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The Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine granted the Cypriot company Parallel Nafta Limited permission to acquire control over UA Agrocom Limited and UAC Finance Limited. These companies are connected to the deal to involve the owner of the Parallel network of gas stations Alexander Dubinin in HarvEast’s agricultural business, which is part of SCM of Rinat Akhmetov.
As Dilo reports, this is evidenced by the AMCU decision.
Details of the potential deal, including the size of the stake planned for purchase and its cost, have not been disclosed.
What is known about Parallel
Parallel is a Ukrainian network of gas stations, owned and led by Alexander Dubinin.
In 2020 year, Dubinin acquired the Parallel network from Akhmetov’s SCM group. In 2024 year the company expanded its fuel business by acquiring assets of the Motto network.
According to 2025, Parallel’s revenue was about 11 billion hryvnias, an increase of about a quarter compared to the previous year. Fuel sales rose by a third.
In 2026 year the company said it planned to expand the business and invest in the development of the network by up to 2 billion hryvnias. Among growth areas are the acquisition of regional networks of gas stations.
What is known about HarvEast
HarvEast is a Ukrainian agricultural holding founded in 2011 year on the basis of agricultural assets of the Mariupol Illich Steel and Iron Works.
The main areas of activity are crop farming and seed production. The agroholding grows wheat, sunflower, corn, rapeseed, and other crops.
According to information on the company’s official site, after losing a significant portion of land assets in Donetsk due to Russian aggression, HarvEast’s land bank amounts to about 24 thousand hectares. The company’s main production assets are concentrated in Kyiv region.
The general director of HarvEast is Dmytro Skornyakov.
According to current information on the corporate site, the agroholding belongs to the investment company SCM, founded by Rinat Akhmetov. Historically, HarvEast’s ownership structure was also associated with Smart-Holding of Vadym Novinsky.
As a reminder, amid intensified Russian attacks on fuel infrastructure, the Parallel gas station network is rethinking its development strategy, focusing on safety and economic efficiency rather than quantitative expansion. In an interview with Dilo, Parallel Market’s CEO Alexander Dubinin spoke about the prospects for development and predicted diesel fuel prices in Ukraine to rise above 100 hryvnias per liter already by autumn.
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