Ruslan Kivan

Ruslan Kivan is the son of Kadorr Group founder Adnan Kivan; the group’s name, KADORR, is formed from the initials of family members’ names, including his own. By his own account, he worked with his father even before Kadorr was founded, took part in every stage of the company’s growth, had also previously held the position of CEO, and worked alongside his father for about 20 years.⁠[1][1][2][2][2]

After his father died in late October 2024, Ruslan Kivan took over the business operations of Kadorr Group and became the publisher and owner of Kyiv Post. Kadorr Group announced the arrangement on November 1; he said he would continue to support Kyiv Post’s independence with all the resources needed, and CEO Luc ChénierLuc ChénierLuc Chénier is a Canadian advertising and communications professional and entrepreneur long based in Kyiv, and the CEO of the Ukrainian English-language outlet Kyiv Post; he first ran the newspaper’s business from 2016 to 2018, returned as CEO after the November 2021 Kyiv Post shutdown controversy, and led its shift toward overseas readers as “Ukraine’s global voice.”Open the full entry and chief editor Bohdan NahayloBohdan NahayloBohdan Nahaylo is a British-born journalist of Ukrainian descent, an author and a former United Nations official who has long studied the Soviet nationalities question and Ukrainian politics; he headed Radio Liberty’s Ukrainian Service from 1989 to 1991 and has been chief editor of the Ukrainian English-language outlet Kyiv Post since December 2021.Open the full entry stayed on.⁠[2][3][4][5][5][5]

At the end of 2024, Ruslan Kivan gave an interview to Luc Chénier as the new CEO of Kadorr Group. He said he would continue his father’s mission of supporting journalism, strengthen Kyiv Post’s position as Ukraine’s leading English-language publication, develop video, interactive content, in-depth analysis and investigative journalism, and consider increasing its presence in cities such as Washington and London.⁠[2][2][2][2]

On the real estate side, he said the company planned to complete KADORR City in Odesa, the last project initiated by his father, in the first half of 2025: the complex would total about 700,000 square meters, comprising seven residential buildings and two office centers with a total area of 100,000 square meters to be retained by the company. He also described plans to install solar power systems across the group’s properties, with a first-phase capacity of 10 megawatts; the company continued to offer multi-year installment payments for apartments, and he had taken over his father’s personal guarantees that buildings would be completed.⁠[2][2][2][2][2][2][2]

He also said the group exports agricultural products to the Middle East, Africa and Europe, sourced not only from Ukraine but also from countries such as Argentina and Brazil, and that he hoped to expand its construction business in the Middle East.⁠[2][2]

On August 24, 2026, as Ukraine marked 35 years of independence, Ruslan Kivan, then chairman of Kadorr Group and co-founder of KADORR Group LLC, was awarded the Order of Merit, third class, under a decree signed by President Zelensky; eight Odesa residents were honored in the same decree.⁠[6][6]

Before that, Kadorr Group under his leadership had provided housing and other assistance to Ukrainians displaced by Russia’s full-scale invasion: on May 20 it handed apartments to 11 families who had lost their homes, following an earlier transfer to eight families; the company said its humanitarian aid in 2026 exceeded UAH 100 million (about $2.3 million), including support for Ukraine’s Defense Forces.⁠[6][6][6]

Kadorr Group: Official website: https://kadorrgroup.com/en/ (opens in a new window).⁠[7]

Kyiv Post: Official website: https://www.kyivpost.com/ (opens in a new window).⁠[8]