Ukraine arrested 32 million hryvnias of Ukraine's largest producer of metallurgical alumina and aluminum hydroxide, owned by a pro-Russian oligarch.
Note that the department does not indicate which company it is. However, it is known that the Nikolaev Alumina Plant is such a producer, and last year the court transferred the enterprise from the property of the Russian oligarch Oleg Deripisaki to the management of ARMA. UAH 32 million of Ukraine's largest producer of metallurgical alumina and aluminum hydroxide. The funds were on the deposit account of the State Customs Service, the message says.What property of Deripaska is under arrest
The Office of the Prosecutor General also noted that earlier, at the request of prosecutors, the property of this business entity was arrested – 12 land plots, a seaport complex, apartments, administrative buildings, production workshops, 46 vehicles, 240 units of special equipment.
Attention! The total value of seized assets exceeds UAH 1 billion.
Deripaska under EU and US sanctions
According to investigators, in 2000 this Ukrainian enterprise was privatized by a holding owned by a Russian oligarch. While it is under US and EU sanctions, the reason for their application was money laundering in the interests of the president of the aggressor state.
The department also added that the Russian holding is one of the world's largest aluminum producers. The group of companies included in it continues to meet the needs of the Russian military-industrial complex by supplying its own products for the production of military missile systems and other weapons.
Briefly about the oligarch
- Oleg Deripaska is one of the richest Russian oligarchs, a billionaire, and part of the circle close to dictator Putin.
- He controls or owns significant shares of the Rusal group of companies (one of the world's largest aluminum producers ), “Basic Element” and “En + group”.
- In April 2022, DBR blocked the supply channel of quartzite for “Point U” to Russia.
