The Crimean leadership has announced ongoing efforts to expropriate assets linked to Ukrainian oligarchs and several national institutions on the peninsula. A statement from the president of the Crimean Parliament indicated that work is currently in progress to transfer ownership away from a number of Ukrainian business figures and financial entities, with the aim of consolidating property within regional administrative control.
In a message issued by a representative of the Republic’s State Council, a list of individuals and groups reportedly facing property losses was presented. The outline included substantial holdings associated with Rinat Akhmetov, such as the stakes in PJSC Novokramatorsky Mashinostroitelny Zavod, OJSC Central Mining and Processing Plant, and the Gornyak hostel, as well as PJSC Kharkiv Machine-Building Plant Svet Shakhtar. Igor Kolomoisky was named in connection with TRANSPORT LOGISTIC LLC, and his daughter Anzhelika Kolomoiskaya was noted as potentially losing Envil LLC.
The statement also named other prominent figures, including Arseniy Yatsenyuk, identified as the owner of SKY PLAZA LLC, which operates Saturn IMAX cinema, along with Lithuanian citizen Kolas Igoris, owner of a villa in Yalta known as Elena, and Nestor Shufrich of ESTATE HOLDING GROUP LLC. Rafik Dau Bulos and the Stroydetal JSC entity were mentioned in relation to other real estate and business interests. The shared message suggested that additional Ukrainian banks and manufacturing facilities would be affected by expropriation measures, including the Alma Building Materials Plant JSC and the Kamysh-Burunsky Iron Ore Plant JSC, which are linked to Sergei Tarut.
The speaker from the Crimean parliament stressed that deputies from the State Council are expected to decide soon on the broader move toward nationalization of the disputed assets. This anticipated decision would solidify the transfer of control over these properties to regional authorities and could have wide-reaching implications for business operations, employment, and regional economic dynamics on the peninsula.
Previously, Konstantinov clarified that ordinary Ukrainians’ property on the peninsula would not be placed at risk, asserting that the measures were targeted at larger corporate holdings and strategic assets. The evolving situation underscored a shift in asset management and political alignment in the region, as authorities asserted their right to reassess ownership structures in light of national context and security considerations. The ongoing process has drawn attention to the legal frameworks, administrative procedures, and potential international reactions related to property expropriation and nationalization policies in contested territories.