{"id":177959,"date":"2026-03-03T20:40:59","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T17:40:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/177959\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"investigative-journalists-lukasenkas-ex-manager-involved-in-supplying-luxury-cars-to-russia","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/177959\/","title":{"rendered":"Investigative journalists: \u0141uka\u0161enka\u2019s ex-manager involved in supplying luxury cars to Russia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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March 3, Pozirk.<\/em> <\/strong>Belarusian and Ukrainian journalists, in a joint investigation<\/a>, have identified companies and individuals involved in circumventing international sanctions to supply luxury cars to Russia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One Russian company, OOO Astrata, that bought at least 19 cars worth about $2 million in 2023-25, is controlled by Andrej \u015aviryda\u016d, a former deputy to Viktar \u0160ejman when he headed the Presidential Property Management Office \u2013 the Belarusian ruler\u2019s business empire \u2013 from 2013 to 2021. \u0160ejman is Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka\u2019s close ally who is under sanctions over alleged involvement in forced disappearances of opposition figures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u015aviryda\u016d reportedly holds an 80-percent stake in OOO Astrata, with 20 percent owned by Ekaterina Kornienko, a Crimean-born woman with a Russian passport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u015aviryda\u016d also served as CFO with Rostumel Holding Limited, a Cyprus-incorporated company that was also involved in shipping sanctioned cars to Russia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Other companies suspected of circumventing sanctions are Belarus\u2019 TAA NewInvestGrup and TAA LegionGrupInvest, both were managed by \u015aviryda\u016d when they shipped luxury vehicles to Russia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The investigation was conducted by the Belarusian Investigative Center in partnership with Rabo\u010dy Ruch and  Ukraine\u2019s Slidstvo.Info<\/a>, with support from the CyberPartisans<\/a> hacktivist group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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