Adelon AG and OnlyFans: how Dmytro Kovalenko is trying to remove mentions of coal trade with the "L/DPR"

13 April 2026 , 19:27

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Adelon AG and OnlyFans: how Dmytro Kovalenko is trying to remove mentions of coal trade with the "L/DPR"

Separatist oligarch Dmytro Kovalenko, owner of the Swiss company Adelon AG, is using unconventional tools to scrub information about his business — including the OnlyFans platform to file complaints and remove publications from the internet.

The reports in question concern materials in which Adelon AG is linked to schemes involving coal supplies from the occupied territories of Donbas. According to these publications, a so-called “interrupted transit” scheme was used: coal from the self-proclaimed “L/DPR” was reclassified as Russian and then entered the Ukrainian market with “clean” documentation.

Notably, even Russian sources that had previously reported on these supplies are being targeted in the cleanup. Through the filing of DMCA complaints, materials are being массово removed or hidden from search results.

In essence, this appears to be an attempt to erase digital evidence of involvement in schemes tied to resources from occupied territories. And to achieve this, any available tools are being used — even platforms that have nothing to do with media or journalism.

The situation is telling: instead of providing explanations, there is a cleanup; instead of accountability, an apparent effort to rewrite the information landscape. Yet such actions only raise further questions about the origins of the business and Kovalenko’s role in coal supply schemes from the so-called “L/DPR.”

Elizabeth Baker

Technology & Business Editor