In the Rivne region, citizens of the Russian Federation were among the founders of one of the enterprises belonging to critical infrastructure facilities.

This was reported to the National Police.

According to the investigation, in 2015, the ownership structure of one of the companies in Rivne region through a non-resident company included Russian citizens who were heads of enterprises in the territory of the Russian Federation serving the defense-industrial complex.

After the start of a full-scale war, they reissued their ownership shares to people under their control.

"In this way, citizens of the Russian Federation tried to hide the real beneficial owners and beneficiaries, as well as information that the enterprise, which is part of critical infrastructure, is managed by residents of Russia," the statement said.

Investigators of the National Police initiated criminal proceedings under Part 4 of Art. Art. 110-2 (financing actions committed with the aim of forcibly changing or overthrowing the constitutional order or seizing state power, changing the boundaries of the territory or state border of Ukraine) and part 3 of Art. 209 (Legalization (laundering) of proceeds from crime) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.

According to the sanctions of the mentioned articles of the Criminal Code of Ukraine, offenders face punishment in the form of imprisonment for up to 12 years with deprivation of the right to hold certain positions or engage in certain activities for up to three years with confiscation of property

To compensate for losses caused to the state as a result of armed aggression of the Russian Federation, the real estate of the company was seized. However, the work of the company was not blocked, accounts were not arrested.

Earlier, the SBU handed over to the Asset Recovery and Management Agency (ARMA) a business of a Russian oligarch arrested in Vinnytsia worth more than UAH 2 billion.

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