Tobacco Russian businessman brought from Ukraine billions that financed the militants in the Donbas
Company Russian businessman monopoly brought abroad billions of hryvnia, part of which was intended to Finance terrorism.
This was announced on his page on Facebook, the Prosecutor General of Ukraine Yuriy Lutsenko.
“Pre-trial investigation found that since 2012, the year the valid owner the exclusive distributor of tobacco products OOO “Megapolis Ukraine” (now “Tedis Ukraine”) is including the citizen of the Russian Federation Kesaev, in respect of which the decision of the Council sanctions which prohibit the withdrawal of funds from Ukraine abroad,” he said.
According to the public Prosecutor, under the influence Kesaeva in key positions in the company “Tedis” designated person that all of their decisions in consultation with a member of the Board of Directors of the Russian JSC “Degtyarev Plant” – one of the suppliers of weapons to terrorist organizations “DNR/LNR”.
“Despite the ban, the national security Council and the NBU through firms transit for 2015-17 receive UAH 2.5 billion,” – said Lutsenko, adding that to hold a monopoly firm has also received assistance from the individual state authorities.
Now 1000 law enforcement officers conduct searches and other urgent investigative actions.
Later, interior Minister Arsen Avakov said the searches were carried out in Kiev and Odessa and the Dnieper.
“Business roots powerful distributor located in Russia. The beneficiaries of this tobacco-the killer business associates of the Kremlin”, – he said.
We will remind, earlier in the Volyn region detained the Chairman of regional state administration on receiving a bribe. The bribe demanded for the allocation of 16 hectares of land in lease for a period of 10 years.