Russian invaders occupied production facilities of large private enterprises of Kherson region: JSC «Chumak», Kakhovka branch of «Cargill», Novakakhovka river port etc. Russian occupation authorities are going to transfer them under «external management» of Russian companies. They initiated registration of seized Ukrainian assets and legal entities in the Russian jurisdiction, as the Center for Journalist Investigations was informed by its own sources on occupied territories of Kherson region.
LLC «Troika», producer of mineral water under the brand «Kakhovka», was among the first enterprises seized by Russian occupants. Invaders broke into its premises and appointed new «managers» in spring: all of them worked in the enterprise of consumer cooperation «Kakhovsky rynok» of Kherson oblast association of consumer cooperation.
Russian occupants did the same with other enterprises of Kherson region. They appointed local collaborator Dmytro Kuryshko as the new «director» for supermarket «33 kv.m.» in Kakhovka at the beginning of autumn. They stole remaining goods and declared them «their property».
They occupied production facilities of the Kakhovka branch of large American company «Cargill», trading grain and oil crops, processing sunflower and soy. Its oil extraction plant is located in Kakhovka. It is among top ten manufacturers of unrefined sunflower oil. Recently occupants declared «recruitment of new personnel» for «Cargill» branch.
Facilities of JSC «Chumak» were among the last seized by Russian invaders. They also declared recruitment of personnel and prepare «registration» of the enterprise «in accordance with the Russian legislation».
JSC «Chumak». Photo: inventure.com.ua
Occupants seized «Novokakhovka river port» situated in Tavriisk city of Kakhovka district. The port will be «managed» by its employees who decided to cooperate with invaders. Port was recently shelled by the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Its territory was damaged, administrative building was ruined and a part of military equipment was destroyed.
Volodymyr Saldo, traitor and «governor» of Kherson oblast, declared several times that all enterprises of the region, whose owners went to the territory controlled by Ukraine, would be transferred under «external management». Occupants are going to transfer them to Russian legal entities. This process has been already initiated.
As the CJI reported, JSC «Chumak» situated in Kherson region changed its legal address after the Russian occupation. Its enterprise processes fruits, vegetables; manufactures ketchup, tomato paste, sunflower oil, mayonnaise and pasta. The company with foreign investments abandoned its address in temporary occupied Kakhovka in the middle of May and was registered in the Kyiv office of «Delta Wilmar Ukraine» company. Both companies have the same final beneficiary.
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Vladimir Putin, the President of the Russian Federation, declared «special military operation» in occupied Donbas on February 24, 2022. Russia hit the Ukrainian territory by rockets and initiated full scale invasion along four directions. The Armed Forces of Ukraine fight with the enemy. Russian blitzkrieg to seize Kyiv within 2-3 days failed and Russian troops withdrew from the Ukrainian capital. Russian military commit thousands of war crimes and crimes against humanity in Ukraine.
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