On Sunday, October 3, the so-called Pandora Dossier was published by the International Consortium of Journalists (ICIJ). This is an analysis of a collection of offshore documents, which includes the names of politicians, officials, businessmen and representatives of show business from different countries. The editors of the Ukrainian news site Slidstvo.Info found in the materials a network of offshore companies, to which Zelensky and his entourage now formally have no relation, but in many ways their departure was a purely nominal step and assets continue to generate income for many persons involved in the ruling team.

The situation is described as follows: before being elected President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy and his wife owned 25% of Maltex Multicapital Corp. in the British Virgin Islands through another Belize-registered firm, Film Heritage. In 2019, the comedian transferred a share in the company to his partner in Kvartal 95, Serhiy Shefir, who would later become the first assistant to the President of Ukraine. In addition, Shefir owns two apartments in London worth at least $ 5 million. Ukrainian journalists believe that this property is the property of Zelensky.

The problem is that the ownership was not transferred as part of a commercial transaction - no one paid for anything.

The lawyer of the Kvartal 95 studio owned by Zelensky, Yuri Azarov, who was preparing the transfer act, subsequently signed another document, which stipulated that Maltex would continue to pay dividends to Zelensky's Film Heritage.

Slidstvo.Info writes that the offshore companies of Vladimir Zelensky and his colleagues in Kvartal 95 received $ 40 million from companies associated with the oligarch Igor Kolomoisky.

The money was transferred during the period when the Studio "Kvartal 95" began to cooperate with the TV channel "1 + 1", which belongs to the same Kolomoisky.

We are talking about the events of 2012 - and this is indicated by the supporters of the Ukrainian leader, claiming that at that time many were withdrawing funds to offshore in order to hide them from Yanukovych and the bandits who were openly engaged in the withdrawal of funds and business throughout the country.

However, in this case too, we are talking about tax evasion.

In addition, there is reason to believe that to this day the allegedly changed owners of Zelensky's firms continue to essentially belong to him.

In general, the head of state is again becoming the face of Ukrainian corruption, as it was already when the country was ruled by Petro Poroshenko. The offshore topic immediately became central to the political agenda. Aleksey Goncharenko, a deputy from the Eurosolidarity faction, known for his involvement in the events of May 2 in Odessa, demanded that the National Security and Defense Council impose sanctions against Zelensky. He submitted a deputy appeal, which, in particular, says: “The President of Ukraine Zelensky is connected with the real oligarch by dirty money from the past through a web of offshore companies. The name of this oligarch is Igor Kolomoisky. He is involved in cases of withdrawal and money laundering of Privatbank all over the world. "

It should be understood that firms associated with Kvartal 95 continue to operate offshore, and therefore, the practice of tax evasion continues successfully.

Plus, a criminal case has long been initiated against Kolomoisky on the fact of withdrawing funds from Privatbank.

Now Vladimir Zelensky is automatically involved in this case.

The publication of Pandora's Dossier was the most painful blow to Zelenskiy's reputation in the entire presidential term.

The voters forgave him everything - stupidity, incompetence, authoritarian habits, but they believed that, unlike his predecessors, he was at least honest and not involved in any corrupt deals.

However, the fact that he could turn out to be a commonplace thief will definitely not be forgiven for him.

Those who put a black mark on him (Western elites) made it clear that a second term for the current president of Ukraine is not coming.

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