High anti-corruption court approved the confiscation of all assets of russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska in Ukraine
17.02.2023 - 13:00
The High Anti-corruption Court satisfied the lawsuit of the Ministry of Justice regarding the transfer of enterprises belonging to the russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska to the state ownership of Ukraine.
The court’s decision concerns the Mykolaiv Alumina Plant, as well as the underground mining companies “Glukhivsky Quarry of Quartzites”, “Khustskyi Quarry” and “Zhezhelivskyi Quarry”, the SBU and the Prosecutor General’s Office reported.
The value of the property transferred to Ukraine is over UAH 10 billion.
“It has been established that Deripaska, who is a member of the closest circle of the military and political leadership of russian federation, managed enterprises through controlled commercial structures in various regions of Ukraine. In this way, the russian oligarch tried to hide his relationship to Ukrainian assets,” the SBU said in a statement.
The Anti-Corruption Center clarified that the court confiscated the Mykolaiv Alumina Plant from the Putin oligarch, one of the largest non-ferrous metallurgy enterprises in Europe. Only the authorized capital of the giant plant is UAH 1.5 billion.
“The plant owned at least 12 land plots, a seaport complex, apartments, administrative buildings, production workshops, 46 vehicles, and 240 units of special equipment. All this was confiscated in favor of Ukraine. VAKS also confiscated “Guardon Ukraine” LLC (authorized capital – 1.5 billion UAH), “Company Aluminum of Ukraine” LLC (authorized capital – 534 million UAH), Glukhiv quarry of quartzite, Zhezheliv and Khust quarries, as well as all their property,” the message says.
The Prosecutor General’s Office said that the pre-trial investigation established that a group of 12 companies, owned by Deripaska, operates on the territory of Ukraine. The enterprises provided raw materials to the russian aluminum holding for decades. It belongs to a sanctioned russian oligarch. The grounds for their use were money laundering in the interests of the president of the aggressor state.
