Igor S. Alekseev
Official biography
Ukrainian politician, lawyer, journalist. Member of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine of the VIII convocation. Member of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Legal Policy and Justice. Member of the political council of the People’s Front party.
Born on 23.04.1986 in Kyiv. Kyiv.
He graduated from Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv in 2004. Five years later, he left the university with a red diploma in law.
After graduation, Igor Alekseev immediately started working at the Research Institute of Customs. In 2010, he became a lawyer at MLGroup Law Firm LLC.
On December 25, 2018, he was included in the Russian sanctions list.
Labor activity
April 2009 — August 2010 — Researcher at the Department of Planning, Registration, Accounting and Examination of Research Papers and Dissertations; Researcher at the Research Department of Legal Problems of Customs at the State Research Institute of Customs in Kyiv.
November 2010 — December 2012 — lawyer at MLGroup Law Firm, Kyiv.
2012 — Candidate for People’s Deputy of Ukraine from the All-Ukrainian Union “Batkivshchyna” (No. 187 in the electoral list).
December 2012 — March 2014 — assistant consultant to the People’s Deputy of Ukraine Pavlo Petrenko, Kyiv. Kyiv.
March — May 2014 — Head of the State Registration Service of Ukraine, Kyiv.
May 2014 — November 2014 — Deputy Minister of Justice of Ukraine — Chief of Staff.
In November 2014, Igor Alekseev was elected as a Member of Parliament. He was running under the sixty-fourth number on the People’s Front list.
In the Parliament, Alekseev joined the Committee on Legal Policy and Justice. He is the head of the subcommittee on the activities of the judiciary.
The MP is a member of the Temporary Investigation Commission to investigate the attacks on Kateryna Handziuk and other civil society activists.
The MP is a member of the groups on interparliamentary relations with Malaysia, Israel, Canada, Switzerland, Tunisia, Malta and Norway.
Family.
Mr. Nestor is married. Wife — Nataliia Nestor, lawyer, specialist in mediation in criminal proceedings of Ukraine, PhD in Law.
Son — Maksym Ihorovych Alekseev.
Compromising evidence
The year 2014 brought interesting news. Ihor Alekseev ran for parliament again. This time, people realized that they wanted to see a person like Ihor Alekseev in the Verkhovna Rada. The photos with his image also played an important role: a young man was looking at people from them, and he immediately aroused their affection. This year, Ihor Alekseev was lucky: he won the election race and was elected to the Verkhovna Rada from the People’s Front party.
On February 26, 2015, a meeting of the Committee on Legal Policy and Justice was held. One of the main issues considered by the MPs at the meeting was the draft law on amendments to the Law of Ukraine “On the State Budget of Ukraine for 2015”, Reg. No. 2147, which is considered to be relevant, in particular, due to the economic situation in the country. MPs were to discuss and submit their proposals. Ihor Alekseev was absent from the meeting. Committee. Journalist Ihor Alekseev was “distinguished” in the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine by massive absenteeism.
Compromising information
Igor Alekseev is a young politician. So far, the MP has not been involved in any corruption scandals. However, he voted in favor of draft laws No. 6688 and No. 9157, which are aimed at restricting freedom of speech on the Internet and television.
In addition, he is included in the list of individuals against whom Russia has imposed sanctions.
“- The inaction of the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine and the Deputy Minister of Justice of Ukraine — Chief of Staff Ihor S. Alekseev regarding the failure to comply with the requirements of paragraph 4, part 1, Article 18 and paragraph 3, part 1, Article 19 of the Law of Ukraine “On Citizens’ Appeals”, namely, the failure to invite PERSON_3 and PERSON_1 to consider the complaint No. 1B of 22.05.2014 (in. No. 315/12), was recognized as unlawful;
— the inaction of the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine and the Deputy Minister of Justice of Ukraine — Chief of Staff Ihor S. Alekseev regarding the proper consideration of the complaint No. 1B of 22.05.2014 (ref. No. 315/12) and the application No. 1B of 22.05.2014 (ref. No. 314/1) in the manner and within the time limits provided for by the Law of Ukraine “On Citizens’ Appeals” was recognized as unlawful;
— to oblige the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine to reconsider the application of PERSON_3, PERSON_1 No. 1B of 22.05.2014 (ref. No. 314/1) in accordance with the procedure established by the Law of Ukraine “On Citizens’ Applications” and to inform the applicants of the results of the consideration of the application and the decision taken;
— to oblige the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine to reconsider the complaint of PERSON_3, PERSON_1 No. 1B of 22.05.2014 (ref. No. 315/1) in accordance with the Law of Ukraine “On Citizens’ Appeals” and to inform the applicants of the results of the examination of the complaint and the decision taken.”
