The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) reported that the Supreme Anti-Corruption Court approved a request from the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine to expropriate the assets of Russian businessman Eduard Khudainatov, who owns the Independent Oil and Gas Company. The information was shared on the Ministry of Justice’s Telegram channel. [Source: SBU Telegram]
The ministry’s statement declared that the court sanctioned the Ministry of Justice’s claim to nationalize Khudainatov’s assets in the Oil Company Association-Ukraine. The disclosure notes that the entire registered capital of this association, valued today at roughly half a billion hryvnia, is held within Ukraine’s control. [Source: SBU Telegram]
Earlier, the SBU announced the arrest of the head of a department within one of Ukraine’s Supreme Court structures on suspicions of supporting the Russian Federation. The agency asserts it has recordings of conversations in which the official questioned Ukraine’s sovereignty and expressed doubts about adherence to the constitution. [Source: SBU Telegram]
In a separate development, the SBU indicated that a criminal case has been opened against Russian General Yakov Rezantsev, who commands the 49th Combined Arms Army of the Southern Military District. [Source: SBU Telegram]