29.06.2025 Business of Occupiers

Kiper as the main lobbyist for the interests of the Russian mining business of Naumets

The assets of the sanctioned company Unigran, owned by Russian businessman Igor Naumets, worth about UAH 1 billion, have become the subject of a large-scale embezzlement scheme. At the center of this fraud are former Brovary City Council member Serhiy Shapran and his business partners Volodymyr Osypov and Oleh Kiper. Thanks to a well-coordinated scheme that included manipulation of registers, dubious court decisions and corrupt connections, assets that were supposed to be transferred to the state ended up in the hands of the fraudsters.

Who is Ihor Naumets and what is Unigran?

The Unigran Group of Companies, established by Russian businessman Igor Naumets, includes a number of companies in Kyiv and Zhytomyr regions, including Unigran LLC, Unigran Service LLC, Budindustriya-Service LTD, Malynskyi Stone Crushing Plant JSC, Korosten Quarry JSC, and Pinyazevytskyi Quarry PJSC. These companies specialize in the extraction and processing of minerals, including granite, sand, and crushed stone.

After Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine began, the National Security and Defense Council imposed sanctions against Unigran and its owner due to a threat to national security. The companies’ assets were blocked and their property was to be transferred to the state. However, this situation became an ideal opportunity for businessmen who decided to take possession of the sanctioned assets.

How Shapran and Osipov misappropriated assets

Serhiy Shapran, a former deputy of the Brovary City Council from the For the Future party and owner of the Brovary Aluminum Plant, together with his business partner Volodymyr Osypov, developed a scheme to withdraw Unigran’s assets from sanctions. According to criminal proceedings No. 42022000000000455, they acted through a number of controlled companies, including Uni Lux LLC, Pulsar-P LLC, Uni Logistic LLC, Uni Service LLC, Uni Stone Plante LLC, Malynska Mining Company LLC, Korostenska Mining Company LLC, and Budindustriya-Service LTD.

The first step was the lifting of the seizure of Unigran’s assets. According to the investigation, this was made possible by the involvement of the “right” judges who lifted the restrictions imposed on the property. It remains unclear which judges were involved, but such actions point to possible corruption in the judicial system.

After the arrests were lifted, Shapran and Osipov re-registered Naumets’ assets to companies under their control. This process included entering deliberately false information into official documents and unauthorized changes to information in automated systems. As a result, the property of Unigran was removed from sanctions and actually became Shapran’s property.

The investigation also established the facts of legalization of the proceeds of crime. According to the prosecutor’s office, Shapran seized assets worth over UAH 124 million, and the total damage caused to the state is estimated at over UAH 125 million. The profits from the activities of the sanctioned companies continued to flow abroad, in particular to Russia.

Serhiy Shapran: Brovary businessman with a dark past

Serhiy Shapran is not just a former MP, but also a well-known businessman in Brovary, the owner of the Brovary Aluminum Plant. His name has been repeatedly mentioned in scandals related to raider attacks. In particular, journalists associate him with the seizure of a building in the center of Kyiv, which was also reported in the media as a target of raiding with the assistance of high-ranking officials.

In addition, the NACP checked Shapran’s declaration for 2023 and found inaccurate information worth UAH 193 million. In particular, he failed to declare a BMW M760LI car sold in 2023 and a BMW X7 that his company, Shapran Group, leased to his wife. In addition, Shapran replenished his bank accounts with UAH 23 million, but the audit found that his family did not have enough money for such transactions at the time. The NACP sees signs of illicit enrichment and false declaration in Shapran’s actions (part 2 of Article 366-2 of the Criminal Code). But for some reason, NABU and SAPO law enforcement officers are silent about this.

On June 21, 2025, Serhiy Shapran was detained in the Lviv region while trying to flee abroad in a seized Land Rover car. He was notified of being suspected under several articles of the Criminal Code of Ukraine:

  • Entering deliberately false information into official documents by prior conspiracy (Part 2 of Article 366 of the Criminal Code);
  • Unauthorized change of information in automated systems (Article 361 of the Criminal Code);
  • Legalization of property obtained by criminal means (Part 3 of Article 209 of the Criminal Code).

But, as we can see, there is no illicit enrichment and no false declaration.

The Pechersk District Court of Kyiv imposed a pre-trial restraint on Shapran in the form of detention for 60 days with the possibility of bail in the amount of UAH 100 million 200 thousand 737. It remains to be seen whether Shapran’s partner, local MP Olena Dudar, will help him raise this amount.

Oleg Kiper: Patron or bystander?

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Oleh Kiper, the current head of the Odesa Regional Military District Administration and former Kyiv prosecutor, denies any involvement in Unigran’s activities or acquaintance with Shapran and Naumets. However, journalists point to Kiper’s connection to Shapran through Osipov and a building in the center of Kyiv that was used as collateral for loans to the Notel company, which is linked to Osipov. The same building had previously appeared in the media as the object of a raider seizure involving Shapran. The question of whether Kiper is covering up for Shapran remains open, but the connections between these individuals are suspicious.

It seems that Kiper, having connections in the law enforcement system, can easily solve Shapran’s problem so that he pays bail as soon as possible, gets out of the jail, and then simply “disappears from the radar.” But should we expect such a development?

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