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Businessman Oleg Mitrokhin receives state contracts worth billions through his companies, including contracts to supply clothing and gear for the military. However, journalists from “Stop Corruption TV” found a number of Russian traces in the history of those companies and among their co-owners. These include purchases of fabrics from Russian manufacturers, a Ministry of Defense general who ran for office with a pro-Russian party, and a co-owner linked to a firm in occupied Yenakiieve.
More details — in Denis Stradetsky’s report for “Stop Corruption TV”
Who clothes the army
LLC “MIK” is one of the largest suppliers of clothing and equipment for defense needs. According to YouControl data, in just the past three years the company received state contracts worth more than 6,8 billion UAH. Zaporizhzhia-based “Yugstal,” another Mitrokhin firm, has signed with the state over a thousand agreements totaling more than 3 billion UAH.
MIK’s reputation is far from spotless. At the end of 2025, the Antimonopoly Committee fined the company 30 million UAH for collusion in tenders run by the State Rearmament Operator (DOT) to procure covers for body armor and winter jackets. The company is also named in a criminal proceeding regarding alleged collusion with DOT officials. According to the investigation’s version, the army received substandard goods at inflated prices. From the court ruling journalists showed in the investigation, it is clear that the case is being handled by the Main Investigative Department of the SBU. The charges there are: part 1 of art. 114-1 (obstruction of the lawful activities of the Armed Forces of Ukraine) and part 5 of art. 191 of the Criminal Code.
Fabrics “from Russian manufacturers”
Tracing MIK’s history, journalists came across a Russian direction. According to foreign economic activity records, until 2018 the company purchased materials from Russia.
Even more telling is the archival profile of the firm itself on a Russian-language business portal. It explicitly states that MIK buys fabrics for production and resale from Russian manufacturers. So, at least until 2018 — several years after the occupation of Crimea and the start of the war in Donbas — the company now sewing for the Armed Forces was working with Russian suppliers.
MIK did not respond to journalists’ questions. A sales manager said she knew nothing and suggested calling other numbers, and an official inquiry to the company has not yet been answered.
A general from “Nash Krai”
Another Mitrokhin company is LLC “Ukrainian Scientific-Engineering Company ‘Bulava’.” The businessman founded it in 2022 together with his son Artem and Ministry of Defense General Yevhen Zamotaiev.
In 2015 Zamotaiev ran for the Zaporizhzhia Regional Council representing the pro-Russian party “Nash Krai.” The investigation links that political force to sanctioned Oleg Murayev, whose media outlets for years broadcast Russian propaganda narratives.
UNEC “Bulava” also came under investigation in the case about alleged collusion with DOT officials. The company was searched and documents and a hard drive were seized. A company representative, asked by journalists about the company’s role in the case, advised sending a written request.
A partner linked to occupied Donetsk region
The most acute finding concerns the fuel business. Until 2026 Mitrokhin was the beneficiary and head of LLC “Energopool,” which trades various types of fuel. Among the firm’s co-owners is still David Vaagovich Khodzhayan.
In Russian registers, a person with the same surname, given name, and patronymic is listed as the founder of OOO “MAYAK-2,” registered in occupied Yenakiieve in Donetsk region, in the so-called “DPR.” Journalists do not claim an exact identity match: they refer to a person with similar details who is likely the founder of that firm. The company, registered under Russian rules, pays taxes into the Russian Federation’s budget and effectively fills the coffers of a state that shells Ukrainian cities.
“To hell with Putin”
Against the background of these ties it is telling how Mitrokhin himself publicly speaks about the war. In a video address on Facebook, recorded against the backdrop of the Motherland Monument, the businessman wishes death to Putin, peace and health to everyone, and ends with the words “Glory to Ukraine!” He speaks Russian in the video.
Mitrokhin refused to explain to journalists the links among his companies. When a “Stop Corruption” reporter identified himself and began to explain the subject of the piece, the businessman hung up and did not answer subsequent calls. Questions were also sent to him via WhatsApp; no reply has been received so far.
Questions without answers
Purchases of fabrics from Russia until 2018, a co-founder from a pro-Russian party, and a partner linked to a company in occupied Yenakiieve do not by themselves prove legal violations. But all these ties belong to companies that receive billions of hryvnias from the defense budget and appear in an SBU case about obstructing the Armed Forces’ activities. Therefore society has the right to hear explanations, and the state must verify whom it trusts to supply the army.
Read also: 10 billions from the state and a mansion worth 80 million: how Oleg Mitrokhin’s business lives during the war.
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