The Russian Duma’s “Bachelor Club”: Meet 39 MPs whose secret partners own their undisclosed wealth

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Mikhail Avdeev

Secret partner — Irina Pasko

Mikhail Avdeev has been a member of the Communist Party (KPRF) faction in the State Duma since 2011. Officially, he is single: he stopped listing a spouse in his financial disclosures back in 2015.

But for the past six years, Avdeev has been traveling with Irina Pasko, who, in addition to carrying a Russian passport, also holds Ukrainian citizenship. Their first joint trip abroad took place in 2019 — to New York. Since then, they have flown together dozens of times: to Nice, Genoa, Paris, Berlin, Rome, Lyon, Milan, Istanbul, Dubai, and the Maldives. Several of these trips took place after the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion in February of 2022.

In the Duma, the Communist lawmaker serves as First Deputy Chairman of the Commission on Ensuring Citizens’ Housing Rights. His own housing situation, however, has clearly been resolved: Avdeev owns a 197-square-meter apartment in the “City of Capitals” housing estate in Moscow City — a property worth around 140 million rubles ($1.7 million).

In addition, the children of Pasko and Avdeev are registered in a 130-square-meter apartment in the Sviblovo district of Moscow. On paper, the property is owned by the MP's mother, Galina Avdeeva, who appears in leaked records pertaining to dual citizenships and residence permits as a holder of German documents. All three of the lawmaker’s sons were born abroad: Mark in the United States (granting him the right to an American passport), Mikhail in Germany, and Valery in Ireland.

Bekhan Agaev

Secret wife — Malika Sadulaeva

In late July 2023, the State Duma wrapped up another session. According to its voting records, United Russia party representative Bekhan Agaev continued posting news on his Telegram channel, but he did not cast a single vote on July 25 or 26.

Border service leaks show that Agaev had in fact left the country on July 24, flying to Bodrum, Turkey. He returned to Russia only a month later, on August 25. On the return flight, he was accompanied by Malika Sadulaeva, who joined him on more than fifty other trips over the past decade.

Property records reveal that Sadulaeva holds ownership of luxury real estate in Dubai, along with a 147-square-meter apartment on Veresaeva Street in Moscow.

Igor Ananskih

Secret wife — Marina Voitova

The MP from the self-styled socialist party “A Just Russia – For Truth” divorced his wife long ago, but he has still not gotten around to formalizing relationship with Marina Voitova. Not coincidentally, several companies registered under her name have benefited from lucrative state contracts. One of them, Elkor LLC, trades in bone substitute materials used in dentistry and surgery. Its clients include institutions under the Ministry of Health, including the Vreden National Medical Research Center of Traumatology and Orthopedics, the Mechnikov North-Western State Medical University, and the St. Petersburg Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Pulmonology.

Ananskih and Voitova prefer to spend their holidays in Dubai and Thailand.

Grigory Anikeev

Secret wife — Irina Kuparyeva

United Russia deputy Grigory Anikeev is a major businessman who is among the wealthiest members of parliament. His ex-wife and son obtained Maltese citizenship — EU passports — through Malta’s “golden passport” program.

Anikeev has been in a relationship with Irina Kuparyeva — who also holds citizenship of an EU member state — for more than a decade. The couple have a son of their own and reside in an elite residential complex located at 15 Malaya Nikitskaya in Moscow. Their 251.7-square-meter apartment there is valued at around half a billion rubles ($6.2 million) and, as The Insider discovered, the property is registered in Kuparyeva’s name.

Kuparyeva has also been the official buyer of several luxury cars: a Mercedes-Benz S560 4Matic with coveted “prestige” license plates, a Lexus LX 570, a Range Rover, and a Mercedes-Benz V-Class.

Despite the fact that United Russia’s leadership pledged back in 2022 to restrict international travels for its deputies — even requiring them to obtain approval from the party faction leader before leaving Russia — Anikeev has continued to fly regularly to Dubai. According to The Insider, since the party’s restrictions came into force, he has spent a total of more than two months in the emirate.

It has already been reported that Anikeev owns a Dubai penthouse worth 2 billion rubles ($25 million). But his secret wife Kuparyeva, too, owns real estate in the UAE: two apartments — measuring 96.6 and 141.7 square meters, valued at a combined 700 million rubles ($8 million) — were purchased in her name at the Serenia Residences The Palm in Dubai.

