In the midst of summer, low-profile but strategically important auctions for elite real estate that once belonged to state structures are underway. The next object was a large-scale complex in Kozyn - a former recreation center with an estate, a restaurant and numerous buildings, which Prominvestbank sold for UAH 311.11 million. The buyer was a company associated with businessman Maksym Krippa - one of the most mysterious millionaires in the Ukrainian gambling business.
Real estate is not for the average person
The sale of the object took place through the platform "Prozorro.Sales". The starting price of the lot was 187.6 million UAH, but "Midal" LLC immediately set the highest bid - over 311 million UAH, thus securing victory. Competitors, "Engineering-Analytical" LLC and "Green House" LLC, did not even take a single step towards it.
What was included in the deal? It's not just old infrastructure. The lot includes a restaurant with 140 seats, several administrative and sleeping buildings in Koncha Zaspa, a luxurious estate with an area of over 1,100 m², auxiliary buildings, boathouses, three buildings of 226 m² each, and three land plots with an area of over a hectare within the elite residential complex "Kraevyd".
Shadowy players in big business
Forbes in 2022 as the new beneficiary of the NAVI esports organization after the offshore structure in the British Virgin Islands was re-registered in his name.
Krippa is the alleged owner of the international bookmaker GGBet and other gambling assets spread across jurisdictions from Cyprus to Malta. He is also associated with the purchase of the Dnipro Hotel, which was publicly announced by Oleksandr Kokhanovsky in 2020. However, as journalists found out, the real owners of the purchasing company were completely different structures connected to the same gambling circles.
Volunteering and parallel realities
Interestingly, despite all the aforementioned connections, NAVI actively positions itself as a patriotic brand: the organization participates in volunteer initiatives, supplies cars for the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and cooperates with banks and foundations. One of the partners of these programs is Accordbank, which was mentioned among the potential buyers of the Dnipro Hotel. Its beneficiary is the husband of the former Ukrainian ambassador to the United States, Oksana Markarova.
The combination of all these facts — real estate business, gambling trail, offshore schemes, support for volunteerism — creates a strange tangle of relationships that deserves closer attention from both journalists and regulators. Because what really stands behind the "quiet" deals — a happy coincidence or a well-thought-out strategy to buy the country "wholesale and in installments"?
