{"id":49261,"date":"2023-12-31T10:15:32","date_gmt":"2023-12-31T09:15:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bird.bg\/?p=49261"},"modified":"2025-03-01T20:45:59","modified_gmt":"2025-03-01T19:45:59","slug":"peevski-associated-export-to-russia-and-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bird.bg\/en\/peevski-associated-export-to-russia-and-ukraine\/","title":{"rendered":"Euro-Atlanticist Peevski benefits from trade with Russia"},"content":{"rendered":"

Data from Ukrainian and Russian customs shows how companies associated with the “new Euro-Atlanticist” and sanctioned for corruption under the Global Magnitsky Act<\/span>, Delyan Peevski<\/b>, have been earning impressive sums from the war and have been actively trading with Russia since the beginning of its aggression against Ukraine.<\/span> In the fall of 2023, the pro-Western rhetoric of <\/span> ruling majority <\/span>lawmaker<\/a><\/span> Delyan Peevski<\/b><\/p>\n

visibly intensified. His calls to DANS to counter Russian influence in Bulgaria make headlines in the media every week. In parliament, together with GERB, he tried to force the removal of the derogation for Russian oil for a period of three days, accusing his opponents of not wanting a break from energy dependence on Russia. <\/span><\/p>\n

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Delyan Peevski at a meeting with the Ambassador of Ukraine Olesya Ilashchuk. Photo: MRF Press Center<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Behind these Euro-Atlantic gestures of the oligarch deputy, however, there are other realities. Like the profitable, but already exhausted alush-verish with Russian fuels for Ukraine. And also the quietly continuing trade with Russia in the debris of his cigarette empire. <\/span><\/p>\n

Russian diesel for over one billion leva. was exported by Peevski’s proxies to Ukraine<\/span><\/h2>\n

In October and November, the Ukrainian special services (SBU, equivalent of DANS) blacklisted several Bulgarian terminals from which fuel is loaded to Ukraine. These are the facilities in <\/span>Ruse<\/a><\/span>, <\/span>Byala<\/a><\/span>, <\/span>Plovdiv<\/a><\/span>, <\/span>Varna<\/a><\/span> and <\/span>Burgas<\/a><\/span>. \u0423\u043f\u043e\u043c\u0435\u043d\u0430\u0442\u0430 \u0435 \u0438\u0437\u0440\u0438\u0447\u043d\u043e \u0444\u0438\u0440\u043c\u0430\u0442\u0430 “\u0418\u043d\u0441\u0430 \u041e\u0439\u043b\u201d,\u0441 \u0431\u0430\u0437\u0430\u0442\u0430 \u045d \u0432 <\/span>Belozem<\/a><\/span>. \u0412 \u0440\u0435\u0437\u0443\u043b\u0442\u0430\u0442 \u0433\u043e\u0440\u0438\u0432\u0430\u0442\u0430, \u0438\u0434\u0432\u0430\u0449\u0438 \u043e\u0442 \u0411\u044a\u043b\u0433\u0430\u0440\u0438\u044f, \u0449\u0435 \u0431\u044a\u0434\u0430\u0442 \u043e\u0431\u0441\u0442\u043e\u0439\u043d\u043e \u043f\u0440\u043e\u0432\u0435\u0440\u044f\u0432\u0430\u043d\u0438 \u043e\u0442 \u0443\u043a\u0440\u0430\u0438\u043d\u0441\u043a\u0438\u0442\u0435 \u043c\u0438\u0442\u043d\u0438\u0446\u0438 \u0437\u0430 \u0442\u0435\u0445\u043d\u0438\u044f \u043f\u0440\u043e\u0438\u0437\u0445\u043e\u0434. <\/span><\/p>\n

BIRD studied and analyzed customs data on over 32,000 fuel shipments to Ukraine from Bulgaria for the period from the beginning of the war on 24.02.2022 to the end of September 2023. This is how the Bulgarian companies that exported from these terminals became clear: <\/span>“Insa Oil<\/a><\/span>\u201d, \u201c<\/span>Bulmarket DM<\/a><\/span>\u201d, \u201c<\/span>Oil Export<\/a><\/span>‘ s <\/span>Petrol AD<\/a><\/span>, <\/span>“<\/span>DMV Petrol<\/a><\/span>“, <\/span>“<\/span>Saxon<\/a><\/span>\u201d, \u201c<\/span>Zara E<\/a><\/span>\u201d, \u201c<\/span>Agro 03<\/a><\/span>\u201d, \u201c<\/span>GTA Petroleum<\/a><\/span>\u201d, \u201c<\/span>Vaya-7 Holding<\/a><\/span>\u201d, \u201c<\/span>Intercom<\/a><\/span>\u201d, \u201c<\/span>NPC Trade<\/a><\/span>” and “<\/span>If Oil<\/a><\/span>“.<\/span><\/p>\n

All these fuel exporters, with the exception of Bulmarket (it exported <\/span>liquefied petroleum gases<\/a><\/span> to Ukraine before the war), appear on the Ukrainian market after February 24, 2022. <\/span> In total, nearly 1 million tons of diesel<\/b> were imported from Bulgaria to Ukraine for a year and a half <\/span> <\/p>\n

