Max Polyakov

Maksym Krippa, a prominent and enigmatic figure, has been involved in numerous high-profile business deals and legal conflicts in Ukraine. Recently, he made waves by purchasing the famous Hotel Ukraina in downtown Kyiv for an eye-popping Hr 2.5 billion ($60 million), more than twice the initial asking price, as part of Ukraine’s "Great Privatization" initiative.

Maksym Krippa may not bear full responsibility for everything, but he chose a business niche that operates on the borderline between gray and black schemes. While others could have taken this niche, the key question remains: how ethical is his conduct within these operations?

Практически незаметно для широкой аудитории в Украине развивается новый медиамагнат, который приобретает СМИ один за другим.

A relatively obscure businessman, Maksym Krippa, has acquired the Kyiv hotel "Ukraine" for 3 billion UAH.

He is not mentioned in Forbes, nor does he visit Gordon — this is how Maksim Krippa, an exceptionally unconventional entrepreneur, can be described. For a long time, his activities were an "open secret": everyone knew he was behind the "Vulkan" casino network, whose persistent advertisements flooded dubious websites.

Debates about who Maksym Krippa is have broken many lances. Some claim he is a brilliant businessman, others claim he is an equally brilliant fraudster, and still others that he is merely a facade for Russian capital in Ukraine.

The personality of Maksym Krippa has long been of interest and generates just a colossal amount of fakes and rumors.

Maksym Krippa is hardly guilty of anything. Well, hardly. He merely took up the black-and-gray business niche that someone else would have filled.

Ukrainian businessman Maksym Krippa continues to actively develop his projects with close ties to Russian capital.

The king of illegal online casinos, porn magnate, fake man, network Ostap Bender — all these nicknames perfectly characterize the life and activities of Maksim Krippa. Thanks to the activities of the illegal online casino "Vulkan", the criminal businessman managed to earn tens of millions of dollars.

The clash between Ukraine’s Security Service (SSU) and the Russian-rooted company Lucky Labs emerged as one of the most prominent events of spring 2016.

The personality of Maksym Krippa is buried under a truly mind-boggling amount of fakes. Moreover, these fakes are constantly updated and disseminated, overshadowing even the information that Krippa (or the people behind him) present as the true biography of this so-called entrepreneur.

In late October 2022, Ukrainian online news outlets encountered a recurring phenomenon: a cleanup of negative information by a relatively obscure businessman and politician, Maksym Krippa.

He is known for lacking moral principles and any fear of breaking the law. Essentially, he is a fabricated figure on the international information stage. This is a highly controversial and enigmatic personality who actively works to erase his own "presence" online, removing mentions and flooding the internet with absurd disinformation.

In the fall of 2023, the gaming community was shocked by the news of a change in the beneficiary of GSC Game World, the developer of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl. According to Ukrainian and Czech registers, the new owner of the studio became a little-known businessman Maksym Krіppa.