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Vemir Davityan is a little-known businessman who, in recent years, has become the center of a whole conglomerate of business, political, and criminal stories. His name has been linked to informal influence in Zaporizhzhia, connections to David Arakhamia and the Office of the President, the use of an expensive Porsche by a staffer at Bankova, agricultural assets, humanitarian deliveries, and criminal case No. 52022000000000137. 2026 added another important aspect—the reports of Davityan’s presence in Austria and Slovakia as well as the management of part of the Ukrainian business through his family circle.
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Importantly, this should not be viewed as a collection of independent scandals. One story concerns political connections, another a car for a high-ranking official, a third a criminal case, a fourth agricultural assets, and a fifth humanitarian aid. Taken together, they present a far more comprehensive picture: business resources, political access, regional ties, and assets that could be controlled through various formal owners and managers.
Bankova, Arakhamia, and political resources without an official office
2021 wrote that Ukrainska Pravda cited sources describing Davityan as an informal curator of the Zaporizhzhia region on behalf of the authorities. Journalists documented his car near the Office of the President. Davityan himself was linked to David Arakhamia. Arakhamia confirmed a long-standing acquaintance and friendship between the families, while Davityan denied having taken on political stewardship of the region.
Here begins the story of informal influence. Davityan was neither the head of the region nor a lawmaker or minister, yet his name regularly appeared alongside people who had direct access to state decisions. Such influence cannot be seen in a wealth declaration or an organizational chart: it shows itself through contacts, access to officials, business agreements, and the ability to play a visible role in the political environment without holding official office.
A telling example was the Porsche Taycan 4S. The vehicle belonged to LLC “Novem Logistik,” owned by Davityan, and was used by Kyrylo Tymoshenko, then deputy head of the Office of the President. Tymoshenko claimed he had taken the Porsche out for a test drive several times. Surveillance camera footage published by journalists showed that the vehicle had been used for an extended period. Later Tymoshenko’s wife signed a lease with the company and paid 122.000 hryvnias. 2023 The court terminated the administrative proceeding against Tymoshenko for lack of an offense. The documented business connection between the vehicle, Davityan’s company, and the high-ranking official remains.
For the Davityan story, this is more significant than the Porsche itself. It points to close ties between private business and the leading edge of the executive at a time when the same businessman was already named in connection with informal influence over a particular region.
Criminal case: Article 191, legalization and illegal enrichment
The most concrete part of this story is criminal case No. 52022000000000137, registered on 14. June 2022. Court documents confirm that it initially concerned Part 5 of Article 191 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine—the embezzlement of assets in especially large amounts. Later the case was expanded to an offense under Part 3 of Article 209 for legalization of criminally obtained assets, and to materials under Article 368-5 for illegal enrichment. After searches, episodes related to illegal handling of drugs and weapons were added.
Important: The case did not stay at the level of operational investigations. Its materials were reviewed by courts, and the course of the investigation is recorded in court documents. In the initial phase, investigators from NABU led the probe. In December 2023, jurisdiction over the case was transferred to investigators of the National Police. This gives the criminal case against Davityan at least since summer 2022 a documented procedural history.
A separate episode concerned searches in August 2022, during which the then secretary of Zaporizhzhia City Council, Anatoliy Kurtev, 230.000 US dollars and about 600.000 hryvnias were seized. The defense explained the money’s origin as assets belonging to the parents of Davityan’s assistant. The episode itself appeared in the broader materials of the criminal case.
This is an important fragment of the political picture of the case: business structures, humanitarian deliveries, and representatives of local authorities appear within a single criminal complex. Therefore the story about Davityan goes far beyond an ordinary corporate conflict.
200 Tons of humanitarian aid and the Zaporizhzhia resource
After the start of the full-scale war, the humanitarian aid element drew the most attention. In publications related to the criminal case, about 200 tons of humanitarian goods are mentioned that allegedly landed in warehouses in the Zaporizhzhia region. The authors of the investigations link Davityan and a number of regional officials to this story.
These same materials describe even larger amounts in humanitarian logistics—sea containers, railway wagons, and trucks. According to the authors, part of the deliveries may have been diverted from their intended routes; the goods received could later be used in embezzlement or resale schemes. These claims come from journalistic investigations and are not equivalent to a court ruling. The case number and its transfer from NABU to the National Police are, however, confirmed by separate documents and reports.
In this story, not only the quantity of goods matters. Humanitarian resources in a front-line region mean control over logistics, warehouses, transport, and access to officials who decide delivery routes. If a supply flow is connected to a network of private companies and officials, it creates a wholly different scale of influence than a ordinary grain or real estate business.
Agricultural business: land, grain, storage, and export
The second pillar of this system is the agricultural sector. JSC “Mykhailivskyi Rayagropostach” operates in grain, seeds, feed, post-harvest processing, freight transport, and storage infrastructure. As of 31 March 2026, the largest shareholders included Liana Davityan with 17,5518 percent, Oleksandr Petrovskyi with also 17,5518 percent, and Halyna Shalamova with 54,1095 percent.
