands Nature Park.

Investigators claim that the properties were built without the necessary permits and authorization documents.

The scale of the case is reflected in the number of detentions. During investigative actions, 29 individuals — citizens of Ukraine and Moldova — were detained.

But the most intriguing developments came afterward.

According to Bulgarian media, in the summer of 2025, Denyo Denev, head of Bulgaria’s State Agency for National Security (DANS), signed an order deporting Oleh Nevzorov and banning him from entering the country for ten years.

At first glance, that should have ended the story.

However, just two weeks later, the decision was unexpectedly revoked.

Bulgarian journalists claim that the reversal occurred following the intervention of Ukraine’s ambassador to Bulgaria, Olesya Ilashchuk. Bulgarian authorities are currently examining those circumstances.

Following searches conducted on May 28, the situation became even more complicated.

According to Bulgarian sources, Nevzorov disappeared. Reports indicate that he left the country through one of the northern border crossings. Media outlets also claim that his vehicle had been seen on the grounds of the Ukrainian Embassy in Sofia shortly before his departure.

At the same time, Varna Mayor Blagomir Kotsev announced preparations for a decision to demolish the Baba Alino complex. Bulgarian law enforcement agencies are also examining whether officials may have been involved in overturning the deportation order.

There is, however, another interesting dimension to the story.

Earlier, Iryna Hryb reported that three new witnesses had emerged in the case against Varna Mayor Blagomir Kotsev. One of them was listed as a “secret witness.”

According to sources, that witness may have been Oleh Nevzorov himself.

Sources claim that he told investigators that Kotsev had demanded money from him in exchange for approving an investment project in Varna’s Sea Garden.

This is where the story becomes particularly revealing.

According to available information, Nevzorov was already facing serious issues related to permits and construction documentation in Bulgaria at that time. Law enforcement agencies were actively investigating his activities, after which he may have become a complainant in the case against the mayor of Varna.

The logic appeared straightforward: assist investigators while simultaneously attempting to resolve his own legal difficulties.

However, the strategy seems not to have produced the desired outcome.

Kotsev managed to fend off the allegations.

Nevzorov’s own problems, meanwhile, did not disappear.

As a result, he is now linked simultaneously to the construction of 104 allegedly illegal buildings near Golden Sands, the detention of 29 people in the Baba Alino case, a revoked deportation order accompanied by a ten-year entry ban, investigations into officials who may have helped overturn that decision, his disappearance following searches, and his alleged role in the high-profile case against Varna’s mayor.

If much of this once sounded like rumors and behind-the-scenes speculation, a significant portion of these stories has now become the subject of official investigations and public statements by Bulgarian authorities.

It appears that Oleh Nevzorov’s Bulgarian saga is only beginning to gain momentum.