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Timur Mindich
Тімур Міндіч
Born (1979-09-19) 19 September 1979 (age 46)
Dnipropetrovsk, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
(now Dnipro, Ukraine)
CitizenshipUkraine, Israel
OccupationsEntrepreneur, film producer
Known forCo-owner of Kvartal 95 Studio
SpouseKateryna Verber
Children3

Timur Mindich[1] (Ukrainian: Тімур Михайлович Miндіч, born 19 September 1979) is a Ukrainian-Israeli entrepreneur, film producer and the co-owner of Kvartal 95 Studio.

Early life

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Mindich was born on 19 September 1979 in Dnipropetrovsk (now Dnipro), Ukrainian SSR into a family of Jewish entrepreneurs. His father died in Israel in 2006.[2]

Career

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Mindich has produced several films, including Shchurolyov (Rat Catcher) and Ukus volchytsi (Bite of the She-Wolf).[3]

He is directly associated with the creative association Kvartal 95 Studio and is also linked to Ukrainian oligarch Ihor Kolomoyskyi, being a co-owner of the television channel Kvartal TV.[4]

According to Kolomoyskyi, Mindich is the former fiancé of his daughter and his "business partner in some minor projects, such as development ones".[5] Mindich is a business partner of Serhiy Shefir (former first assistant to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy) in Kvartal 95 LLC and the Cypriot company Green Family Ltd. Green Family Ltd owns Kvartal 95's film business in Russia.[6]

Personal life

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He is married to Kateryna Verber, daughter of Alla Verber (d. 2019), who was the fashion director of Moscow's TSUM department store and vice president of the luxury goods company Mercury.[7] The couple married in 2010 in Jerusalem, Israel. They have three children: daughters Michelle and Elizabeth, and a son, Michael.[8]

Investigations

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See also: Operation Midas

On 4 June 2025, the High Anti-Corruption Court of Ukraine ordered the detention of Mindich's cousin Leonid, suspected of organizing a scheme to misappropriate ₴12.5 million and attempting to seize an additional ₴120 million from Kharkivoblenergo during the procurement of transformer equipment and measuring devices.

On 10 November 2025, NABU detectives searched the residence of Tymur Mindich.[9][10][11]

Kinokit

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According to an investigation by Bihus.Info, a legal advisor to Mindich's company became the owner of Kinokit, which between 2019 and 2025 received over ₴440 million in state contracts.[12][13]

Fire Point

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Mindich has also been linked to the company Fire Point, which is under NABU investigation over possible overpricing and supply irregularities in drone procurement for the Ministry of Defense.[14]

MP Yaroslav Zhelezniak reported that Mindich had left Ukraine right before the NABU raid on his home on 10 November 2025, and said Mindich would either be in Austria or Israel.[15] According to Censor.net, Mindich is hiding in Austria as of 11 November 2025.[16][17]

References

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  1. ^ "Зеленский ввел санкции против Миндича и Цукермана - как граждан Израиля, а не Украины". strana.news (in Russian). Retrieved 13 November 2025.
  2. ^ "Ties with Zelensky, business with Kolomoisky, visits to the OP: Who is Timur Mindich?". BBC News Україна (in Ukrainian). 11 November 2025. Retrieved 16 November 2025.
  3. ^ "Тімур Міндич". megogo.net (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 14 February 2022. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
  4. ^ Dankova, Nataliia (11 November 2024). "National Council re-registered Kvartal TV to a new legal entity. Shefir, Mindich and Osadchyi became owners of the channel in MUX-7". Detector Media (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 27 February 2025.
  5. ^ "Kolomoisky: Akhmetov told me in 2016 that Zelensky would become president". Ukrainska Pravda (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 22 February 2022. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
  6. ^ ""Green Family RU": Zelensky's film business in Russia (investigation)". Radio Svoboda (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 18 January 2019. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
  7. ^ Kozar, Viktoriia (21 May 2025). "Personally acquainted with Zelensky: what is known about the wife of Kvartal 95 co-owner Tymur Mindich". Telegraf (in Russian). Retrieved 30 October 2025.
  8. ^ "Late Russian fashion diva Verber turned out to be the mother-in-law of an oligarch linked to Zelensky and Kolomoisky". Ukrainska Pravda Tabloid. 13 August 2019.
  9. ^ Horon, Diana (10 November 2025). "NABU searched Mindich's residence. A few hours earlier he had left Ukraine — UP". Detector Media (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 10 November 2025.
  10. ^ "NABU searched the businessman and Kvartal 95 co-owner Tymur Mindich. He had already left Ukraine — UP (UPDATED)". Hromadske (in Ukrainian). 10 November 2025. Retrieved 10 November 2025.
  11. ^ "Mindich left Ukraine a few hours before NABU searches — media". NV (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 10 November 2025.
  12. ^ "Owner of "Kinokit", which receives million-hryvnia contracts from the state channel Rada, cooperated with businessman Tymur Mindich's company". Bihus.Info (in Ukrainian). 7 March 2024. Retrieved 27 February 2025.
  13. ^ "Private production company has already earned a third of a billion on the United TV Marathon". Glavcom (in Ukrainian). 18 January 2025. Retrieved 19 September 2025.
  14. ^ "Who saw "Flamingo"? And what does Mindich have to do with it?". Radio Svoboda (in Ukrainian). 13 October 2025. Retrieved 10 November 2025.
  15. ^ "mindich". interfax. 12 November 2025. Retrieved 12 November 2025.
  16. ^ Businessman and Kvartal 95 co-owner Tymur Mindich is hiding from NABU in Austria — sources
  17. ^ Mindich is hiding from NABU in Austria — sources