From the court decision of 29.04.2020.
“MLGroup.”
Yuri Peh;
We have the MINISTRY OF JUSTICE has become a branch of MLGroup????????
“Chairman of the State Registration Service of Ukraine Onishchenko Anna Vladimirovna — 08.2009 — 10.2013 Head of Corporate Governance Department of LLC “Lawyers Company MLGroup”
Deputy Minister of Justice of Ukraine — Chief of Staff Mr. Igor Alekseev, 11.2010 — 12.2012 Lawyer of LLC “Lawyers Company ‘MLGroup’, Kyiv.
Deputy Minister of Justice of Ukraine for European Integration Anton Yanchuk, 01.07.2008 — 07.2013 Lawyer; Senior Lawyer, LLC “Lawyers Company ‘MLGroup’;
Minister of Justice of Ukraine Pavlo Petrenko”.
2006-2010. — Private law practice. Also co-founded Zammler Ukraine LLC and CJSC Lawyers Company MLGRUP.
UPD:
Oleksiy Romanov
Interesting. The Minister of Justice, his two deputies and the head of the Registration Service used to work in one law firm “MLGroup”.
Now they have “zdobulyu” the highest positions in the Ministry of Justice.
And the LLC “MLGROUP ADVOCATE COMPANY” (code 34189188) now formally belongs to two offshore companies from the Virgin Islands:
1) AIDAR COMPANY LIMITED The address of the founder is Akara Bldg, 24 De Castro Street, Wickems Cay 1, Road Town, Tartola, , VIRGIN ISLANDS.
2) POD INVESTMENT GLOBAL LIMITED (POD INVESTMENT GLOBAL LIMITED)
The address of the founder is 24, Acara Bldg de Castro, Tortola, VIRGIN ISLANDS. Do you think these people will advocate open registers of ownership, ultimate beneficiaries (beneficial owners) of legal entities and fight offshore? Yeah, right away!” — from Facebook Tetiana Montian
Justice Minister Petrenko’ s native company paid 6,000,000 euros to the wife of the head of the Kirovohrad SBU through Slovakia.
In May 2015, Olena Lista, the wife of Oleh Lista, the head of the Kirovohrad SBU, set up a company called Elstrade s.r.o. at a mass registration address in Zilina, Slovakia. Soon, the firm was also co-owned by an offshore company linked to Ukrainian Justice Minister Pavlo Petrenko and a foreign lawyer whose services were used by Colombian drug cartels and the North Korean government.
The offshore newcomers contributed 6,000,000 euros to the authorized capital of the Slovak company and later left the company of the SBU officer’s wife without taking their share. This is how Olena Lista became the owner of a foreign company with more than 600 thousand euros. Now, let’s learn more about this story.
Olena Lista invested 5000 euros in the company Elstrade s.r.o. However, almost immediately, the wife of the SBU officer got solid partners. In September 2015, Aidar Company Limited joined Elstrade s.r.o.. It is registered in the British Virgin Islands, and the ultimate beneficiary is Australian Ian Taylor, a character associated with the raider seizure of the TVi TV channel. According to Ukrayinska Pravda, Taylor has set up a large number of offshore companies in New Zealand, and his services have been used by Mexican and Colombian drug cartels, Asian mafia groups, the Triad, several terrorist networks, and even the North Korean government. In short, a kind of front man for any kind of business. The Aidar Company Limited was founded with the help of the law firm Mossack Fonseca & Co, which was involved in an international scandal in 2016: according to the Panamanian investigation, the company assisted foreigners in tax evasion in their own countries and in money laundering. On April 3, 2016, secret documents (the so-called Panama Papers) were leaked to 11000000, which show that Mossack Fonseca assisted clients in the illegal transfer of large sums of money to offshore accounts.
