Boholyubov, who fled the country, is now to be arrested
22 November 13:05
The Pechersk District Court of Kyiv has ruled to arrest Gennadiy Boholyubov, who left Ukraine in the summer using forged documents. This was reported by Ukrayinska Pravda, which has the court ruling at its disposal, reports Komersant ukrainskyi.
“To choose a preventive measure in the form of detention for the suspect Boholyubov Gennady Borisovich, born on January 20, 1962…”
– the court ruling reads.
In addition, the court ordered that after Boholyubov’s detention, he should be brought before an investigating judge no later than 48 hours later. At this meeting, the issue of extending the arrest or replacing the preventive measure with a more lenient one will be decided.
As reported by , 62-year-old businessman Gennadiy Bogolyubov, co-owner of the Privat group and business partner of Ihor Kolomoisky, left the country this summer. Prior to that, several attempts to leave Ukraine were unsuccessful for Bogolyubov. He allegedly went to Austria.
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Who is Gennadiy Bogolyubov?
Gennadiy Boholyubov is a well-known Ukrainian businessman and entrepreneur, born on January 20, 1962 in Dniprodzerzhynsk (now Kamianske). He is one of the founders and former co-owners of PrivatBank, Ukraine’s largest commercial bank, and the entire Privat Group. Bogolyubov was also a partner of Ihor Kolomoisky in many business projects.
Mr. Bogolyubov graduated from the Dnipro Civil Engineering Institute. His business career began in the 1990s when he and his partners founded PrivatBank. He subsequently became one of the key players in Ukrainian business, with interests in various industries, including banking, metallurgy, oil and gas, and real estate.
Together with Kolomoisky, Boholyubov controlled the Privat Group, which had significant assets in Ukraine and abroad. However, in 2016, PrivatBank was nationalized by the Ukrainian government due to problems with its capitalization and loan portfolio structure.
As of 2024, Gennadiy Boholyubov is still active in the business, although his influence on the Ukrainian economy has significantly decreased compared to the period before PrivatBank’s nationalization.
Mr. Bogolyubov is known for his charitable activities, including support for the Jewish community.
In March of this year, the media reported that Bogolyubov became the father of a daughter born to Emine Dzhaparova, First Deputy Foreign Minister and Permanent Representative of Ukraine to International Organizations in Vienna. This is Bogolyubov’s sixth child. After Boholyubov’s escape, Dzhaparova resigned from her post at the Foreign Ministry.
