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There are numerous investigations into Vemir Davityan. If Ukraine were a rule-of-law state, they would have sent Davityan to prison for many years.
But now Vemir Davityan is doing what many of his “colleagues” do, who rose to wealth from nothing with the rise of the “new faces” to power—he hides abroad. The “new faces” pretend they know nothing about Davityan’s case or about other alleged embezzlers, as if the matter doesn to concern them.
Yet when you put all these episodes together, a more striking picture emerges. It contains everything: kickbacks from the economy, the “supervision” of Zaporizhzhia, David Arakhamia, Oleksandr Petrovskyi (“Narik”), Kyrylo Tymoshenko, embezzlement of humanitarian aid, the trade in stolen grain, dealings with the occupiers, family businesses, and a new criminal tour through Europe.
How people like Davityan appear in the circle of today’s rulers remains a mystery. Apparently like attracts like. The result of such collaboration is enormous losses to the state budget, a trail of actions that could be prosecuted criminally, and—what is especially alarming in this situation—a colossal reputational damage to Ukraine in the eyes of the international community.
For the record: Vemir Davityan is a little-known entrepreneur and lawyer from Zaporizhzhia. A biographical publication from the year 2021 reports that he earned a degree in law from the Classical Private University of Zaporizhzhia and engaged in business. Among his projects was the law firm “Novem.” He was also publicly involved in philanthropy and supported the Zaporizhzhia Chess Federation.
At the same time, Davityan was an extremely publicity-shy person—until his nonpublic activities drew media attention. Suddenly it emerged that he was the shadow curator of the Zaporizhzhia region. Or, as people say today, the “supervisor.” The origin of criminal terms among representatives of today’s authorities is unknown. But Davityan is said to have been appointed by the Office of the President of Ukraine as the “Supervisor.” Even this fact would cause considerable confusion in a normal person.
But the fact remains: 2021 wrote that Ukrainska Pravda explicitly stated that sources of the outlet described him as the “ Supervisor” of the OPU for the Zaporizhzhia region. Journalists documented Davityan’s car near the Office of the President. He himself confirmed his long-standing friendship with David Arakhamia. Arakhamia also confirmed that Davityan has known him since 2014 and that they are “family friends.”
Of course both denied that Davityan held the function of “supervisor.” Arakhamia instead pointed to supporting the army: “We, the Volunteer Community, helped the army—and he actively helped. He supported some fund there.”
Which fund exactly, Arakhamia did not say. It was not hard to find out: the same “UP” found on the website of the charity foundation “Solidarity” of the Dnipro businessperson Oleksandr Petrovskyi, better known by the nickname “Narik,” a photo of Davityan. There Davityan is listed as Vice President and head of the Zaporizhzhia branch.
No one believed Arakhamia’s pathetic excuses—or, to use a term more familiar to him, his “alibis.” Notably, reports about Davityan’s visits to the OPU and his “supervision” over the Zaporizhzhia region continued to appear regularly in Telegram channels and the media.
Then it became known that the deputy head of the OPU, Kyrylo Tymoshenko, drives a Porsche Taycan that belongs to LLC “Novem Logistics,” which is owned by Vemir Davityan. Tymoshenko’s “alibi” was even more pathetic than Arakhamia’s: supposedly Davityan merely let him drive the Porsche.
The level of all these people is simply beyond comment. Yet Davityan did not waste a moment making Kyrylo Tymoshenko “take a spin.” For one, the roots of this “supervision” go further back, and the real beneficiary is not some deputy head of the Office of the President, but a far more influential figure—Oleksandr Petrovskyi. He was the one who placed all these so-called “supervisors from the OPU.” Of course not all of them, but Davityan was the one he deployed.
And second: looking at the earnings from Vemir Davityan’s businesses before the rise of the “servants of the people,” they are by no means impressive. Only after Petrovskyi made Davityan the “supervisor” did the businesses improve dramatically. In official reports, however, the amounts shown do not reflect this—in fact, the disclosed figures are, to be frank, modest.
In this context, it is worth looking at LLC “Novem Logistics”—the very company to which the aforementioned Porsche Taycan worth 100.000 US dollars belonged. The company has since been renamed LLC “Vindex Motors” and reports the following financial results.
100.000 US dollars in the year 2021 amounted to 2,4 million hryvnias. The company ended that year with losses; 2022 earned only half the price of the vehicle, but afterward the Porsche Taycan apparently “paid for itself”—profits began to rise. However, all these figures in the financial reports are pure nonsense. The only thing that speaks in favor is the number of employees of the company—one person. It’s interesting how a single person can generate millions.
