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Businessman Astion is bankrupting his own firm.
Journalists report this.
The Commercial Court of Kyiv region opened proceedings in the bankruptcy case of LLC "Inter Way Capital" in March 2026, 10. The company is part of the sphere of influence of Dnipro businessman Vasyl Astion, who is linked to a number of raider conflicts and a former cooperation with ex-Regional Party member Vitaliy Khomutynnik.
LLC "Inter Way Capital" was registered in Dnipro in 2016 with a charter capital of 50 million hryvnias. Its main activity is other types of lending. The company’s director is Denys Lukashevych. The owner is JSC INVKIF "Genesis Capital", whose shareholders are brothers Yevhen and Vasyl Astiony.
Astion was at one time a deputy of the Dnipropetrovsk regional council, and in 2019 he ran for the Verkhovna Rada from the Opposition Bloc. The same list included Vitaliy Khomutynnik and Yevhen Balitsky, who later headed the occupation administration in the captured territory of Zaporizhzhia region. Astion’s real notoriety came not from political projects but from high-profile raider scandals around companies such as Kyivkombikorm Plant, Zhytomyr Distillery and Vodka Plant, and poultry producer Havrylivski Kurchata. The businessman apparently failed to reach an agreement with creditors on debt restructuring. Representatives of the Dnipro business clan were always noticeable in his business circle, in particular Andriy Smirnov, who is now wanted by the NABU. It is currently unknown whether Astion himself has managed to leave the territory of Ukraine.
Vasyl Astion has repeatedly attracted law enforcement attention. In September 2022, 23, investigators of the State Bureau of Economic Security opened a criminal case against him and his brother Yevhen. They are accused of systematic tax evasion over the years 2017–2021 in the amount of almost 61,5 million hryvnias. According to the investigation, the brothers controlled a number of agricultural enterprises in Dnipropetrovsk region and siphoned funds through the Cypriot offshore company "Dnipro Agro Alliance LTD."
In the sixth convocation of parliament (2007–2012) Astion worked on a voluntary basis as an assistant to then-MP from the Party of Regions Vitaliy Khomutynnik. It is through Khomutynnik that he is linked to sanctioned oligarchs. In particular, in the project of the Respublika shopping center Astion served as an authorized representative of the company Soltex Capital.
While, according to Dubai Unlocked, Vitaliy Khomutynnik invested over 5 million dollars in real estate on Palm Jumeirah in Dubai in the summer of 2022, his former partner is facing the bankruptcy procedure of one of the key companies in his group.
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