Irek Boguslavsky

Secret partner — Natalia Klyachina

Travel restrictions for United Russia deputies also do not seem to apply to Irek Boguslavsky, deputy chairman of the State Duma’s Oversight Committee. He has long been known as a fan of luxury holidays in the Maldives. As The Insider discovered, the lawmaker flies there in private jets. In December 2022, he traveled aboard a Bombardier Global 6000 to the “paradise islands,” where he spent the entire New Year holiday. – Chartering such an aircraft for a one-way flight costs around 12 million rubles ($150.000).

After returning to Moscow, the lawmaker did not spend long in the Russian cold. On April 20, 2023, Boguslavsky once again settled into the comfortable seat of a private jet — tail number RA-67131 — and flew to the Maldives one more time, returning only on May 8. While relaxing at a luxury resort, he continued posting on his Telegram channel about his political initiatives: at his suggestion, teachers in Tatarstan had received gift sets containing soap, dishwashing liquid, vegetable oil, flour, sugar, and cereals — all made by Russian producers.

Boguslavsky is frequently accompanied on his trips overseas by Natalia Klyachina, who with him co-owns the Nefis group of companies (manufactures essential consumer goods, including household chemicals, fat-and-oil products, and foodstuffs) — which, not coincidentally, provides the “gifts” that the MP distributes to voters. Before sanctions were imposed, the deputy and his secret wife also enjoyed spending time in Italy, the Czech Republic, France, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. Meanwhile, Boguslavsky’s daughter Karina maintains her own Western ties: she lives in London and holds British citizenship.

Tatyana Butskaya

Unofficial husband — Vladimir Butsky

Butskaya is the first deputy chair of the State Duma Committee on Family, Fatherhood, Motherhood, and Childhood. She wears a wedding ring, posts pictures of her partner and their children, and openly travels with them. Nevertheless, since entering the Duma Butskaya has never listed a spouse in her financial disclosures.

According to The Insider, Vladimir Butsky — the man pictured in Duma deputy Butskaya’s multiple posts — owns at least four properties in Moscow, including a 95-square-meter apartment in the Union Park residential complex.

Oleg Valenchuk

Secret wife — Tatyana Mikryukova

United Russia Duma deputy Oleg Valenchuk has been the target of anti-corruption investigations in the past — but not those of state authorities. In 2021, ahead of parliamentary elections, Alexei Navalny’s team discovered that Tatyana Mikryukova holds business assets belonging to her unofficial husband. Despite the scandal, Valenchuk was re-elected, and according to border service records, just a month after the vote he flew off to Cyprus for holiday.

Meanwhile, Mikryukova, apparently celebrating Valenchuk’s new mandate, purchased an apartment in December 2021 in Sofijskiy, a premium residential complex in Moscow with exclusive views of the Kremlin.

The development offers its residents a full range of amenities: a private kindergarten, a spa center with pool and sauna, a fitness club, a beauty salon, and a laundry service.

Vyacheslav Volodin

Secret wife — Yana Volodina (Polyakina)

The Insider previously revealed that assets worth approximately 700 million rubles ($8 million) were registered in Yana Volodina’s name. Now, fresh evidence further establishes her ties to the State Duma speaker: official records show she is the mother of Volodin’s three children — sons Vladimir and Mikhail, and daughter Varvara.

Dinar Gilmutdinov

Secret partner — Gulnara Gilmutdinova

A former head of the traffic police in Bashkortostan — and now a United Russia deputy — Gilmutdinov has long been accustomed to concealing his assets. He has lived at the same addresses as Gulnara Gilmutdinova and has also traveled abroad with her — to Budapest, Cuba, and Thailand. In 2023, Gulnara purchased a 212-square-meter commercial property on Osenniy Boulevard in Moscow valued at 53 million rubles ($660,000).

Andrei Gorokhov

Secret wife — Elena Shiryasova

“Today the best man in the world was born. Celebrating his birthday,” Elena Shiryasova wrote on Instagram on January 13 — the birthday of deputy Andrei Gorokhov. Their relationship is further confirmed by the fact that they share a daughter and have traveled together.

These days, however, trips to Europe are left to Gorokhov’s wife and daughter alone: as a United Russia deputy, he is now under sanctions. Nevertheless, this past spring, Shiryasova and the couple’s daughter visited Portugal and Spain, and in the summer they spent time in France.

Adam Delimkhanov

Common-law wife — Razita Delimkhanova

The Chechen deputy does not hide his wife, yet information about her disappeared from his financial disclosures back in 2014 — though even after that, the two were still flying together to Dubai. Elite real estate in Moscow is registered in her name.

