The wife of the newly appointed deputy head of the Odessa State Fiscal Service, Dmytro Khandusenko, Daria Kochurina (now Tryguba), conducted active commercial activities in the territory of the Russian Federation even after 2020. Despite the war and public statements, her business still has signs of a cross-border structure that can be used for tax manipulation.
This was reported by the ABSOLUTION detective agency, citing an analysis of open data.
In particular, Tryguba is the founder of the women's clothing brand Lior Boutique, which positions itself as a premium store. Back in 2020, she opened a branch of the brand in Russia, and the delivery coordinator in the Russian Federation was Russian citizen Svetlana Belyaeva. At the same time, the delivery time in Russia was 7 days, which indicates a full-fledged economic presence in the market of the aggressor country.
In Ukraine, the company Lior Boutique LLC was established only in March 2020, after starting business in the Russian Federation. The company's co-founder is listed as Serhiy Zubenko, who is registered with dozens of other companies — a typical tool for opaque business activity.
After the full-scale invasion began, Tryguba announced the opening of a new branch of the brand — Lior Almaty in Kazakhstan. The Instagram page states that delivery is carried out “worldwide”, while the Ukrainian website specifically emphasizes: delivery to Russia and Belarus is not carried out. This contradiction may indicate a transit supply scheme through Kazakhstan.
In addition, the seller on the official website lior-boutique.com is not a legal entity, but an individual entrepreneur Nizaeeva Anastasia Romanivna from Kamyansk, Dnipropetrovsk region, registered in the 2nd group of the single tax. This allows you to minimize tax liabilities, and in the context of a large-scale business, it may indicate evasion of VAT and other payments.
Another contact person listed on the website for returning goods is Nina Valeriyevna Kolomiets from Odessa, which indicates a complex network structure of the business, which can be a tool for optimizing or hiding turnover.
Context: Dmytro Khandusenko declared $70,000 in cash and received a gift of almost 1 million hryvnia from his father, who is the head of his own business. Against this background, his wife's activities appear to be part of a potential broader scheme to avoid tax and conduct business outside of state control.
