Executives Charged in Oil Firm Financing Case
In May 2025, 56-year-old Daniyaka was accused of funding Ukraine's
Consensus
- Two top managers of the oil services company 'Обьнефтеремонт' were charged with financing an extremist organization and aiding terrorism using their official positions.
- Both individuals were detained and held in pre-trial detention centers (SIZO).
- The company 'Обьнефтеремонт' was founded in 1998 in Nizhnevartovsk.
- The company had annual revenue of 4 to 6 billion rubles in the first half of the 2020s.
- Both defendants were born in Ukraine and may hold dual Russian and Ukrainian citizenship.
- The names of both individuals were added to the Rosfinmonitoring registry in early 2026.
- In April 2026, a note was added to the Rosfinmonitoring record for Danilyak indicating a terrorist charge, likely related to aiding terrorism.
- By June 2026, the same charge was applied to Zhukovsky.
Points of divergence
- In August 2012, 'Ob'neftremont' was transformed into an LLC, and in 2017, ownership passed to Nikolai Danilyak. In 2018, Vladimir Zhukovsky became a full owner. — mediazona
- In April 2025, a bombing occurred in Khanty-Mansiysk, destroying two apartments and injuring five people. The investigation concluded it was caused by a bomb prepared by two 'agents of Ukrainian special services' planning an assassination. — mediazona
- The company's owners since 2018 were both current defendants. — tg_currenttime
- In January 2026, Zhukovsky ceased being the company's director, and two days later his name appeared in the Rosfinmonitoring registry. — tg_currenttime
- Zhukovsky ceased being the company's head on January 26, 2026, and his name appeared in the registry on January 28, 2026. — mediazona
- The defense of Danilyak stated that his confessions were obtained through 'impermissible methods' resulting in physical injuries. — tg_currenttime
- Zhukovsky gave testimony against Danilyak while still free. — mediazona
- Zhukovsky's name was added to the Rosfinmonitoring register two days after he stopped being the company's director. — tg_currenttime
Coverage (2 sources)
- Two top managers of a petroleum services company from Yugra are accused of funding the 'Right Sector' — Настоящее Время
- On two directors of an oil service company with multi-billion revenue, a case was opened on financing the 'Right Sector' using a position — Медиазона