Andrei Doroshenko

Secret wife — Tatyana Doroshenko

In the State Duma, Doroshenko represents the Krasnodar region, but he prefers to spend his time in warmer places — most often in Dubai. He is regularly accompanied on these trips by Tatyana Doroshenko, even though he has officially been listed as unmarried since 2018.

As The Insider discovered, in 2021 a 129-square-meter apartment in the Dom na Mosfilmovskoy residential complex in Moscow was purchased in Tatyana Doroshenko’s name. The property is valued at around 100 million rubles ($1.2 million).

Irina Ivenskikh

Secret partner — Dmitry Maklygin

Irina Ivenskikh, a United Russia deputy from Perm, has had several husbands. However, for the past decade, she has been traveling abroad with Dmitry Maklygin — to the Czech Republic, Turkey, Spain, Italy, Sri Lanka, France, India, and the Maldives. The two of them are also registered at the same address in Perm. Maklygin heads the NGO PhotoDomPerm, which organizes exhibitions with the support of regional authorities.

Viktor Ignatov

Secret wife — Elena Protsenko

In his 2021 financial disclosure, United Russia deputy Viktor Ignatov listed three underage children — but no spouse. Yet as The Insider uncovered, he lives with 53-year-old Elena Protsenko. In the contact list of her acquaintances, Protsenko appears at least once as “Mama of Vika” — a reference to the deputy’s daughter.

Protsenko controls a wide range of business assets spanning a wide range of economic sectors: construction, IT, real estate management, sugar production, cattle breeding, and the cultivation of fodder and grain crops. She even owns amusement parks in Novosibirsk, Moscow, and Samara, among others.

Her companies sponsored Ignatov’s State Duma campaign. In parliament, the United Russia deputy has in turn promoted initiatives directly benefiting his secret partner’s businesses — for instance, supporting measures that grant grain processors the right to take part in state purchasing interventions.

Igor Igoshin

Secret wife — Natalia Lvova

United Russia deputy Igor Igoshin claims in his financial disclosures that he owns no real estate whatsoever. Nevertheless, The Insider can confirm that a 79.5-square-meter apartment in central Moscow (30/2 Tverskaya Street, Building 1) as well as a warehouse complex (11A Promyshlennaya Street) were registered in the name of Natalia Lvova.

Igoshin, who fell under international sanctions following the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, now proclaims that “Russia will respond to all Western attacks with unshakable unity. Our cohesion brings success both at the front and at home.” However, before the war, he regularly spent time in the West with Lvova — in Rome, Geneva, Barcelona, and Prague.

Sergei Kabyshev

Secret wife — Irina Kabysheva

Sergei Kabyshev, a deputy from A Just Russia, is best known as the head of the legal team for Vladimir Putin’s presidential campaigns. In the State Duma, he was entrusted with chairing the Committee on Science and Higher Education.

Like his client Putin, Kabyshev prefers not to officially register his marriage with his de facto wife. Unlike Putin’s rumored partners, however, Irina Kabysheva is no gymnast — she is a lawyer and heads the “Formula Prava” law firm.

Their daughter, Angelina Kabysheva, lives in the United States and once attempted to take up a career as a pop singer under the stage name Angie Grayfox. “In 2010, I began conquering America,” the daughter of Putin’s lawyer wrote about herself. In recent years, she has lived in Nashville, Tennessee.

Timur Kanokov

Secret wife — Yana Kanokova

Artem Kiryanov

Secret wife — Nadezhda Gavrilova

United Russia Duma deputy Kiryanov is officially registered at the same address as Nadezhda Gavrilova. Until sanctions were imposed on him in 2022, the two also traveled together across Europe — to Cyprus, Paris, Rome, Amsterdam, and Tenerife.

A 182-square-meter apartment near Moscow’s Belorusskaya metro station is registered in Gavrilova’s name (as well as in the name of the deputy’s father). In this building, one square meter currently sells for about one million rubles ($12,000).

Vladimir Koshelev

Secret wife — Marina Karpyak

On February 22, 2022, the State Duma voted to ratify treaties on friendship, cooperation, and mutual assistance with the self-proclaimed Donetsk “People’s Republic” (DPR) and Luhansk “People’s Republic” (LPR). These agreements paved the way for the invasion of Ukraine. According to the official voting records, Vladimir Koshelev of the ultranationalist “Liberal Democratic Party of Russia” (LDPR) cast his vote in favor. In reality, however, he could not have done so: leaked border service data show that from February 18 to 23 Koshelev was in Barcelona. He was accompanied on that trip by his de facto wife, Marina Karpyak.

