On June 17, the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine approved a proposal from Agrinol Trading House LLC for the supply of motor oil worth UAH 12,22 million. This was reported by the Patriots of Ukraine website, citing the Nashi Groshi website and the State Procurement Bulletin.
An order was placed for 300 tons of M-16ІХП-3 oil at UAH 40,749.96 per ton, including VAT. The only competitor invited by the ministry to participate in the negotiation process was Arina Technical Oils Plant LLC. The company offered the oil at a 0,2% higher price. The founders of TD Agrinol LLC are Mikhail Kakushadze, Igor Dobycha, Dmitry Koverny, and Yuri, Ruslan, and Nikolai Ponomarev – nephews of MP Oleksandr Ponomarev, a former member of the Party of Regions and now a member of Igor Yeremeyev's "People's Will" group.
Last year, Agrinol Trading House LLC found itself at the center of a scandal involving the supply of oil to the Ministry of Defense. In April 2014, the Ministry of Defense held a tender for the supply of oil worth 9 million hryvnias. Agrinol Trading House was one of the winners of the tender. The Prosecutor General's Office opened a criminal case, which resulted in losses from price gouging amounting to 3,75 million hryvnias. Prosecutors established that Agrinol, along with LTS Trading House LLC, Ukoil LLC, and Avia Oil LLC, colluded to inflate prices in open tenders. In connection with this procurement, the Prosecutor General's Office conducted searches of the offices of members of the Ministry of Defense committee, as well as the home of one of the ministry's deputy ministers.
Regarding these companies, the Prosecutor General's Office instructed the State Financial Inspectorate to investigate their connections and transfer the materials to the Military Prosecutor's Office.
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