Porsche, loans and joint activities with a Russian: facts about the head of Ukrtransbezpeka Lagunin
The head of the State Transport Security Service, Nikita Lagunin, draws attention to his lifestyle, which raises numerous questions. His wife runs a successful business with millions in income, and Lagunin uses a luxury Lexus car registered to his father. In addition, he has ties to a company engaged in fuel trade, a share of which belongs to a Russian citizen. In the context of the war and the public demand for transparency in state administration, such circumstances are ambiguous, so the team of analysts decided to investigate his activities.
Family financial assets
Mykyta Lagunin’s wife, Natalia, recently purchased a Porsche Cayenne worth 4.37 million UAH, of which 1.78 million UAH was borrowed through a bank loan, which is confirmed by data from the declaration.
Lagunin is officially registered in Odessa but actually lives in Kyiv. Since April 2024, he has been renting a house with an area of over 290 square meters. The owner of this property is Mykola Tolmachov, but the rental value is not indicated in the declaration.
The family owns two apartments:
in Odessa – with an area of 66.3 m², purchased in 2021 for 1.43 million UAH;
In Kharkiv, it has an area of 48.9 m², which belongs to his wife and was purchased in 2021 for 523.8 thousand UAH.
Lagunin drives a Lexus ES 250 (2019), which his father Serhiy owns. The car’s approximate cost is 1.3 million UAH.
In 2023, Mykyta Lagunin declared 1.57 million UAH of income, and his wife, who works in the women’s clothing sector, showed more than 4.9 million UAH. The income also includes almost 570 thousand UAH of social benefits, including those of an internally displaced person.
The family’s cash assets are 60 thousand USD and UAH 450,000, and total savings are estimated at over UAH 3.1 million.
Business ties with a Russian citizen
Lagunin is an authorized person of the Odessa-based LLC “Lyman Oil,” specializing in fuel trade. His father controls half of the company, and a Russian citizen, Abulfat Akhmedov, registered in the Belgorod region, owns the other half.
Akhmedov founded the Russian company of the same name, LLC “Lyman Oil”, registered in the Nizhny Novgorod region, which was liquidated in 2015. Thus, the head of Ukrtransbezpeka has ties to a business involving a citizen of the aggressor country.
Disciplinary problems and court cases
Lagunin also has disciplinary problems: he received fines for violating traffic rules, which seems especially inappropriate, given his position in the state structure that controls transport safety. In addition, his name appears in court cases as a debtor, including claims for collecting consumer credit debt and for late payment of utility services.
Conclusions
The published data on Mykyta Lagunin’s lifestyle, sources of income, and business connections indicate a conflict of interest between his public position and private interests. In times of state efforts to combat corruption, such cases require public attention and a response from regulatory authorities.
The editorial staff is actively investigating this situation and has requested comments from the relevant authorities.