Not coincidentally, the Koshelev Corporation — a holding company with dozens of subsidiaries in the fields of building construction, civil engineering, banking, and the production of construction materials — is registered in part under Marina Karpyak’s name.

Karpyak also owns residential property, both in Russia and abroad: a 109-square-meter flat on Kastanaevskaya Street in Moscow and an apartment in Dubai.

Rizvan Kurbanov

Secret wife — Lima Mudunova

Rizvan Kurbanov may be best known as the deputy against whom Ramzan Kadyrov once declared a blood feud. Yet the United Russia lawmaker and the Chechen leader share more than just hostility — they also share a party affiliation and a taste for the United Arab Emirates. According to The Insider, over the past three years at least seven properties in Dubai worth a combined 2.5 billion rubles ($31 million) have been purchased in the name of Kurbanov’s unofficial wife, Lima Mudunova. The real estate is located in the upscale Lamtara Madinat Jumeirah Living development.

In Moscow, Mudunova also owns a 219-square-meter apartment in the Kutuzovskaya Riviera residential complex, valued at around 130 million rubles ($1.6 million).

At the same time, Kurbanov officially claims to own nothing and has declared an annual income of 6.3 million rubles ($78,000) or less.

Ruslan Lechkhadzhiev

Secret partner — Zulekhan Lechkhadzhieva

United Russia deputy Ruslan Lechkhadzhiev represents Chechnya in the State Duma and is described in the reports of pro-Kremlin media outlets as a relative of Ramzan Kadyrov.

As a lawmaker, he has made little impact. However, he is an active traveler — even during the war — often seen abroad with Zulekhan Lechkhadzhieva, visiting Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and the UAE.

Andrei Makarov

Secret wife — Natalia Makarova

The head of the State Duma’s Budget Committee has already been the subject of an earlier investigation by The Insider. In 2014, he officially filed for divorce. And yet, border service records show that he continued traveling with his “former” wife, Natalia Makarova — to the Maldives, Italy, Armenia, Germany, the United States, the United Kingdom, Israel, Finland, Switzerland, Belgium, Dubai, Latvia, Turkey, and Spain. A villa in Spain was registered in Makarova’s name — a property that conveniently disappeared from the deputy’s disclosure forms after the sham divorce.

In 2017, Makarov and his wife even appeared at the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington.

Zurab Makiev

Secret wife — Tamara Bukulova

For years, United Russia Duma deputy Zurab Makiev and Tatyana Bukulova have shared the same addresses — in the “deputies’ building” on Olof Palme Street, and also at a residence on Tolbukhina Street. Since at least 2015 they have traveled extensively together, visiting Israel, Italy, Georgia, the Netherlands, France, Turkey, the UAE, and Azerbaijan.

Several major business assets are registered in Bukulova’s name. Transkamstroy-Service LLC, in which she holds a 10% stake, won a state contract from Kavkaz.RF for road construction at the Mamison resort, worth 5.8 billion rubles ($72 million). Another company, Eco Produkt LLC, which she owns outright, is engaged in wholesale trade. All of these companies operate in North Ossetia — the region Makiev represents in parliament.

Bukulova has also purchased two luxury apartments in Moscow: a 299-square-meter residence in the Astris complex and a 115-square-meter flat in Zolotye Klyuchi 2. Together, the properties are valued at around 700 million rubles ($8 million).

Oleg Matveychev

Secret wife — Natalia Evseeva

United Russia deputy Oleg Matveychev is best known as one of his party’s top political strategists. As The Insider previously discovered, Matveychev’s “Vremya” foundation has taken at least 34 million rubles received from the Moscow mayor’s office and paid them to one Natalia Evseeva, who happens to be the deputy’s unofficial wife. Evseeva owns a 108-square-meter apartment in the Coliseum residential complex in Moscow.

Zelimkhan Mutsoev

Unofficial wife — Olga Sergeeva (Sergeeva-Mutsoeva)

Although singer Olga Sergeeva has long been publicly referred to in the media as the wife of United Russia Duma deputy Zelimkhan Mutsoev, he has never officially registered the marriage — nor has he mentioned her in his financial disclosures.

Yaroslav Nilov

Unofficial wife — Kristina Nemtsova

Despite having a child together, LDPR deputy Yaroslav Nilov, the head of the State Duma Labor Committee, has never formally registered his marriage to Kristina Nemtsova. At least until 2022 — the year he submitted his last public disclosure — Nemtsova was never officially listed as his partner. However, Nilov has hardly kept the relationship secret, and photos of the couple can be found on social media.

