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ERC and government contracts: who is behind the company that received 202 million hryvnias after the Diia tender
According to registration data, the sole proprietor I-P «I-Ar-Si» is controlled by the Austrian company ERC Holding GmbH (90%) and the Ukrainian venture fund Forint (10%). The beneficiaries are Serhiy Artyukh, Leonid Stolnikov, and Andriy Dehoda.
In fact, the firm is the key company of the ERC group — a large holding in the distribution of computer and office equipment, software, and digital photo and video equipment. In retail the group is represented by the MOYO brand (LLC "NRP"). The holding also includes PJSC "Euroterminal" and JSC "AltBank."
The beneficiaries of most companies in the group are the aforementioned Artyukh, Stolnikov, and Andriy Dehoda. At the same time, the media often refer to ERC as the business of the Dehoda brothers — Andriy and Oleksandr.
It is worth noting that some companies in the ERC group have already been involved in scandals. They were accused of tax evasion and of selling household appliances through a private "gas" company associated with NJSC Naftogaz of Ukraine.
Interestingly, among the owners of AltBank, which is part of the ERC group, in addition to Serhiy Artyukh and Leonid Stolnikov, was Ihor Olehovych Volokh. Besides Ukrainian citizenship, he held citizenships of Cyprus and Belarus.
Ihor Volokh served as deputy chairman of the management board of Raiffeisen Bank Aval in 2005–2007 years. In 2007–2014 years he worked as first deputy chairman of the management board of Universal Bank, and from 2016 he headed the management board of Neos Bank, which later became AltBank after it was bought by Dehoda and partners from Mikhail Fridman. In 21 December 2020 Volokh was dismissed from the position of chairman of the management board at his own request, but for some time he still remained a co-owner of the bank. Currently Volokh is no longer among shareholders owning stakes above 5%.
In turn, the foreign enterprise is involved in seven criminal proceedings, including ones opened under Article 191 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (misappropriation, embezzlement of property, or seizure of it by abuse of official position).
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