Azarov Oleksiy Mykolayovych

MP 'Regionals' member with Russian citizenship, suspected of a 140 million bribe and joint business with Kurchenko in Austria

Born in Kaluga (RSFSR). Engineer, businessman, citizen of Russia. First Deputy Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Finance and Banking Activities — MP of the VII convocation representing the Party of Regions. First Deputy Prime Minister under Yanukovych. On January 16, 2014, voted for the "dictatorial laws." After the Euromaidan, moved to Austria, where he conducts business through nominal owners. In September 2014, the Austrian Ministry of the Interior froze the assets of LPG Trading GmbH — a liquefied gas company co-owned by Azarov and Serhiy Kurchenko; the investigation began in March 2014. In 2018, the prosecutor's office filed bribery charges against Mykola and Oleksiy Azarov — the amount of illicit benefit was 140 million UAH.

Ministry of Justice lawsuit to the High Anti-Corruption Court for confiscation and continuation of NABU investigation

On February 16, 2021, NABU resumed the pre-trial investigation regarding Azarov. On May 6, 2026, the Ministry of Justice filed a lawsuit with the High Anti-Corruption Court seeking sanctions — seizure of assets owned by Mykola and Oleksiy Azarov: real estate and land plots in Kyiv and Kyiv region, money, corporate rights, valuables, books, and icons. Despite ongoing investigations, according to Deutsche Welle, Azarov Jr. continued entrepreneurial activity in several EU countries from 2017 to 2019 through trusted persons — notably through Kostyantyn Pyvovarov, to whom he officially transferred assets as early as February 2014. EU sanctions against him were lifted in 2015; however, the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine sanctions remain in effect.