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Vemir Davityan is a little-known businessman about whom a whole conglomerate of business, political, and criminal stories has formed in recent years. His name has been associated with informal influence in Zaporizhzhia, connections to David Arakhamia and the Office of the President, the use of an expensive Porsche by a official from Bankova, agricultural assets, humanitarian deliveries, and criminal case No. 52022000000000137. 2026 Another important aspect has emerged—the reports of Davityan’s stay in Austria and Slovakia as well as the management of part of the Ukrainian business through family networks.
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Importantly, this should not be viewed as a collection of independent scandals. In one story it concerns political contacts, in another a car for a high-ranking official, in a third a criminal case, in a fourth agricultural assets, and in a fifth humanitarian aid. Taken together, they form a much more comprehensive picture: business resources, political access, regional connections, and assets that could be controlled through various formal owners and managers.
Bankova, Arakhamia, and political resources without an official post
2021 wrote that Ukrainska Pravda reported sources described Davityan as an informal curator of the Zaporizhzhia region acting on behalf of authorities. Journalists documented his car near the Office of the President. Davityan himself was linked with David Arakhamia. Arakhamia confirmed a long-standing acquaintance and friendship between the families, while Davityan denied having taken political stewardship of the region.
Here begins the story of informal influence. Davityan was neither head of a region nor a deputy nor a minister, yet his name regularly appeared alongside people with 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 arrangements, and the ability to play a visible role in the political environment without an official post.
A telling example was the Porsche Taycan 4S. The vehicle belonged to LLC “Novem Logistik,” owned by Davityan, and was used by the then-deputy head of the Office of the President, Kyrylo Tymoshenko. Tymoshenko claimed he had taken the Porsche out for a test drive several times. Journalists released surveillance footage showing the vehicle was used over a longer period. Later Tymoshenko’s wife signed a rental agreement with the company and paid 122.000 hryvnias. 2023 The court discontinued the administrative proceedings against Tymoshenko for lack of a violation. However, the documented business link 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 top of the executive branch 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, which was registered on 14. June 2022. Court documents confirm that it initially concerned Part 5 of Article 191 of the Ukrainian Criminal Code—the embezzlement of assets on an especially large scale. Later the case was expanded to include a charge under Part 3 of Article 209 for legalization of criminally acquired assets, as well as materials under Article 368-5 for illegal enrichment. Searches also uncovered episodes related to illegal handling of drugs and weapons.
Importantly: the case did not remain at the level of operational investigations. Its materials were reviewed by courts, and the progression of the investigation is recorded in court documents. In the initial phase the inquiry was conducted by NABU investigators. In December 2023 the jurisdiction over the case was transferred to investigators of the National Police. Thus the criminal case against Davityan has had a documented procedural history at least since the summer of 2022.
A separate episode concerned searches in August 2022, when the then secretary of Zaporizhzhia City Council Anatoliy Kurtev, 230.000 in US dollars and almost 600.000 hryvnias were seized. The defense explained the money’s origin as assets belonging to the parents of his 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 Davityan story goes far beyond a ordinary corporate dispute.
200 Tons of humanitarian aid and the Zaporizhzhia resource
With the start of the full-scale war, the humanitarian aid aspect drew the greatest attention. In publications related to the criminal case, about 200 tons of humanitarian goods are mentioned as having landed in warehouses in the Zaporizhzhia region. The authors of the investigations connect Davityan and a number of regional officials to this story.
These materials describe much larger quantities in humanitarian logistics—sea containers, railway cars, and trucks. According to the authors, part of the deliveries may have been diverted from their intended route; the received goods could then 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 confirmed by separate documents and reports.
In this story, not only the volume of goods matters. Humanitarian resources in a frontline region mean control over logistics, warehouses, transport, and access to officials who decide delivery routes. If a stream of goods forms a network of private companies and officials, the scale of influence is entirely different from 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 grains, seeds, feed, post-harvest processing, goods transport, and storage infrastructure. By 31. March 2026, the largest shareholders of the company included Liana Davityan with a stake of 17,5518 percent, Oleksandr Petrovskyi with 17,5518 percent, and Halyna Shalamova with 54,1095 percent.
This structure is important because it not only shows Davityan’s surname in the business world but provides access to substantial agricultural assets. “Mykhailivskyi Rayagropostach” operates precisely in those areas that enable control over flows of goods: procurement and wholesale of 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 one of the central topics of critical reporting about Davityan’s business connections.
In any case, the corporate structure is clear: a relative of Davityan owns 17,55 percent of shares, Petrovskyi another 17,55 percent, while the company holds agricultural and logistic infrastructure important for the region.
Austria and Slovakia: the second 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 connected with real estate in Vienna, Bratislava, and Uzhhorod. It is also claimed that management of the Ukrainian part of the business was taken over by his father-in-law Oleksandr Haydar.
Thus the geographical dimension of the story changes fundamentally. While the focus previously was on Zaporizhzhia region, a European component now enters. According to the authors, parts of the assets could be outside Ukraine or controlled from there, while operational activity remains tied to Ukrainian companies.
Also named are companies connected with 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 administration of Ukrainian assets is taken over by relatives and trusted associates. This allows the physical location of a person, the formal corporate leadership, and operational activity to be separated.
Therefore Austria is in this story not merely a peripheral detail of residence. It concerns the jurisdictions of different legal systems, control over assets, and the ability to maintain a business network from a distance.
Family-centered system instead of a single beneficial owner
Davityan does not need to hold all assets under his own surname. Part of the corporate story runs through relatives, business partners, and separate legal entities. This is particularly evident in the example of “Mykhailivskyi Rayagropostach,” where Liana Davityan’s stake remains in ownership, while some earlier details about the beneficial owners have changed.
At the same time his father-in-law Oleksandr Haydar appears as the person entrusted with the management of part of the business. Publications connect his companies with logistics, agriculture, and other assets within the broader Davityan milieu.
Thus arises a corporate structure that is difficult to assess from a single registry entry. One must consider the entirety of the companies, family relationships, shareholdings, managers, and actual business fields. Only in this context does it become visible how a business network can continue to function when the key figure steps back from operational 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. Petrovskyi remains one of the larger shareholders of “Mykhailivskyi Rayagropostach”.
However, reducing Davityan’s entire influence structure to Petrovskyi would oversimplify the picture. There are separate contacts with 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 a third. The agricultural business in Zaporizhzhia a fourth. The family structure a fifth. The European component a sixth.
Together they form a significantly more complex system than merely “a businessman who maintains friendly ties with influential people.”
Why Austria changes the perception of the entire structure
Before the appearance of the international component, Davityan could mainly be seen as a regional businessman with political connections. The emergence of Austria and Slovakia now raises additional questions about the movement of assets, real estate, actual management of the business, and the possibility of maintaining control beyond the Ukrainian jurisdiction.
At the same time Ukrainian registries show that Davityan’s business structure has not disappeared. He remains connected to companies in automotive, legal, security, investment, agriculture, and other sectors. At the same time, current data on “Mykhailivskyi Rayagropostach” show that Liana Davityan’s stake in a significant agricultural asset has remained.
The crucial question now is not only where Davityan is physically. More important is 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 is preserved through this network.
Here 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 key participants and assets are distributed across multiple people and jurisdictions, it is no longer about a single entrepreneur.
It is about a whole network of connections—from Bankova and authorities in Zaporizhzhia to agricultural companies, humanitarian logistics, and family structures to assets that, according to recent publications, stretch as far as Austria and Slovakia.
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