Boris Paikin

Secret wife — Agita Mikhailova

The unofficial partner of LDPR deputy Boris Paikin is Latvian citizen Agita Mikhailova. She is listed as the director of the Spanish company Pelican Trust SL, which owns a penthouse on the island of Mallorca.

According to The Insider, Paikin traveled to Spain at least nine times before falling under sanctions. Since then, he has shifted his preferred vacation spot to Dubai. There, several luxury apartments worth a combined 3.8 billion rubles ($47 million) have been purchased in Mikhailova’s name across multiple high-end developments: Peninsula Four, Zada Tower, Ellington House III, Seapoint Tower 2, 52|42 Tower 2, Rahaal 2, Jumeirah Living Business Bay, and UH East by Ellington.

Paikin is considered one of the “kings” of Russian real estate. His company, FortGroup, owns shopping and entertainment centers in both Moscow and St. Petersburg.

Kaplan Panesh

Secret wife — Fatima Panesh

Another LDPR deputy, Kaplan Panesh divorced his wife in 2021. Yet the fact that they continued traveling together afterward — to Armenia, Abkhazia, and Dubai — suggests the split was merely a formality.

Following the divorce, Fatima Panesh began acquiring property — both in Russia and abroad, as The Insider discovered. In Moscow, assets registered in her name include two apartments in the Schastye na Maslovke complex totaling 245 square meters and worth a combined 75 million rubles ($930,000), a pair of units in the Match Point complex totaling 106 square meters and worth 42 million rubles ($525,000), and a 913-square-meter space in the Yauza Tower II business center worth 250 million rubles ($3.1 million). Fatima Panesh has also been listed as the owner of luxury real estate in Dubai’s TFG One Hotel worth over 1 billion rubles ($11.3 million), as also reportedly owns properties in Portugal.

One source of the family’s wealth is the Maykop Brewery, registered in the names of the deputy Kaplan Panesh’s relatives. The plant produces beer under the Maikopskoye brand, as well as lemonade and other beverages.

Gennady Panin

Secret wife — Yulia Panina

Shares in several commercial firms are registered in the name of Yulia Panina, whom United Russia deputy Gennady Panin conceals from the public and from oversight bodies. The companies in question include Likino-Gorizont LLC, which owns a shopping complex in the Moscow region town of Likino-Dulyovo (8B Kalinina Street); Max Broi LLC, which owns a brewery-restaurant of the same name in Vladimir; NPP Biosfera LLC, which supplies Moscow healthcare institutions with reagents and consumables under state contracts; and Ubirator Recycling SP LLC, which handles the disposal of secondary raw materials.

Viktor Pinsky

Secret wife — Irina Glushchenko

United Russia deputy Viktor Pinsky and his undisclosed wife Irina Glushchenko have a nine-year-old son. The couple has been traveling together for at least the past decade — originally to South Korea, the United States, and Europe, and after sanctions, to Azerbaijan. They were also officially registered at the same address in Vladivostok.

Glushchenko owns four apartments in Moscow and holds shares in several companies. Euro-Asian Investment Agency LLC manages real estate in Primorsky Krai. Euro-Asian Legal Agency LLC provides legal services. SZ Aura Apartments LLC is engaged in construction projects in Vladivostok. And Spartak LLC owns a sports center in Vladivostok.

In Dubai, Glushchenko owns an apartment worth 165 million rubles ($2 million) in the Asayel Madinat Jumeirah Living complex.

Meanwhile, Pinsky chairs the State Duma Committee on Rules and has publicly advocated stripping deputies and senators of their mandates for traveling abroad without approval.

Vladislav Reznik

Unofficial wife — Diana Gindin

United Russia deputy Vladislav Reznik continues to be elected to the State Duma despite his well-known ties to organized crime groups. Although his marriage was officially dissolved, his ongoing relationship with Diana Gindin is evident from their numerous joint trips abroad after the divorce.

Gindin is widely regarded as the keeper of Reznik’s foreign assets — both in the United States and in Dubai. Yet despite this, she has so far avoided any Western sanctions.

In Russia, Reznik’s wife controls a 7.5% stake in ITS Research and Production Association, a company involved in implementing “smart traffic lights” and automated traffic violation cameras. The firm’s state contract portfolio has already exceeded 14.5 billion rubles ($181 million).

