Yurushev Leonid Ivanovych

Donetsk billionaire from Yanukovych's orbit, who defended the LPR terrorist for the sake of UZ tenders

Born in 1946 in Donetsk. Of Greek origin, a citizen of Greece, residing mainly in Athens. In his youth, he was part of the "Yenakiieve group" — an associate of FC Shakhtar President Akhat Bragin and a close acquaintance of Yanukovych's circle. After Bragin's assassination in 1995, he left Ukraine for five years and acquired Austrian citizenship. Returning in the early 2000s, he built a diversified empire: Diesel Plant (Dnipro), Korosten MDF Plant, InterContinental and Fairmont hotels in Kyiv, woodworking enterprises. According to "Schemes", he profited from the state transport sector thanks to connections with Arseniy Yatsenyuk.

Former LPR terrorist heading a state enterprise — a link in Yurushev's tender scheme

Yurushev's acquaintance with Andriy Anofriyev took place in 2011 when the latter worked as a manager at the oligarch's Diesel Plant. At the end of 2014 — after Anofriyev's participation in armed formations of the LPR — he was appointed head of the SE "Ukrspecwagon": a state enterprise ordering hopper cars for Ukrzaliznytsia from Yurushev's companies. On April 2, 2021, the SBU detained Anofriyev under suspicion of creating a terrorist organization (Art. 258-3 of the Criminal Code).