Head of the Communist Party of Ukraine Vitaly Shabunin suspects that the delay may be deliberate and conscious.
the state budget of the property of those who participated in or contributed to the war against Ukraine, the authorities managed to file only one suit for confiscation of property. At the same time, delaying the resolution of the issue, including in court, plays into the hands of Russian oligarchs who have business in Ukraine, said the head of the Anti-Corruption Center Vitaliy Shabunin.
If we talk about the practical implementation of the law, the state on In this case, she did not receive a single penny in her favor
“When you hear that the authorities have once again arrested or handed over billions worth of Russian property to management, remember that it's nothing. Arrested does not mean taken from the owner,” he emphasizes.
As an example, the anti-corruption officer cites the story of the arrest of one of Kyiv's largest shopping malls, Ocean Plaza, which was later canceled by the court.
“As a result, neither the budget nor the army got anything. But the Russian oligarch Rotenberg still owns his shopping center, like his colleagues, a lot of property in Ukraine. And instead of confiscating this property from the Russian oligarchs, the Government in the seventh month of the war…creates a working group,” Shabunin added. of the working group on the implementation of the state sanctions policy”).
“Do you think that Bankov is “absolutely gratuitous” in this direction? Is this question also “out of date”? The Russians are using the time donated by the Bank for a formal change of owners,” he pointed out the risk of delaying the confiscation of Russian property in Ukraine promised by the authorities.
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