Andrei Skoch

Unofficial wife — Elena Likhach

Andrei Skoch, another member of the Duma’s “mafia faction,” was once linked to the Solntsevo organized crime group and is now one of Russia’s wealthiest deputies. He is also a business partner of Alisher Usmanov. A United Russia lawmaker since 1999, Skoch represents the Belgorod region in parliament.

United Russia deputy Skoch has registered offshore companies and luxury assets in the name of Elena Likhach. Even during the war — due to which his constituents in Belgorod have come under frequent shelling — his partner was acquiring elite real estate in Moscow. According to The Insider, in 2022–2023 she purchased three apartments at 31/12 Novy Arbat Street with a combined area of 404 square meters, as well as a 399-square-meter residence in Knightsbridge Private Park. The acquisitions are estimated to have cost around 1.3 billion rubles ($16.2 million).

At the same time, Likhach was also buying up property in Dubai, particularly in the area of the BVLGARI hotel. She invested around 8 billion rubles ($100 million) in real estate there.

According to The Insider, Elena Likhach also holds a second passport — she is a citizen of Cyprus, an EU member state. Despite this, the deputy’s partner has not been placed under sanctions.

Ivan Solodovnikov

Secret partner — Yulia Ravinskaya

In 2022, Yulia Ravinskaya, the unofficial partner of United Russia Duma deputy Ivan Solodovnikov, purchased a 92-square-meter apartment in the West Garden Clubhouse Collection residential complex.

Mikhail Starshinov

Secret partner — Irina Fomina

United Russia deputy Mikhail Starshinov serves as First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Security and Anti-Corruption. Since 2018, his unofficial partner, Irina Fomina, has owned four apartments in the De Luxe Theater House residence on Povarskaya Street in Moscow, with a total area of 424 square meters. The property is currently valued at around half a billion rubles ($6.2 million).

Artur Taymazov

Secret wife — Zarina Iluridze

Apartments worth 500 million rubles ($6.2 million), along with companies earning lucrative contracts from Russian Railways and the Moscow Metro, are registered in the name of Zarina Iluridze, the unofficial partner of former Olympic champion and current United Russia Duma deputy Artur Taymazov.

Alexei Tkachev

Secret wife — Ksenia Kalmyk

Ksenia Kalmyk, a former wedding dress designer, has never had an official wedding with United Russia deputy Alexei Tkachev. That may be explained by the fact that significant business assets are registered in her name. Among them is Demetra SK LLC, a supplier of seeds, crop protection products, and advanced micro-fertilizers. The company’s revenue in 2024 exceeded 1 billion rubles ($12.5 million).

Tkachev’s brother once served as Russia’s Minister of Agriculture, and the deputy himself has already been noted for his efforts to lobby in the interests of the family’s agribusiness empire.

Sergey Chizhov

Secret partner — Valentina Padina

Fifteen years ago, Valentina Padina took part in beauty pageants, then moved into modeling. Today, she is involved in United Russia’s activities and serves as director of a charitable foundation established by Duma MP Sergey Chizhov.

According to leaked records, when placing online orders Padina listed Chizhov’s house in Voronezh as her own address. The two have also traveled together on numerous occasions — to Austria, Germany, Italy, France, Switzerland, Spain, the UAE, and Oman.

Companies involved in real estate management and media business have also been registered in Padina’s name.

Alexander Yushchenko

Former wife (sham divorce) — Tatyana Yushchenko

Communist Party deputy Alexander Yushchenko has already been the subject of an investigation by The Insider, which showed that property on the shores of Italy’s Lake Como was registered in the name of his former wife, Tatyana Yushchenko. However, the couple continued to share a close relationship even after their supposed divorce. Her sons, meanwhile, studied abroad in the United States and the United Kingdom, even as Yushchenko himself championed initiatives against “foreign agents.”

After the investigation was published, Yushchenko continued to deny having any ties to his ex-wife. Yet new leaked border service data reveal that the couple continued traveling together even after the formal divorce — to Italy, Slovenia, Thailand, and other destinations.

Irina Yarovaya

Former husband (sham divorce) — Viktor Alekseenko

Ten years ago, United Russia deputy Irina Yarovaya staged a sham divorce from her husband. Immediately afterward, Viktor Alekseenko purchased two luxury apartments totaling more than 200 square meters in the Karamel residential complex in Moscow.

The Insider sent inquiries to the partners of deputies whose relationships had not previously been known, asking them to confirm or deny whether they were in fact married. As of the time of publication, no responses had been received.