Shufrych’s land on the banks of the Dnipro River worth UAH 348 million returned to the state
3 December 2024 13:00
The Kyiv Regional Prosecutor’s Office has returned to state ownership a part of the Dnipro River bank in Obukhiv district with a market value of over UAH 348 million. According to [comersant] sources, the ultimate owner of this land was MP Nestor Shufrych.
The basis for the lawsuit was a violation of water and land laws. Investigators found that three land plots of 2 hectares each, located on the territory of the Ukrainian City Council of Obukhiv district, were illegally transferred to private ownership to individuals for personal farming.
After that, these lands, which belong to the water fund, were added to the authorized capital of a legal entity through a series of transactions concluded with other persons, including the father of a Ukrainian pro-Russian politician.
The Kyiv Regional Prosecutor’s Office filed a lawsuit with the Kyiv Regional Commercial Court, demanding that the land be returned to state ownership. The court upheld the claim, recognizing the illegality of their alienation and restoring state control over these territories.
What is known about the case of Nestor Shufrych
Nestor Shufrych is accused of high treason and transferring funds to pay a security firm in the occupied Crimea in 2016.
“In 2016, in order to protect property on the temporarily occupied peninsula, the defendants organised the conclusion of a security contract with the illegal paramilitary formation of the occupation authorities in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea – FSUE “Okhrana” of the Russian Guard for the Republic of Crimea. Later, they organised the transfer and payment of more than 648.7 thousand Russian rubles to the Russian Federal Guard, which is involved in the war against Ukraine, for the protection of property,” the Prosecutor General’s Office said recently.
On Tuesday, 3 September, prosecutors sent to court an indictment against Shufrych, a member of the Ukrainian parliament of the IX convocation from the banned OPFL political party. The MP’s aide will also be tried.
The defendants are in custody.
Shufrich himself has been in custody for almost a year. He does not admit his guilt. He considers the case to be politically motivated.