Some of these documents were obtained by Nashi Hroshi. From them, we learned that Aidar was created under Mossack Fonseca, but by the hands of a Kyiv lawyer, Viacheslav Uzhytskyi. He provided all the copies of documents and information necessary to establish the company. Uzhytskyi appears in the “Panama Papers” as a representative of the ABA Group company, which, according to the documents, was registered right in his apartment. In some of the letters, Uzhytska signs as a representative of Anglo Business Advisors Ltd. an intermediary company specializing in offshore registration in Ukraine. According to Voxukraine, ABA has registered 110 offshore companies in Ukraine.
Even for Mossack Fonseca, according to the correspondence, Uzhytska refused to say who the real beneficiary of Aidar was, and insisted until the end that it was Taylor. However, unlike the lawyer, the real beneficiaries were not so cautious. On November 27, 2017, in Slovakia, the shareholders of Elstrade s.r.o. decided that 90.08% of Aidar’s shareholding would be transferred to Olena Lista. Thus, the share of Elena Lista will increase to 100%. This agreement was signed by Elena Lista and, on behalf of Aidar, by Alexander Ageev, who identified himself as the head of Aidar Company Limited. Ageev is a longtime partner in a number of companies of Ukrainian Minister of Justice Pavlo Petrenko. For example, Ageev and Petrenko were registered as co-founders of the companies Firm Declarant LLC, Domovyi Ukraine LLC, and MLGroup Law Firm LLC.
Minister Petrenko, even after entering politics, does not cut ties with the latter, for example, he rents a car from MLGroup. Aidar Company Limited is listed as a co-founder of MLGroup Law Firm LLC. So, we have a situation where the firm of the partner of the Minister of Justice of Ukraine ceded a share of 620 thousand euros to the Slovak firm of the wife of the head of the SBU in Kirovohrad region.
According to the financial statements of Elstrade s.r.o., we do not see any additional agreements under which Aidar receives something in return, such as real estate or money. Also, Nashi Hroshi does not see any capital letters from the family, which could have compensated Aidar for such large sums of money. That is, the SBU officer’s family has real estate, but she has not sold it.
It should be noted that until January 2017, Olena Lysta had a sole proprietorship in Ukraine — wholesale trade in non-food consumer goods.
In 2013, the head of the SBU, Oleh Lista, registered a 101-meter apartment with a garage in Kyiv at 5 Shumskoho Street.
His wife, Olena Lysta, had two parking spaces registered in Pechersk. The SBU officer’s wife owns two cars — a 2014 Mercedes-benz ML 350, purchased in the same year, and a 2015 Mercedes-benz G 350 TD, purchased in 2015.
Income
Alekseev’s first declaration for 2014 is quite modest. He owned an apartment of 47.2 square meters, and other family members owned another apartment of 20.3 square meters (they are no longer listed in subsequent declarations). Alekseev also had a land plot of 1500 square meters and a 2007 Mitsubishi Pajero. Alekseev’s wife owned a 2011 Hyundai Elantra. Judging by the declarations, the MP’s family has not bought any new cars.
As for money, Alekseev himself declared UAH 98,450 in salary in 2014, UAH 282,983 in bank accounts, and another UAH 48,908 in dividends and interest. Other family members earned UAH 250,333, UAH 1,650 in income from teaching and UAH 2,46 in financial aid. No cash was indicated in the declaration. It is interesting that Alekseev and his family members have not listed any securities, corporate rights, or legal entities associated with the MP’s name in their declarations over the past four years.
In 2015, the MP’s wife and his son acquired a 209-square-meter house, but not in their ownership, but on another right of use, and the family declared more money, including cash. The MP himself received UAH 79,888 in salary and UAH 6,405 in interest. The income of Alekseev’s wife was higher: salary — UAH 86,428 and UAH 47,289, fees — UAH 79,524 and UAH 40,200, income from teaching — UAH 6,889 and UAH 6,30, income from the alienation of real estate — UAH 207,400, insurance payments — UAH 1,500, voluntary health insurance — UAH 5,250, a gift in kind — UAH 475, and maternity benefits — UAH 41,186.
