The Kyiv Regional Prosecutor's Office has exposed and reported the director of a group of commercial enterprises to the authorities. He is accused of organizing the supply of construction materials for the needs of the Russian Ministry of Defense.
This was reported today, May 25, by the press service of the department.
The investigation established that after the start of the full-scale invasion, the suspect established cooperation with enterprises in the Russian Federation and temporarily occupied Crimea. Through controlled structures, he ensured wholesale supplies of construction materials that were used for the construction of military facilities.
This includes, in particular, the construction of fortifications at the front, defense factories, and the renovation of military sanatoriums for Russians, the prosecutor's office reported.
“To conceal illegal activities, the man re-registered the business with trusted persons in the temporarily occupied territory of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and in the Russian Federation, while continuing to actually manage the enterprises from the territory of Ukraine. He determined the roles of the participants, coordinated their actions, gave instructions, and controlled financial and economic activities,” the report says.
According to the case materials, despite the current bans and sanctions, the controlled companies participated in tenders announced by the structures of the Russian Ministry of Defense and concluded relevant contracts for the supply of goods.
“Since the beginning of the Russian Federation's full-scale aggression, enterprises associated with the suspect have paid over 100 million rubles in taxes to the budget of the aggressor country,” the report says.
The prosecutor's office reported that an accountant from Kyiv remotely controlled the calculations, reporting, and interaction with Russian institutions. She was detained while attempting to travel abroad. In November last year, she received 10 years in prison with confiscation of property.
The director and three other citizens hiding in the temporarily occupied territory of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea have now been informed of the suspicion. Their actions have been classified under Part 5 of Article 27 Types of accomplices , part 2 , art. 28 Committing a criminal offense by a group of persons, by a group of persons in prior conspiracy , Part 4 of Article 111-1 Collaborative activities of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.
During searches at the suspect's residence, documents, electronic media, and other evidence of illegal activity were seized. At the request of the prosecutor's office, the man was placed in preventive detention. The sanction of the article provides for up to five years of imprisonment.