Nearly ₴190 bln of assets seized from Russian oligarchs – Security Service of Ukraine
According to the materials of the Security Service of Ukraine, assets of Russian oligarchs worth almost 190 billion hryvnias were seized. Sanctions have been imposed on more than 4,000 companies.
The Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) reported this on Telegram.
"The Security Service of Ukraine is systematically collecting evidence of the involvement of Russian oligarchs and businessmen in financing the Russian Federation's armed aggression against Ukraine. This is one of the necessary steps for considering them in conjunction with the war crimes of the Russian Federation at the International Criminal Court in The Hague," the message reads.
As Vasyl Maliuk, head of the Security Service of Ukraine, noted, every sponsor of Russian terrorism should sit in the dock next to Russian President Vladimir Putin.
"Because they are fully complicit in crimes. With their money, Russia launches missiles and drones," Maliuk emphasized.
He said, "the SSU will do everything to investigate all the business chains that lead to the financing of the war and prove them in the international tribunal."
"Ultimately, Russian assets should work for the benefit of Ukraine. Already today, the SSU is actively "de-russifying" businesses that work for the enemy, following a hard line regarding its sanctions, arrest, and confiscation," Maliuk said.
He informed that "from 2022 to 2023, according to the materials of the SSU, business assets of Russian oligarchs worth almost UAH 190 billion were seized. In particular, it concerns the corporate rights and real estate of dozens of enterprises, the ultimate beneficiaries of which are the Russian corporations "Rosneft," "Rosatom," Gazprom, Rostec, RusAl, HMS Group, Tatneft, banks, etc.
"In addition, at the initiative of the SSU, economic sanctions were introduced against more than 4,000 Russian companies that directly finance the military invasion, help the aggressor state to circumvent sanctions, purchase materials, military equipment, and weapons components in other countries," added the head of the special service.
Maliuk says, "The special service has created a list of Russian businesses that finance the war and comprehensively checks each person involved. All the information will be included in the criminal proceedings for consideration at the international tribunal."
The collected materials will become evidence in criminal proceedings under Part 5 of Art. 27 and Part 3 of Art. 110 (assistance in encroachment on Ukraine's territorial integrity and inviolability) and subparagraphs 1, 2 Art. 437 (planning, preparation, initiation, and waging of an aggressive war) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.
The SSU emphasizes the inevitability of punishment for crimes against Ukraine.
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As the Rubryka reported, employees of the State Bureau of Investigation, in cooperation with the SSU, reported the suspicion to the Russian oligarch, the president of CSKA Football Club Yevgeny Giner, who built two thermal power plants in the temporarily occupied Crimea and supplied ammunition to the Russian army.
Rubryka also wrote that a particular portal was launched in Ukraine, where Ukrainians can help law enforcement officers find and seize Russian assets abroad.