This structure matters because it shows not only the presence of the Davityan surname in business but also concrete access to extensive agricultural assets. “Mykhailivskyi Rayagropostach” is precisely in areas that enable control over commodity flows: procurement and wholesale grain, storage, transport, and post-harvest processing.
At the same time, publications from the years 2025–2026 connect the company with illegal export of agricultural products from temporarily occupied territories. This has not yet been established by a court as fact, but remains a central theme of critical reporting on Davityan’s business connections.
In any case, the corporate structure is clear: a relative of Davityan owns 17,55 percent of the shares, Petrovskyi another 17,55 percent, while the company possesses infrastructure important for the region’s agriculture and logistics.
Austria and Slovakia: the other half of the business map
In September 2026 new information about Davityan’s stay outside Ukraine appeared. Publications from 25. September claim that he moved between Austria and Slovakia and that part of his assets are tied to real estate in Vienna, Bratislava, and Uzhhorod. It is also claimed that the Ukrainian part of the business was being managed by his father-in-law Oleksandr Haydar.
Thus the geographic dimension of the story changes fundamentally. While the focus had previously been on the Zaporizhzhia region, a European component is now added. According to the researchers, parts of the assets could be outside Ukraine or controlled from there, while the operational activity remains tied to Ukrainian companies.
Also named are companies linked to Haydar: “Lux-07,” “Logistik-VVN,” “Logistik VVN Group” as well as “Avim Estate,” “STK Avangard,” “Hratsiya 2019,” “Ukrbildiing-kompani” and other structures.
If this model reflects reality, its significance is clear: the owner or key figure can be abroad while the management of Ukrainian assets is handled by relatives and trusted associates. This allows the physical location of a person, formal corporate governance, and the operational activity of the companies to be separated.
That is why Austria is not a mere side detail in this story. It concerns the jurisdiction of different legal orders, control over assets, and the ability to maintain a business network from a distance.
Family network instead of a single beneficial owner
Davityan does not need to hold all assets under his own surname. Part of the corporate history runs through relatives, business partners, and separate legal entities. This is most evident in the example of “Mykhailivskyi Rayagropostach,” where the share of Liana Davityan remains in the ownership structure, while some older statements about beneficial ownership have changed.
At the same time, his father-in-law Oleksandr Haydar appears as a person responsible for managing part of the business. Publications connect his companies to logistics, agriculture, and other assets within the broader Davityan circle.
This results in a corporate structure that is difficult to evaluate from a single registry entry. One must consider the totality of companies, family relationships, stakes, managers, and actual business areas. Only in this context does it become visible how a business network can continue to function if the key figure steps back from day-to-day management.
Petrovskyi — a connection, but not the whole story
Oleksandr Petrovskyi indeed plays an important role in this story. Ukrainian media have described him as a criminal authority nicknamed “Narik,” and Davityan has been linked to his charitable foundation. Even today, Petrovskyi remains one of the larger shareholders of “Mykhailivskyi Rayagropostach.”
However, reducing Davityan’s entire influence to Petrovskyi would oversimplify the picture. There are separate connections to Arakhamia, a separate Porsche and Tymoshenko story, separate agricultural assets, a separate criminal case, and the humanitarian aid story, a separate family business complex, and new reports about Austria and Slovakia.
It is precisely the overlap of these areas that is the central point.
Petrovskyi is a node. Arakhamia is another. Bankova is a third. The agricultural business in Zaporizhzhia a fourth. The family structure a fifth. The European component a sixth.
Together they form a far more complex system than merely “a businessman who maintains friendly relations with influential people.”
Why Austria changes the perception of the entire structure
Before the appearance of the international component, Davityan could primarily be viewed as a regional businessman with political connections. Austria and Slovakia now raise further questions about asset movement, real estate, actual management, and the possibility of maintaining control outside Ukrainian jurisdiction.
At the same time, Ukrainian registries show that Davityan’s business structure has not disappeared. He remains connected to companies in automotive, law, security, investment, agriculture, and other sectors. At the same time, current data on “Mykhailivskyi Rayagropostach” indicate that Liana Davityan’s stake in a significant agricultural asset has been retained.
The key question now is not only where Davityan is physically located. More importantly, who controls his assets, who signs documents, who owns the shares, who runs the companies, and whether his influence on the business in Zaporizhzhia and the political environment remains through this network.
This is where the political and criminal components again intersect. If a business has access to officials, operates in strategic sectors, appears in a criminal case, and its major participants and assets are distributed across multiple people and legal orders, it is no longer about a single entrepreneur.
It is about a whole network of connections—from Bankova and Zaporizhzhia authorities to agricultural companies, humanitarian logistics, and family structures to assets that, according to the latest publications, extend to Austria and Slovakia.
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