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Bottle of this mineral water stood on the table of President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin during his illegal visit<\/a> to Kherson region in April 2023 when he met with commanders of the group of occupation troops \u00abDnepr\u00bb on the territory of seized resort base on the Arabat Strit<\/a>.<\/p>\n Putin offers an icon at the headquarters of group \u00abDnepr\u00bb; bottle of mineral water \u00abKakhovka\u00bb stands on the table. Photo: kremlin.ru<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n Vladimir Solovyev, one of the main Russian propagandists, also bought a bottle of water \u00abKakhovka\u00bb when, accompanied by Russian \u00abhead\u00bb of Nova Kakhovka Volodymyr Leontjev, he visited seized Ukrainian supermarket \u00abATB\u00bb in Nova Kakhovka on June 9, 2023.<\/p>\n Russian propagandist Vladimir Solovyev buys a bottle of mineral water \u00abKakhovka\u00bb in occupied Nova Kakhovka. Photo: screenshot of video<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n As it turned out, Putin and his propagandist were given counterfeit mineral water. The water is produced at LLC \u00abTroika\u00bb stolen from its legitimate Ukrainian owner. In June 2023, the ownership of the factory has changed for the third time since the beginning of the Russian occupation. New \u00abowners\u00bb are residents of Bakhchysarai in occupied Crimea.<\/p>\n How Russian occupants stole Ukrainian factory from each other <\/strong><\/p>\n \u00abThe last time the factory was seized on June 1. Ten Russian soldiers came, encircled the factory and declared that there would be new management. People in civilian clothes also came and said that they would decide all issues about the factory. They fired almost all employees and started producing mineral water with their own resources\u00bb, as told us Ruslan Romanenko, director and owner of LLC \u00abTroika\u00bb which produced mineral water \u00abKakhovka\u00bb before the Russian full scale invasion.<\/p>\n Ruslan Romanenko, director and owner of Kakhovka LLC \u00abTroika\u00bb. Photo from social media<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n As he said, he has not had an access to his enterprise after Russian occupants seized<\/a> Kakhovka on April 1, 2022.<\/p>\n Residents of Kakhovka confirmed information about new \u00abowners\u00bb of the factory.<\/p>\n \u00abYoung Crimean guys from Bakhchysarai seized \u00abTroika\u00bb on June 1. They told they received support of Volodymyr Saldo, the \u00abgovernor\u00bb of Kherson region. Previous owners were dismissed for ineffective management. But it seems that new owners also do not know how to produce mineral water\u00bb, as reported Kakhovka residents.<\/p>\n Kakhovka residents do not now new \u00abmanagers\u00bb of LLC \u00abTroika\u00bb. Russian occupation authorities did not disclose their names. We can assume with high probability that LLC \u00abKhersnoskie napitki # 1\u00bb [Kherson drinks], registered in Bakhchysarai on April 10, 2023, is the new owner of the factory.<\/p>\n\u0425\u0435\u0440\u0441\u043e\u043d\u0441\u043a\u0438\u0435 \u043d\u0430\u043f\u0438\u0442\u043a\u0438 \u21161 \u0437 \u0440\u043e\u0441\u0440\u0435\u0454\u0441\u0442\u0440\u0443 <\/p>\n It is remarkable that Pavlo Filipchuk, the Russian \u00abhead\u00bb of Kakhovka, thanked this company for the delivery of 10 tons of drinking water to residents of Kherson region after the Russian destruction of Kakhovka hydroelectric station.<\/p>\n Mineral water \u00abKakhovka\u00bb, delivered by representatives of \u00abUnited Russia\u00bb in occupied Ivanivka village in Genichesk raion. Photo from social media accounts of Russian occupants\u00a0<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n \u00abKhersonskie napitki # 1\u00bb is headed by Nesterov Dmitrii Valeryevich<\/strong>. Its founder is LLC \u00abShalom\u00bb registered in Krasnodarskii krai of the Russian Federation on July 2, 2023. Valerii Ginsburg<\/a> is among co-founders of LLC \u00abShalom\u00bb. He is the member of pro-Russian illegal paramilitary unit \u00abOplot\u00bb and active participant of \u00abAnti-Maidan\u00bb events. He has been detained by the State Security Service of Ukraine but then exchanged for Ukrainians arrested by Russian authorities. Other co-founders of this company are Russian propagandist Konstantin Knyrik and Yuri Fedin, the general director of LLC \u00abMediagroup \u00abNewsfront\u00bb.<\/p>\n All of them had an experience in falsifying renowned Ukrainian brands of mineral water. They have been investigated by the Center for Journalist Investigations in Center\u2019s material \u00abFalsified mineral water for Crimea<\/strong><\/a>\u00bb.<\/strong><\/p>\n However, they should have put a lot of efforts to gain an access to Kakhovka LLC \u00abTroika\u00bb.<\/p>\n Production lines of mineral water at LLC \u00abTroika\u00bb. Photo: facebook.com\/VodaKakhovka<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n From Gubarev\u2019s accomplices to local traitors <\/strong><\/p>\n As Ruslan Romanenko, Ukrainian legitimate director and owner of LLC \u00abTroika\u00bb, reported, the first seizure of the enterprise occurred at the end of spring \u2013 beginning of summer 2022.