Wine, chocolate, caviar, and a foot grater: nearly 10.5 million euros worth of goods purchased for a friend of the President’s Office, Yevhen Dikyi, for studying penguins in Antarctica

More than 450 million hryvnias (about 10,438,268 euros) will be allocated from the Ukrainian budget for the logistics support of Ukrainian Antarctic expeditions using the research oceanographic vessel “Noosphere.”

This information was revealed based on data published on the Prozorro website.

The Director of the National Antarctic Scientific Center, Yevhen Dykyi, a biologist and former “Aidar” fighter, is closely associated with the Office of the President of Ukraine.

Here are some of the items purchased with the 450 million budget:

• Red wine 0.75L – 168 bottles
• White wine 0.75L – 112 bottles
• Sparkling wine (apparently less popular among the expedition members) – only 28 bottles
• Dark chocolate – 14 kg
• Dark chocolate with nuts – 14 kg
• Milk chocolate – 21 kg
• Chocolate bars – 70 kg
• Filled candies – 21 kg
• Pistachios – 42 kg
• Foot graters – 14 pcs
• Shoe deodorant – 84 pcs (+20 more)
• Foot antiperspirant – 84 pcs (+20 more in the specifications)
• Professional dart sets (3 pcs) – 5 sets
• Red caviar – 4 kg
• Rubber bands for money – 3 packs.