“State liquidators are trying to return assets through the courts and collect fines from the company, obtaining the first positive decisions”, — write: www.radiosvoboda.org
After the publication of the journalistic material, the SBU confirmed the fact that she had citizenship of the aggressor country. At the same time, Spectrum Assets voluntarily refuses to return the purchased assets to the Fund, so the state liquidators are trying to return them through the courts and collect fines from the company, obtaining the first positive decisions. This is stated in new material journalists of “Schem” (Radio Liberty).
At the beginning of 2024, “Spectrum Assets” purchased the state has a pool of assets of liquidated Russian and Ukrainian banks, real estate and rights to demand obligations under loans for 2.8 billion hryvnias. Although decree The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine prohibits Russian citizens and their companies from collecting debts from Ukrainians, and the rules of the auction prohibit them from participating in them.
In February 2025, after the release of the journalistic investigation “Scheme”, the National Bank of Ukraine revoked the license “Spectrum Assets” on the activities of the financial company, prohibiting the company from lending funds and charging interest. Now “Spectrum Assets” trying to return himself a license in court.
In the same period, the Deposit Guarantee Fund terminated the agreements with Spectrum Assets on the basis of a clause on the non-connection of the new owner of the assets with the aggressor country, since the agreements between the Deposit Guarantee Fund and the Spectrum Assets company stipulated that if the buyer’s ties to Russia were discovered, the agreements would be declared invalid, the assets would be returned to the state, and the company would pay a fine of 100% of the value of assets (124 million hryvnias). The legal battle for these assets and the fine is currently ongoing, in which the Fund has already obtained the first positive decisions, the journalists’ report says.
For example, in July, the Commercial Court of Kyiv sided with Prominvestbank and made a decision to charge a fine of 19,000 hryvnias from Spectrum Assets based on the information that the owner of the company, Maryna Yevseeva, has citizenship of the Russian Federation.
Separately, banks regain their right to assets using another mechanism – they turn to commercial courts to restore their rights as a creditor in cases involving billions of hryvnias in debt. Here, too, there are positive solutions for the state. Thus, the Economic Court of the Odesa Region sided with MR Bank in the case of recovery of the right to demand the debt of FC Chornomorets in the amount of 2.3 billion hryvnias.
In its decision, the court itself cited the Cabinet of Ministers resolution, which establishes that transactions concluded in violation of the moratorium on collecting loans from Ukrainians are null and void. And therefore, taking into account the confirmation that the owner of “Spectrum Assets” Maryna Yevseeva has Russian citizenship returned “MR Bank” the creditor’s rights, obliging “Spectrum Assets” to return the originals of the loan agreement to the bank. Currently, “Spectrum Assets” is also challenging this decision in an appeal.
In addition, in June of this year, the Commercial Court of the Kyiv region satisfied the statement of “MR Bank” about the restoration of its participation as a creditor in another case – about the bankruptcy of a company from the Kyiv region with the right to claim 131 million hryvnias in connection with the withdrawal from the “Spectrum Assets” case, which, according to the court, violated the terms of the contract on the purchase of the bank’s assets, due to the fact that the owner of the company has Russian citizenship.
Separately, banks under the management of the Deposit Guarantee Fund are actively filing lawsuits against the Spectrum Assets company, trying to secure property and claims acquired at auctions from re-registration, as well as to collect fines.
For example, in June 2025, the Commercial Court of Odesa Region arrested at “Malinovskyi” shopping center in Odesa, purchased by “Spectrum Assets” at an auction, at the request of “MR Bank”. Appeal of the company was unsuccessful. In another case, the Supreme Court left valid the decision to seize two million hryvnias from the accounts of “Spectrum Assets” at the request of “Prominvestbank”.
However, the courts do not always support the banks, the article says. Commercial Court of Kyiv refused “MR Bank” has seized UAH 100 million in the case against “Spectrum Assets” regarding a fine and claim rights for a loan of UAH 2.3 billion issued in 2011 to FC Chornomorets by Odesa businessman Leonid Klimov. Court of Appeal left decision without changes, noting the lack of evidence of attempts to alienate property by the company.
Some cases are stopped. For example, the case regarding the claim of “MR Bank” for recovery of 11.5 million hryvnias suspended by the Commercial Court of Kyiv – this is due to the fact that “Spectrum Assets” appeals the NBU’s decision to revoke the financial license in the Kyiv District Administrative Court, demanding that it be recognized as illegal.
SBU, as third partyconfirmed the Russian citizenship of the founder of the company Maryna Yevseeva. In September 2025, the court invited the State Border Service has data on the passports used by Yevseeva when crossing the border since 2018. Because of this proceeding, the commercial courts suspend related cases, although the FGVFO appeals such decisions.
At the same time, the Economic Court of the Sumy region refused “Spectrum Assets” in the suspension of the case following the lawsuit of “Megabank” for the collection of UAH 227,000, as the company did not prove the impossibility of considering the case before resolving the issue of Yevseeva’s Russian citizenship.
Yevseyev, as established by “Schemes” in journalistic investigationcontinued to visit Russia after the full-scale invasion began, where she has since flown at least six times using her Russian passport.
Marina Yevseeva answered the question of “Scheme” that she lives in the USA and renounced her Russian citizenship, but at the request of the editors, she could not provide documentary confirmation of this, nor did she explain why, in this case, her Russian citizenship is listed as valid in the official state registers of the Russian Federation.
The journalists also found out that the company that won the auction of the Deposit Guarantee Fund was managed by Yevseeva’s power of attorney by Mykhailo Trubchik, who, in addition to the American one, has Belarusian citizenship and whom the SBU banned from entering Ukraine, calling it a representative of a “deeply conspiratorial network of the Russian intelligence services.” Later Trubchik successfully appealed this ban in the District Administrative Court.
In a correspondence with the journalists of “Scheme”, Trubchik commented on the SBU’s accusations against him as follows: “I have an agreement with the SBU that prohibits me from disclosing any information.” Trubchik made this statement and the Security Service of Ukraine did not comment on the request of “Scheme”, but said that they have the right to prohibit the entry of foreigners if they see legal grounds for this.
After the investigation, “Spectrum Assets” changed its owner to the US citizen Evgeny Pikulik and its manager to Petr Dotsenko. Dotsenko claims that he is not familiar with Yevseeva and was hired by the new owner.
The company also began to transfer claims on loans received at auctions in 2020 from “Nadra Bank” and “Fidobank”the newly created company “Amster 1”. This company, founded in March 2025, belongs to Yuri Kuznetsov, who has a Russian passport and a tax number in the Russian Federation. As of 2018, the “Amster 1” phone belonged to Yevgeny Shamin, who lives in Moscow and also has Russian citizenship.
Kuznetsov denies using a Russian passport, but data leaks show that he has used his Russian passport more than once, according to the “Scheme” material. Journalists are waiting for official comments from “Spectrum Assets” and “Amster 1”.
