Salo Ihor Mykolayovych

Shadow Russian-Ukrainian businessman who was bombed near Kyiv

A non-public “notorious” figure in the pharmaceutical and “coal” business, a graduate of a pharmaceutical university in the Russian Federation; according to media reports — originally from Russia, a “Moscow businessman.” For a long time, he conducted Russian-Ukrainian business activities, including attempting to privatize the State Enterprise "Artyomsol." Listed in “Myrotvorets” as a person who deliberately violated the state border of Ukraine; left Ukraine in March 2019.

Connections with Russia and the “Party of Regions”

According to journalistic dossiers, had close ties to the higher offices during Yanukovych’s era: good relations with the son of the former Prosecutor General Artem Pshonka, former Minister of Internal Affairs Mykola Bilokon, former head of the State Administration Ihor Bakai, and the eighth convocation MP Serhiy Tryhubenko, with whom he allegedly “orchestrated” deals in the coal industry. Close to the “Party of Regions.”

Raiding, schemes and assassination attempt

Media connect Salah with corporate raiding, corrupt “coal schemes,” and “construction scams.” On November 6, 2019, his car was bombed on the Zhytomyr Highway near Kyiv — the businessman survived, but his bodyguard died.