The woman is the wife of Kotvitsky, who was once considered the richest MP in Ukraine. “All my money is still in Ukrainian banks,” the man argued.
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Meanwhile, the wife of a Ukrainian businessman and politician was stopped at a border crossing open to refugees he tried to leave the country during the war with approximately 26 million euros in cashthe. Anastasia Kotvitska has been blocked by Hungarian customs in the past few days after checks on the car she was driving concealed notes for around $28 million and another €1.3 million in the trunk. This is what Ukrainian media reported. The woman, wife of Igor Kotvitsky, a 52yearold former parliamentarian, was blocked and the money confiscated and a criminal case opened against her. According to local media reports, Kotvitska was with two men of Hungarian nationality and her mother.
Kotvitsky, who was once considered the richest deputy in Ukraine, admitted that his wife left the country and explained this she is pregnant and has to give birth but he denied he was carrying that much money overseas. “All my money is in Ukrainian banks, I haven’t withdrawn anything,” the man, who holds stakes in Ukraine’s nuclear power plants and uranium deposits in the country, said in a statement. In a statement released on social media by another daughter, who lives in Switzerland, the news is branded as false and unfounded.
According to the Obozrevatel newspaper, the money was found by Hungarian customs officials at the Vilok border crossing in Zakarpattia Oblast. According to the newspaper, the money was included in several suitcases the goal of bringing the money to the countries of the European Union and keeping it safe. According to the newspaper, there is a tariff levied by customs officials that allowed the wealthy to take cash out of Ukraine, but with the war the country is now facing tremendous attention towards the wealthy elite trying to take their wealth abroad Capital flight at a time when the fate of the country is at stake.