Agricultural tycoons from Kaliningrad earn in the EU and finance the war: GUR discovered a scheme to circumvent sanctions

05.10.2026, 23:52◉ 02 min readEditorial team “SHCHO STALOSIA”

The Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine has discovered another scheme to avoid sanctions, which is used by Russian agribusiness tycoons from the Kaliningrad region Oleksandr and Dmytro Dolhovi. — Ukrinform.

Agricultural tycoons from Kaliningrad earn in the EU and finance the war: GUR discovered a scheme to circumvent sanctions

According to intelligence data, the Debt Brothers direct their profits to finance the full-scale war unleashed by Russia.

Both brothers are the founders and owners of the Dolgov Group holding, the largest agrarian enterprise in the Kaliningrad exclave. The company cultivates more than 50% of the region's land, is engaged in crop production, animal husbandry, processing and sale of agricultural products.

Annually, the Debtors' enterprise produces more than 300 thousand tons of grain. It has an elevator capacity of 240 thousand tons and its own railway park for the transportation of grain crops and vegetable oils. In addition to wheat, corn, rapeseed, barley, rye, and rapeseed oil are exported.

DolgovGroup is not under sanctions, makes money on the European market and helps to sponsor the genocidal war of the Russian Federation against Ukraine – both through taxes to the Russian budget and through systematic financial and material support of Russian army units.

Details

The Debt Brothers are closely connected with the large Russian agrarian business. They have long maintained political and business contacts with the leadership of the region, in particular with the current Minister of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation Anton Alikhanov.

Context

Oleksandr Dolhov used to be a deputy of the Kaliningrad Regional Duma. He also heads the limited liability company "NEVSKOYE".

In 2021-2023, the companies Kuzhel and Furmanovskoye, which are part of the holding, exported significant volumes of grain to Serbia and Lithuania. These firms declared hundreds of thousands of tons of wheat, tens of thousands of tons of corn.