Originally Syndicated on April 19, 2023 @ 11:36 am
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Vladimir Prodivus is a very controversial person. On the one hand, he is a successful businessman, athlete, ex-head of the Boxing Federation of Ukraine, and “curator” of the development of this sport in our country, writes Antikor.
But on the other hand, Vladimir Prodivus is known as a crime boss who built his business according to the “laws” of the dashing nineties. In 1989, he was even sentenced to three years. But that’s not all of her. He is also known for the fact that, even though a full-scale war has been going on in Ukraine for almost a year, Prodivus makes friends with pro-Russian personalities. What is known about the scandal that is flaring up in the FBU between Shevchenko and Providus with the Kremlin? About this and other scandalous details from the life of authority, read on.
59-year-old Vladimir Stepanovich is from the city of Shahan in Kazakhstan. Businessman, philanthropist, politician, and ex-president of the Boxing Federation of Ukraine.
He is associated with fraud in the amber business, with “gray” schemes to control the cash markets. He is one of the “shadow” shareholders of Sofievsky Bank.
And besides this, Prodivus is also known as a crime boss with pro-Russian sympathies. But first things first.
Vladimir Prodivus Business and wealth
According to the businessman himself, he earned his first million 20 years ago. At the same time, after a couple of years, the media estimated his fortune at $ 200 million. And already in 2010, Focus magazine counted only 31 million dollars from the businessman. It is noteworthy that after that, Prodivus did not fall into the hundred of the richest Ukrainians, but in one of his interviews, he said that he did it deliberately so as not to attract the attention of the paparazzi.
According to the Opendata information registry, the Vinnytsia businessman owns several companies.
And that’s not counting those where he is a director.
Vladimir Prodivus Politics games
Prodivus is an ex-regional. At one time, namely, ten years ago, he went into politics and became a people’s deputy from the regions. But in 2014, during the Euromaidan, he very quickly and timely left the ranks of the scandalous party.
Twice the deputy was seen button-pressing.
This period of his life can be summed up by the investigation of the “Groshi” program under the very eloquent title “Non-deputy activity of the deputy Prodivus”.
Volodymyr Prodivus is a well-known criminal authority in Vinnitsa
He was called a thief in law and a criminal authority. As you know, no one gets such statuses just like that. The greatest criminal fame was gained in Vinnytsia, where he grew up, studied, and started a business. In 1989, he was even sentenced to three years in prison for stealing a car and causing severe bodily harm under parts 2 and 19 of Article 123, part 2 of Article 193, and Article 215 of the Criminal Code of the Ukrainian SSR. He then served his term in the Shostka colony.
In May 2014, Prodivus appeared in a gang shootout that took place in the forest of the Rivne region.
Residents then accused him of trying to capture amber deposits. Although at the same time, the people’s deputy himself justified himself before the media, they say, he was there for a good purpose and the sake of the people, he wanted to “talk”.
How it was, see the video.
Friendship with pro-Russian personalities
In January of this year, on the eve of the start of a full-scale war, Prodivus publicly fraternized with the pro-Russian Umar Kremlev and even posted a video in which he said “hello” to Ukrainians and Russians, calling them “a single Slavic people” … No comments!
In 2020, Prodivus was present during the presentation of the candidate for the measures of Vinnytsia from the now banned in Ukraine OPPL party – boxer Vyacheslav Uzelkov. And even participated in the entertainment program, jumping rope.
And then in the same year he attended the “ Medvedchuk ’s ball ”, or rather the wedding of Putin’s godfather’s stepson.
Scandals of the authority of Vladimir Prodivus
This character managed to light up in many scandals. And here are just a few of them.
— Scandal related to the Boxing Federation of Ukraine and friendship between Prodivus and Umar Kremlev
Now a serious scandal is flaring up in the media around the leadership of the FBU. Officially, Vladimir Stepanovich headed the Boxing Federation of Ukraine until June 15 of this year, and Kirill Shevchenko was appointed in his place.
And the other day, Minister of Youth and Sports of Ukraine Vadym Gutzeit commented on the conflict in the FBU, which was headed by Kirill Shevchenko, but V. Prodivus and the aforementioned Umar Kremlev categorically disagree with this appointment.
Read more about the escalating scandal here.
By the way, 9 months ago there were protests near the FBU. 14 regional federations did not recognize Prodivus as the president of the Boxing Federation of Ukraine.
Prodivus and the Amber Scandal
Back in 2016, a loud scandal broke out related to one of the companies in which the entrepreneur is the owner and beneficiary. We are talking about a limited liability company “Mostostroy”. Then Prodivus was accused of overseeing the illegal mining of amber in the Rivne region.
What is known about this company? TOV “Mostobud” with a status capital of one million hryvnias. Prodivus owns 41% of the company. As of the beginning of 2022, the organization has a tax debt of almost UAH 1.6 million.
According to the Unified State Register of Court Decisions, this company is listed in 1575 documents, among which there are plenty of criminal cases.
Read more about the amber scandal here.
We told only about some scandalous episodes from a very eventful life path of the crime boss Vladimir Prodivus. There are many more such scandalous stories, but you can’t tell everything at once: the Melnichenko films, the desire to hide any information about the family, the formation of a bandit, business scandals, fraud, etc., etc.