\/944,880 tons\/. At an average exchange rate of 37 Ukrainian hryvnias per euro, the declared value of the fuels is <\/span>EUR 866.5 million<\/b> or <\/span>over BGN 1.7 billion.<\/b><\/p>\n

Cynical Winning Triangle<\/span><\/h2>\n

Diesel for Ukraine comes mainly from the Bulgarian refinery of Lukoil, which is evident from the mass declaration of origin from Bulgaria, as well as “EU countries”. But the declarations also include other, much more exotic destinations of origin. For example <\/span>Turkmenistan<\/a><\/span>, <\/span>India<\/a><\/span>, <\/span>Serbia<\/a><\/span> and even <\/span>Israel<\/a><\/span>. \u041d\u0438\u0442\u043e \u0435\u0434\u043d\u0430 \u0444\u0438\u0440\u043c\u0430 \u043d\u0435 \u0435 \u043f\u043e\u0441\u043e\u0447\u0438\u043b\u0430 \u0432 \u0434\u0435\u043a\u043b\u0430\u0440\u0430\u0446\u0438\u0438\u0442\u0435 \u0441\u0438 \u043f\u0440\u0435\u0434 \u0443\u043a\u0440\u0430\u0438\u043d\u0441\u043a\u0438\u0442\u0435 \u043c\u0438\u0442\u043d\u0438\u0446\u0438 \u0420\u0443\u0441\u0438\u044f \u043a\u0430\u0442\u043e \u043f\u0440\u043e\u0438\u0437\u0445\u043e\u0434 \u043d\u0430 \u0433\u043e\u0440\u0438\u0432\u043e\u0442\u043e. \u0421\u043e\u0431\u0441\u0442\u0432\u0435\u043d\u0438\u043a\u044a\u0442 \u043d\u0430 “\u0418\u043d\u0441\u0430 \u041e\u0439\u043b” \u0413\u0435\u043e\u0440\u0433\u0438 \u0421\u0430\u043c\u0443\u0438\u043b\u043e\u0432 \u043f\u0440\u0438\u0437\u043d\u0430\u0432\u0430 \u0437\u0430 \u041a\u0430\u043f\u0438\u0442\u0430\u043b<\/a>, \u0447\u0435 \u0444\u0438\u0440\u043c\u0430\u0442\u0430 \u0435 \u0438\u0437\u043d\u0430\u0441\u044f\u043b\u0430 \u0437\u0430 \u0423\u043a\u0440\u0430\u0439\u043d\u0430 \u0433\u043e\u0442\u043e\u0432 \u0440\u0443\u0441\u043a\u0438 \u0434\u0438\u0437\u0435\u043b, \u043a\u043e\u0439\u0442\u043e \u0435 \u0432\u043d\u0435\u0441\u0435\u043d \u043e\u0442 \u0420\u0443\u0441\u0438\u044f \u043f\u0440\u0435\u0437 2022 \u0433. <\/span><\/p>\n

This business was officially authorized by Brussels<\/span> in the ninth package of sanctions, with the motive to help Ukrainian farmers. Thus, a cynical winning triangle was formed. Lukoil and the Russian budget win, Ukrainian “farmers” win <\/span>” \/as well as the Ukrainian Armed Forces\/, the Bulgarian intermediaries also benefit.<\/span><\/p>\n

The largest are corpulent<\/span><\/h2>\n

The lion’s share of diesel supplies is for “<\/span>Insa Oil<\/b>“<\/span> with 340 thousand tons<\/b> and “<\/span>Bulmarket DM”<\/b> with 240 thousand tons<\/b><\/span> or more than 62% of the quantities. The table also shows the amounts declared by all exporters: \"\"
\n<\/span>This data is not complete, as there were imports of diesel in October, before Ukraine added Bulgarian locations to its blacklist. What is the reason for the sudden sanction is not clear, but most likely it is related to false declarations of origin of fuels and concealment of the fact that they actually have Russian origin. <\/span><\/p>\n

The two leading companies in terms of export volume, Insa Oil and Bulmarket DM, are controlled by businessmen who have close relations with Peevski.<\/span><\/p>\n

The already mentioned <\/span>Georgi Samuilov<\/b> – “<\/span>Joro Insa<\/b>” bought the iconic Berlin Hotel from the MP’s companies, as well as his other assets. As shown by <\/span>BIRD investigation<\/a><\/span>, Samuilov also paid for the services of the American lobbyist <\/span>Tony Podesta<\/b>, who is a business partner with <\/span>Momchil Mondeshki<\/b> – “<\/span>Peevski’s Trojan horse<\/a><\/span>“.<\/span><\/p>\n

Bulmarket<\/span> DM<\/a><\/b> is a company closely associated with First Investment Bank, and its formal owner, <\/span>Stanko Stankov<\/a><\/span>, was revealed in <\/span> an <\/a> investigation by Bivol as a proxy of its shareholders <\/span>Tseko Minev<\/b> and <\/span>Ivaylo Mutafchiev<\/b><\/span>. \u0418\u043c\u0435\u043d\u043d\u043e \u043e\u0442 \u041f\u0418\u0411 <\/span>Delyan Peevski<\/b> re-credited his debts to Corpbank, and the bank pointed to him as its impeccable client in a letter to the registrar of secret <\/span>offshore companies<\/a><\/b> of the MP, revealed in the investigation “The Pandora Papers”.<\/span><\/p>\n

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