About 700 assets of Ukrainians in Crimea are nationalized by Russia

The authorities of the annexed Crimea decided to nationalize about 700 assets of Ukrainian individuals. This was reported by the Kommersant newspaper. According to the head of the state council of the region Vladimir Konstantinov, among the owners of nationalized property there are large Ukrainian businessmen and politicians – Rynat Akhmetov, Igor Kolomoisky, Arseniy Yatsenyuk, Nestor Shufrych, Sergey Taruta and others.

Nationalized assets include land plots and real estate objects. The Crimean parliament appointed by Russia believes that their owners are connected to the Kyiv authorities and are taking “unfriendly actions” towards Russia.

According to the statement of Sergei Aksyonov, the head of Crimea appointed by Russia, the nationalized property will be put up for auction. All funds from its sale must go to support the “special military operation” – that’s how the war in Ukraine is officially called in Russia. The specific terms of the auction have not yet been determined, since the property must first go through the evaluation process. Vladimir Konstantinov estimated the possible value of the assets in billions of rubles.

Earlier, the Crimean parliament passed a decision to nationalize the property of Ukrainian businessmen. Nationalized Bakhchisarai combine “Stroyindustriya”, shipbuilding plant “Zaliv”, construction hypermarket “Novacentr” and a shopping complex, as well as land plots, movable and immovable property of LLC “Megastroy”.

• The Krym Peninsula, which belonged to Ukraine, was annexed by Russia in 2014. The question of its accession to Russia was resolved through a referendum, which was held with numerous violations. Ukraine and the majority of countries in the world did not recognize the results of the referendum and continue to consider Crimea as Ukrainian territory.