Alekseev also reported 45 thousand hryvnias in cash, while his wife reported 115 thousand hryvnias. The MP’s wife also acquired a land plot of 680 square meters.
The declaration for 2016 was supplemented with a land plot of 1,482 square meters for the MP and 38 square meters for his wife, and they also owned an unfinished residential building of 263 square meters. As for intangible assets, Alekseev’s salary increased to UAH 158,840, but the amount of cash decreased to UAH 5,000. At the same time, the MP received a gift worth UAH 251,168. The MP’s wife continued to work and receive fees. She also declared a gift worth UAH 48 and other income in the amount of UAH 192.
According to the 2017 declaration, Mr. Alekseev has several land plots with a total area of 3700 square meters, registered both personally to Mr. Alekseev and his wife (in particular, one of the plots is in Sofiyivska Borshchahivka); an apartment (94.4 square meters in joint ownership); 2 residential buildings declared by his son and wife, 209.50 square meters each; there are two more buildings under construction.
There are also two cars in use — Hyundai (2011) and Mitsubishi (2007), the total income amounted to UAH 675512. He also declared cash in dollars — 12000, 200000 — in hryvnias (owned by his wife).
In March 2019, Ihor Alekseev filed an electronic declaration for 2018. The MP owns two land plots. Both are located in the village of Vita-Poshtova, Kyiv region. Their total area is three thousand square meters. There is an unfinished residential building there. In Kyiv, the MP jointly owns a ninety-four-square-meter apartment with her mother.
Natalia Nestor also owns two land plots in the Kyiv region, in the village of Sofiyivska Borshchahivka. Their two hundred and seventeen square meter house is also located in this village. The couple rents together another two hundred and nine square meter house in Kyiv. The house belongs to a certain Miklos Nagy. According to the Internet, he is an actor.
Igor and Natalia’s car fleet consists of two cars. Alekseev has been driving a Mitsubishi Pajero Wagon since 2007. His wife has a 2011 Hyundai Elantra. The car cost her one hundred and thirty-two thousand hryvnias.
Ihor Alekseev’s only source of income is his salary in the Verkhovna Rada. In 2018, it amounted to four hundred and fifty-six thousand hryvnias.
Natalia Nestor managed to earn four hundred thousand hryvnias from three jobs in one year. In addition, she received one hundred and seventy-two thousand in fees. The state allocated ten thousand to her as social benefits in connection with the birth of her child. The MP’s wife received six and a half thousand in insurance payments.
According to his declaration, the MP has no monetary assets. But Natalia Nestor has them. She has twenty thousand hryvnias in her bank accounts. The MP’s wife has twelve thousand dollars and three hundred and fifty thousand hryvnias in cash.
Apparently, not everything is clean with her wife either.
Information about the wife
Nestor Nataliia Volodymyrivna PhD in Law Assistant of the Department of Justice Deputy Director for Scientific Work of Kyiv Scientific Research Institute of Forensic Expertise of the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine (Kyiv Scientific Research Institute of Forensic Expertise) Her income is much higher than her husband’s. Thus, in 2019, she indicated the figure of UAH 1,324,609 from the position of Deputy Director at the Institute of Forensic Expertise. This means that she received UAH 110,384 per month. In addition, she receives fees, child benefits, and two other salaries from her part-time jobs. Most of the real estate belongs to her, not her husband. Everything looks very plausible, but for some reason she did not indicate expenses for 2018 in this register, and her 2018 declaration indicates an apartment registered in her name, but there is no cost or any information about the apartment.
In 2019, Natalia Vladimirovna bought a car for almost 800 thousand hryvnias.
Generally speaking, Igor Sergeyevich does not own a single apartment, only unfinished buildings and several plots of land.
Resume
Ihor Serhiyovych proved to be a frivolous person. He was absent from most meetings of the Verkhovna Rada, but still received a deputy’s salary, but if you look at his estates, you should suspect that he does not live on his deputy’s salary alone, and given the scams and machinations of his former boss Petrenko, Alekseev also managed to snatch a tidbit for himself. And his wife is a “gold mine”.
From all of this, we can conclude that he does not particularly care about the people and their problems, but an extra plot of land and real estate are his weaknesses.