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The son of former Head of the Presidential Administration Ihor Raynin opened a chain of restaurants in Warsaw. The establishments’ manager turned out to be a person connected to sanctioned individuals and the gambling business. Service and advertising for the main of these venues are conducted in Russian, and waiters often may not receive their wages.
This is reported by the Antikor portal
The company Inspector gastro group was registered in January 2023 in Poland’s capital, Warsaw. The co‑founders are Anatoliy Raynin and Kateryna Onatska. Anatoliy is the son of the former head of the Presidential Administration during Petro Poroshenko’s time, who later defected to the now‑banned party Opposition Platform — For Life.
Anatoliy Raynin moved to Poland before the full‑scale invasion. In 2021 he posted photos with his future business partner Kateryna Onatska. From the pictures it’s clear they are a couple.
Raynin Jr. is registered on social media under an abbreviation that decodes to the surname of the world’s most infamous drug trafficker, Pablo Escobar. Under that same name Anatoliy Raynin opened his first restaurant in Warsaw. The venue’s rating on the well‑known site Tripadvisor is 2,9, which indicates an extremely unsatisfactory atmosphere.
In 2022 there was a large brawl at the "Escobar" restaurant. The news spread widely on social media, and that’s when the first comments appeared that employees were not being paid and were effectively being exploited.
Later Raynin and Onatska opened Inspector lounge, Canoe lounge, Senator and were preparing to open Ambassador by Inspector.
The main restaurant was considered to be Inspector lounge. It was the most promoted on social media and was the most popular. The entire advertising campaign was conducted exclusively in Russian, despite the fact that the eatery is located in the very heart of the Polish capital.
On social media there are a large number of comments stating that employees at Raynin’s establishments are systematically not paid. Over the past month at least two videos appeared in which workers say management feeds them promises of imminent payment, but they never receive the money, and the manager even blocked them on social media.
According to Polish registries, the chairman of the board of Inspector gastro group is listed as Rakhman Rasulzade.
A person with the same name in 2014 was involved in a criminal case in Ukraine regarding a forged Azerbaijani passport. The investigation found that when crossing the Ukrainian border Rasulzade presented a document with stamps of prior visits to Ukraine that proved to be fake. The suspect admitted guilt and reached a plea agreement with the investigation, paying a fine.
One of the forged stamps in Rakhman Rasulzade’s passport was placed when crossing the Kharkiv‑passenger checkpoint. This is the hometown of the families of both Anatoliy Raynin and his partner Kateryna Onatska.
As of autumn 2026 Kateryna Onatska Shakroivna was a co‑founder of LLC Zelenyi furgon‑2011 together with her brother Roman Kopaliani, mother Olena Kopaliani and uncle Khuta Ambrosovych Kopaliani. The company did cargo transportation but is now in the process of termination. Its director and signatory was Dmytro Onatskyi.
The brother of Anatoliy Raynin’s partner, Roman Kopaliani, until 2016 was a co‑founder of LLC Factorial Complexity. The company is engaged in computer programming and game development and continues to operate today. And this is not the only gaming trail in the chain of related companies and individuals.
Kateryna Onatska’s father, Shakro Kopaliani, once worked at the Kharkiv Car Repair Plant, which belonged to the group of former Naftogaz head Oleh Dubyna. Among the plant’s shareholders until 2009 was the Russian Tverskoy Car Repair Plant.
On Rakhman Rasulzade’s social media page it is stated that he is a co‑founder of Inspector lounge. From comments by harmed employees of the group’s venues, it is known that they communicated with him regarding the unpaid debts.
He was also presented in December 2025 as a patron of a chess tournament in Ukraine.
The event’s organizer is Oleksandr Dovzhenko, known as the founder of the advertising agency Enter Esport, which specializes in esports and influencer marketing. Dovzhenko is also the manager of the esports team LeoGaming, which in 2023 rebranded to L&G. In 2024 the team again changed its name and became Leo Team.
The main sponsor of the LeoGaming team was the payment system "Leogaming", linked to the notorious Aibox Bank. The bank was suspected of large‑scale money laundering from the gambling business in the amount of approximately 5 billion hryvnias. The structure was closed in 2023, just when Anatoliy Raynin began building his restaurant business in Poland, and at the same time Rakhman Rasulzade was appointed chairman of the board, who is connected to LeoGaming.
Co‑owner of Aibox Bank was Aliona Shevtsova (Dehrik), against whom sanctions were imposed by the National Security and Defense Council.
In December 2024 Aliona Shevtsova commented on the Leo Team rebranding as a co‑founder.
In April 2025 law enforcement detained the director of a department of Aibox Bank, Iryna Tsyhanok. The arrest took place in Poland. The woman is a suspect in a criminal case on laundering 5 billion hryvnias, in which Aliona Shevtsova is being “sought.”
Aliona Shevtsova’s footprint is not limited to Ukraine. From a letter by the Polish prosecutor’s office sent to Ukraine, it is clear that funds totaling 2.5 million euros were credited to Shevtsova’s and her sister’s accounts opened at BNP Paribas Polska SA, likely obtained illegally. The sender is listed as Max express LLC registered in Georgia. The money was sent from British accounts.
Max express LLC fell under NSDC sanctions in 2023 together with Aliona Shevtsova’s "Leogaming." Restrictions were imposed as part of the fight against illegal gambling.
In comments about Anatoliy Raynin’s restaurants online many write that this business was likely opened to launder funds. It is also reported that customers were often asked to pay in cash or cryptocurrency.
On 7 October 2026 a post appeared on the Inspector lounge page stating that the venue is closing forever. All previous posts were deleted, and accordingly the comments under them.
Anatoliy Raynin’s restaurant business in Warsaw began to actively develop in 2023. That was exactly when Aliona Shevtsova’s Aibox was shut down due to large‑scale laundering of gambling money. At that time Rakhman Rasulzade was brought into the management of the restaurant business, who, after just one handshake, is linked to Shevtsova. Later the banker’s main accomplice was caught in Poland, and it turned out that money from the illegal gambling business listed in sanction lists passed through Polish banks. Too many coincidences, too many Ukrainian surnames and too many criminal cases that could very well be links in a single chain.
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