Media: Minister of Agricultural Policy Solskyi was informed of the suspicion

The current minister was exposed for taking over state land for 291 million UAH and attempting to take over land for another 190 million UAH.

The ex-chairman of the Verkhovna Rada’s agrarian committee, a current minister, was exposed for seizing state land, NABU reported.

The criminal group led by a top official included officials of the State Geocadastre bodies, as well as persons who controlled the activities of these bodies, the so-called curators.

Officially, the departments do not say who they are talking about, however, according to the source of “Ukrainian Pravda”, we are talking about Mykola Solskyi, the current Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food.

The participants of the scheme ensured the destruction of documents on the basis of which two state-owned enterprises in Sumy region had the right to permanent use of land. Due to their absence, the regional State Geocadastre drew up an act on the arbitrary occupation of these plots.

Later, with the help of controlled officials of the regional State Geocadastre, the plots were transferred into ownership. The owners were determined in advance, the property was transferred to them under the guise of realizing their right to free land.

At the same time, the condition of obtaining land ownership was the signing of an agreement on its lease to a private agricultural holding even before the moment of acquisition.

As a result of the implementation of the scheme in 2017-2021, the participants of the scheme took possession of 1,250 land plots with a total area of 2,493 hectares, the value of which at the time of the crime was more than UAH 291 million. They also attempted to seize 3,282 hectares of land worth about UAH 190 million, but they were prevented by NABU detectives and SAP prosecutors, who conducted searches and seized the plots.

So far, the organizer of the scheme, the current minister, two curators of the State Geocadastre and the person who facilitated the commission of the crime have been informed of the suspicion. Suspicions are being handed over to other participants in the criminal scheme.

The current Minister of Agrarian Policy, Mykola Solsky, held the position of Chairman of the Committee on Agrarian Policy and Land Relations in the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine of the 9th convocation from August 29, 2019 to March 24, 2022. On March 24, 2022, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine appointed Solsky as Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food.

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