Unigran evades sanctions and earns hundreds of millions

In 2024, Unigran earned 500 million hryvnia, skillfully circumventing the sanctions imposed by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

New partners of Igor Naumets, the fugitive Russian national, managed to transfer Unigran's assets to duplicate companies linked to Serhiy Shapran, owner of the BRAZ plant. 

Despite the fact that his companies were seized as part of a criminal investigation, this did not prevent Unigran from continuing to sell crushed stone, sand, explosives and paving slabs worth 500 million hryvnia.

Journalists found a memorandum in which Shapran commits to paying Naumets 12 million dollars and sharing the profits, suggesting that funds extracted from Ukrainian subsoil may have ended up in Russia. In addition, a connection with Volodymyr Osypov, a former ally of Mykola Skoryk and the brother-in-law of Odesa Regional Military Administration head Oleksandr Prudius, was identified.

Despite this scandal, the Ministry of Justice, the National Security and Defence Council and the Prosecutor General's Office have taken no measures to recover Unigran's assets. Experts value the company at 120 million US dollars.