Akhmetov's second family, which owns luxury real estate, was found – "Slidstvo.Info"
Ukraine's richest man, Rinat Akhmetov, has been found to have a second family with assets worth tens of millions of euros, according to an investigation by "Slidstva.Info".
According to journalists, in addition to his official wife Lilia Smirnova and two sons, Akhmetov has two more school-age children. Their mother is 43-year-old Alina Litvinenko.
Journalists have established that the relationship between Akhmetov and Litvinenko may have lasted about 18 years.
During this time, the woman and children became owners of property worth tens of millions of euros, including real estate in Ukraine and France. They are also connected to Akhmetov's business structures.
Among the purchased properties is a three-story estate in the village of Kozyn near Kyiv with an area of over 1,157 square meters, which has its own boiler room, pumping station, gazebo and security house. Next to the estate is a crescent-shaped football field.
The sales contract, as journalists note, has the hallmarks of a fictitious deal – the payment of money is provided for up to eight years without a payment schedule, and the house is transferred to the buyer the next day after signing the contract.
According to "Slidstva.Info", the seller and buyer were represented by individuals associated with Akhmetov's SCM group. The buyer of the house was Alina Litvinenko, a 25-year-old native of Donetsk at the time.
In the 2010s, rumors about Akhmetov's divorce appeared in the media, but the SCM press service always denied them, insisting that his "marital status has not changed" and "the businessman is happily married."
Journalists also discovered that during this time, Litvinenko opened a beauty salon called "My Angel" in Donetsk.
Gradually, her holdings expanded: the company "Kozin-Lux", previously owned by Rinat Akhmetov himself, became her property. This company's balance sheet includes almost 12 hectares of land in Kozin.
According to journalists, construction has been underway on this site for several years and the outlines of the foundation are visible. The land is intended for "construction and maintenance of a residential building, outbuildings and structures."
Since 2013, Litvinenko has also acquired several cars, including a Range Rover, Mercedes GL 500, Porsche Cayenne, and Bentley Continental.
In addition, journalists from "Slidstva.Info" discovered that Almarin Properties owns an elite chalet with an area of 217 square meters and a cost of almost 78 million euros in Courchevel, France.
The director of Almarin Properties is Anna Nechay, the daughter of Akhmetov's so-called lawyer Yuri Voropayev. The company is owned by two minor children, Daniyar and Damira, whose parents are Rinat Akhmetov and Alina Litvinenko.
