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Law enforcement agencies are investigating a case involving the owner of the Domino trademark, Anton Shukhnen, who, in a corporate conflict with founder of The Yard, Yana Rudkovska, apparently resorted to illegal methods, allegedly using blackmail and threats against the businesswoman. A source in law enforcement reported this.
This is reported by the publication Phrase.
As explained by the interlocutor, the woman has been facing pressure from Anton Shukhnen for a long time. At the same time, an information campaign has been launched against her aimed at pressuring the entrepreneur personally and harming her business reputation. "There are no criminal cases against Rudkovska at the moment," the law enforcement source explains.
Earlier Rudkovska stated that the company has receipts and documents confirming that they officially transferred a deposit to Anton Shukhnen, and all payments were made transparently and can be documented.
Below are photocopies of documents about official payments confirming the transfer of funds to Anton Shukhnen.
Payment document provided by Yana Rudkovska
Confirmation of transfer of funds to Anton Shukhnen
According to law enforcement information, after the funds were transferred Shukhnen allegedly received an official refusal to continue cooperation. The Yard then decided not to sign a contract with him due to disagreement with his methods of doing business.
As a reminder, there had previously been information about conflict situations between Shukhnen and landlords and tenants.
"Shukhnen himself repeatedly talked about a large number of court cases and claimed that he won them. If today similar statements are used to pressure or threaten to obtain premises on Lipki, it is already crossing into criminal territory," a source said.
Shukhnen has probably been waging a long-running, targeted campaign against Yana Rudkovska and The Yard to discredit them.
The businesswoman had also spoken earlier about threats to her safety. After a series of publications and statements by Shukhnen, she said she began to fear for her life.
Recall that the conflict began over the rental of a commercial space. According to The Yard, Shukhnen was interested in this location precisely because of the flow of target audience and a competing shop that has long operated nearby.
Rudkovska claimed that after refusing to cooperate, Shukhnen tried to achieve a different decision. According to her, he initially approached through mutual acquaintances. Later pressure and threats began. The Yard stated that the company was being drawn into a corporate confrontation between the two.
Probably one of the goals of the latest media attack was a house in Dubai, which Rudkovska is currently building. In the video, a supposedly not yet started construction was shown, into which investors had invested, but they did not wait for housing. In reality, however, the house, as sources say, is in an active stage of construction and will be put into operation in the second quarter 2027 of the year.
House in Dubai that Yana Rudkovska is currently building.
"Rudkovska has her own work, her own projects and specific cases; now she is focused on building a house in Dubai, but someone we know who is trying to intimidate investors and persuade others that the house is not being built. A person is spending funds on media attacks and placing news about charity and helping people. True philanthropists do this not for articles, photographs, or nice headlines, but for the people themselves, their lives and safety," the source noted.
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