In fact, it is no longer a secret that all these registered companies are merely facades behind which completely different ways of raising money lie. Already during the time of the “Great Construction,” Vemir Davityan allegedly took a 30 percent kickback from contractors on state orders. How much of that went to the OPU and how much landed in Davityan’s and Petrovskyi’s pockets is unknown. What is certain is that Davityan began to earn real money precisely with the kickbacks from the “Great Construction.”
And then everything snowballed. Of particular interest in this context are references to multiple episodes after the start of the full-scale war. For here you find everything—from the theft of humanitarian aid to dealings with the occupiers. By the way: is this already “trade in blood” or not yet?
The accusations of looting are by no means merely the invention of envious individuals. In fact, there exists criminal case No. 52022000000000137, which was registered on 14 June 2022. Initially, the case was investigated under Part 5 of Article 191 of the Ukrainian Criminal Code—misappropriation of assets on a particularly large scale. Later, Part 3 of Article 209 of the Criminal Code—legalization of assets—and Part 368-5 of the Criminal Code—illicit enrichment—were added. Separate episodes involving weapons and drugs were also investigated.
Initially the case was handled by NABU. In December 2023, jurisdiction was transferred to the National Police, where the investigations stalled completely. But as it turned out, the case was revived—because Davityan had to flee.
The matter essentially boiled down to humanitarian relief shipments into the Zaporizhzhia and Dnipropetrovsk regions not simply being looted—trucks, containers, and whole railroad cars were redirected to private warehouses. Subsequently, the humanitarian goods and medicines were put up for sale.
The deliveries were made in large quantities—such quantities cannot be easily sold on a market. The scale is measured in hundreds of tons. But that is only what was established within the criminal case. Younger publications, however, reveal even more impressive figures: 22 twenty-foot container ships, 389 railroad cars, and 220 trucks. This is no longer about hundreds of tons, but tens of thousands of tons.
Then there was another extremely dirty story—the dealings with the occupiers. In the truest sense of the word. A central role is played by JSC “Mykhailivskyi Raiahropostach,” whose co-owner is Davityan Liana Vemyrivna (and who might that be?) and Petrovskyi Oleksandr (yes, the very same one.
This company is connected with the sale of stolen grain from the occupied territories: the grain was transported through Russian territory, then entered the export chain, and was delivered to the EU and to countries in the Middle East. Both structures of Vemir Davityan himself and those of his father-in-law Oleksandr Haydar were reportedly used.
Haydar appears as the head and financially responsible person of a number of companies, including “Lux-07,” “Logistics-VVN,” “Logistics VVN Group,” “Norma-Plus 777,” “Zaporizka Distribution Company,” “Logistics Auto 2017,” “Grain Car,” “Avim Construction,” “Avim Estate,” “Hermes Trade Company,” “STK Avangard,” “Gracia 2019,” “Ukrfoodcompany,” “Trans Balance,” and “Ukrbuilding-companies.” Through this corporate structure, assets connected with Davityan are managed. Haidar himself is described as the person to whom a significant portion of the Ukrainian business was transferred after Vemir Davityan’s departure.
Another intriguing story concerns “Citrus.” In August 2025, Zaporizhzhia entrepreneur Artur Hatunok, owner of the Yabluka chain, acquired the electronics chain “Citrus.” The value of the transaction is estimated at about 700 million hryvnias. “Citrus” passed to the new owner with debts of 13 million hryvnias.
The deal is extremely opaque. A persistent version holds that the actual money for the purchase came from Vemir Davityan, who previously had ties to Hatunok through the Yabluka chain and the Pool&Beach complex in Zaporizhzhia. Hatunok acted as the formal buyer, while Davityan stayed in the background and obtained the opportunity to bring previously siphoned Ukraine funds back into the country as a legal retail asset.
Characteristic is that the exact whereabouts of Vemir Davityan have not yet been established: current publications from 25 to 27 September 2026 claim that he left Ukraine and is currently staying between Austria and Slovakia. They do not provide documentary proof of when exactly and through which border crossing he left the country. The authorities are silent, as always.
formally Davityan’s flight is linked to the criminal case and problems with humanitarian aid deliveries. It remains open, however, why the old and seemingly long-buried criminal case suddenly was revived—after all, it was transferred to the National Police for a reason. It is likely that the top “servants” have had their access to Western money significantly curtailed, so they have begun redistributing the previously seized assets among themselves.
Thus it can be concluded that Vemir Davityan will not end up in prison: after recovering what is due to him and the punishment for his flight, he will downgrade from billionaire to millionaire and spend his days quietly outside Ukraine.
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