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Co-owner of \u00abAstron\u00bb, \u00abCountry of sweets\u00bb and business with counterfeit cognac <\/strong><\/p>\n Marjan Zholubak has been appointed as the \u00abdeputy head\u00bb of Russian occupation administration of Nova Kakhovka on issues of municipal economy. A few local residents know him, though, many people in the city and neighboring Kakhovka are familiar with his business. Zholubak has always kept low public profile, as tell people who know him personally. Even his former employees have never met him because he has rarely visited Kherson region since 2014 and until Russian occupation of Nova Kakhovka.<\/p>\n Zholubak Marjan Volodymyrovych<\/strong> was born on April 24, 1965 in Voutychi village of Sambir raion of Lviv region. It is near the Ukrainian state border with Poland.<\/p>\n Collaborator Marjan Zholubak. Photo: social media<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n Olesya Zholubak, former wife of collaborator, described him to the Center of Journalist Investigations in the following way: \u00abHe came from poor family. We met when we studied at the institute in Kyiv. We married and came to my native Nova Kakhovka. My father worked at the winery named after Lenin in Vesele village<\/a>. He helped Marjan to get employment at cognac factory \u00abTavria\u00bb. This factory became springboard for semi-criminal business career of my husband\u00bb.<\/p>\n Marjan Zholubak launched his business with selling counterfeit cognac. He sold it all over Ukraine \u2013 from Kyiv to Sevastopol. His partner has been Sergii Lelikov. They bought shop \u00abAstron\u00bb in the center of Kakhovka and registered limited liability company with the same name at the beginning of 2000s.<\/p>\n As city residents reported, \u00abAstron\u00bb has been open and regularly renewed its goods during first months of the Russian occupation.<\/p>\n Shop \u00abAstron\u00bb in Kakhovka. Photo: Oleksii Yerekhynskyi\/Google Maps<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n \u00abMajority of other shops were empty whereas \u00abAstron\u00bb actively sold a variety of goods. Later we realized that the owner of the shop cooperated with Russian troops. By the way, sellers at \u00abAstron\u00bb have never met their owners because they did not come to the city\u00bb, as told the Center of Journalist Investigations residents of Kakhovka who stayed in the city during the first months of Russian occupation.<\/p>\n In 2003-2004, Marjan Zholubak and Sergii Lelikov have founded LLC \u00abGolf\u00bb in Sevastopol (legal address \u2013 Borysova street, 7, Sevastopol).<\/p>\n In accordance with service YouControl, the business profile of LLC \u00abGolf\u00bb is retail trade of food products and fuel, restaurant business, leasing property and organization of gambling. Both partners have been active in these spheres before the Russian occupation of Nova Kakhovka.<\/p>\n In 2008, Zholubak and Lelikov set up LLC \u00abAljans Produkt\u00bb in Nova Kakhovka. They opened pastry shop on the eve of the Russian full scale invasion. They also launched a network of shops under trade mark \u00abCountry of sweets\u00bb registered<\/a> by Lelikov. In 2019, its advertisement<\/a> has been conducted by known website \u00abMyrotvorets\u00bb.<\/p>\n Pastry shop \u00abCountry of sweets\u00bb, 2019. Photo: Myrotvorets<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n At the beginning of the Russian aggression against Ukraine in 2014, Marjan Zholubak has had several shops in Nova Kakhovka, including in the trade center in district \u00abSokil\u00bb, warehouses and two luxury residences with swimming pool in Fiolent, near Sevastopol.<\/p>\n Marjan Zholubak has been happy when Russians occupied the Crimean peninsula. In 2015, he settled in Sevastopol, received Russian passport and invited his wife to join him. But their relations were broken by that time and they divorced.<\/p>\n As Olesya Zholubak told, Marjan has been rude and have often beaten his wife and her mother. Olesya addressed the police but policemen did not react because they treated her complaints as usual family quarrels.<\/p>\n Collaborator Marjan Zholubak. Photo: social media<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n \u00abMykola Palamarchuk<\/a> has played a decisive role in the development of Zholubak\u2019s business empire. He has been a friend of Sergii Lelikov. Palamarchuk has held senior positions in main departments of the Ukrainian Ministry of Internal Affairs in Kherson region and Crimea. He has been elected to Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine two times. Ukrainian authorities did not pay attention to my husband\u2019s business because he had high level connections and support\u00bb, as tells Olesya Zholubak.<\/p>\n She tells that Marjan Zholubak returned to occupied Nova Kakhovka in the spring of 2022. She and her mother left occupied city in April 2022. After their escape, her former husband broke her apartment and stole everything, including bed linen.<\/p>\n Now \u00abbusiness empire\u00bb of Zholubak and Lelikov fell apart. Marjan Zholubak borrowed 300 thousand UAH from Ukrainian bank before the Russian invasion and did not pay off the credit. He has been appointed as \u00abthe deputy head\u00bb of Russian administration of Nova Kakhovka.<\/p>\n \u00abThe news about his appointment shocked all my friends. They are surprised \u2013 why the person born in Lviv region turned into \u00ablover of the Russian world\u00bb? I am not surprised. Marjan has been always greedy; he has been interested only in the money. For his personal enrichment, he could sell his soul to the devil and betray people close to him\u00bb, as says Olesya Zholubak.<\/p>\n Violetta Shlyazhko, Russian \u00absenator\u00bb Konstantin Basuk, Marjan Zholubak and Maksym Novak in Nova Kakhovka, January 2024. Photo from social media of Russian occupation authorities<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n Member of \u00abUnited Russia\u00bb and advisor-debtor<\/strong><\/p>\n Novak Maksym Vitaliyovych<\/strong> is another deputy head of the Russian occupation administration of Nova Kakhovka. He was born on July 14, 1989. He resided in Kozatske village of Nova Kakhovka community of Kakhovka district. His village has been liberated by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in November 2022.<\/p>\n Collaborator Maksym Novak. Photo: social media<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n Maksym Novak joined Russian occupants and participated in Russian propaganda events. He has been appointed as \u00abthe manager of the service to support civilians\u00bb of Putin\u2019s political party \u00abUnited Russia\u00bb in Nova Kakhovka.<\/p>\n His wife Novak Yulia Oleksandrivna<\/strong> also joined Russian occupants. She was born on July 7, 1993. \u00abUnited Russia\u00bb \u00abpromoted\u00bb her into the occupation \u00abcouncil of deputies\u00bb of Nova Kakhovka.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/investigator.org.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/02-1024x1024.jpg\")
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