<\/p>\n \u00abI have not been in Kakhovka since the first day of the full scale war. We stopped the production of mineral water. Later I asked employees to get electronic equipment and throw it to Dnipro river. But they were scared as Russian occupants closely monitored the factory after Pavlo Filipchuk was appointed as the occupation \u00abhead\u00bb of Kakhovka. Russians threatened to those people who could destroy my equipment upon my order\u00bb, as told Romanenko.<\/p>\n Residents of Kakhovka added that the Russian military together with Pavlo Filipchuk came to LLC \u00abTroika\u00bb in spring 2022 and required money from the company\u2019s management. Later they appointed their first \u00abdirector\u00bb.<\/p>\n \u00abIt has been mechanic of LLC \u00abTroika\u00bb Vitalii Storozhenko<\/strong>. He gave internal information of the company to Pavlo Filipchuk, and the latter appointed him \u00abdirector\u00bb. One day Storozhenko gathered employees in the cabinet of director and declared he would be new \u00abmanager\u00bb. Personnel of the company did not like him because he was not smart and did not like to work. He has \u00abmanaged\u00bb the company for a couple of months. Russian occupants dismissed him and appointed another director\u00bb, as reported residents of Kakhovka to the CJI.<\/p>\n Vitalii Storozhenko with his wife. Photo from social media<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n Yevhenii Orlov, friend of Pavlo Gubarev and ex-official of so-called \u00abDNR\u00bb, has been informal \u00absupervisor\u00bb of seized LLC \u00abTroika\u00bb and other Ukrainian companies in Kakhovka (including famous JSC \u00abChumak\u00bb)<\/a> during first months of the Russian occupation. He looted warehouses, appointed new \u00abmanagers\u00bb and \u00abdirectors\u00bb and tried to organize the work of enterprises stolen from their legitimate Ukrainian owners. However, he ran into conflict with \u00absupervisors\u00bb from the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation (FSB) in the summer of 2022. He has been arrested and detained by FSB<\/a> in Nova Kakhovka.<\/p>\n Yevhenii Orlov. Photo from social media of Russian occupants<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n Russian citizen Zanakhadinov Boris Vladimirovich<\/strong> (date of birth \u2013 October 31, 1968) became next \u00abdirector\u00bb of LLC \u00abTroika\u00bb after dismissed Storozhenko.<\/span><\/p>\n Boris and Olga Zanakhadinov. Photo from social media.<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n Kovalenko Vitalii Viktorovych<\/strong><\/a> (date of birth \u2013 February 2, 1971) has managed the company together with Boris Zanakhadinov. He has headed the company of consumer cooperation \u00abKakhovski rynok\u00bb [Kakhovka market] of Kherson region consumer association since 2019.<\/p>\n Under their management, enterprise \u00abKakhovka\u00bb received the new name \u2013 LLC \u00abNordsted\u00bb. This name was indicated on the bottle at the table of Vladimir Putin during his visit to the Arabat Strit in April 2023. But true official name of the company is LLC \u00abNordstell\u00bb. This name is indicated in the Russian State Register of Legal Entities.<\/p>\n Inaccurate information about producer on labels of goods is considered by the Russian legislation as the serious violation. It seems Russian occupants tried to hide data about counterfeit production of \u00abKakhovka\u00bb mineral water.<\/p>\n\u041d\u043e\u0440\u0434\u0441\u0442\u0435\u043b\u043b \u0437 \u0440\u043e\u0441\u0440\u0435\u0454\u0441\u0442\u0440\u0443 <\/p>\n \u00abWe were surprised that they wrote \u00abNordsted\u00bb on the label, though, the enterprise has been registered as \u00abNordstell\u00bb. It is difficult to understand the reason. Unknown Russians supervised the work of Boris Zanakhadinov and Vitalii Kovalenko. They never visited the premises of LLC \u00abTroika\u00bb. It has been like a pyramid.<\/p>\n Other renowned in Kakhovka people has been involved into the activity of seized enterprise. For example, before the Russian occupation, Lilia Martynova has been known as the head of the association of city condominiums. She has \u00abmanaged\u00bb LLC \u00abNordstell\u00bb together with Zanakhadinov for some time. Many people saw her there. But then she left the company and disappeared. Perhaps, she understood that there was bad business there\u00bb, as reported residents of Kakhovka.<\/p>\n Label of falsified mineral water \u00abKakhovka\u00bb from LLC \u00abNordsted\u00bb. Photo by investigator.org.ua<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n Lilia Martynova rejected her involvement into the work of seized LLC \u00abTroika\u00bb after the Russian occupation.<\/span><\/p>\n Lilia Martynova. Photo from social media<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n As Ruslan Romanenko, legitimate Ukrainian owner of LLC \u00abTroika\u00bb reported, new \u00abowners\u00bb of the enterprise dismissed Boris Zanakhadinov and Vitalii Kovalenko on June 1, 2023. Today, LLC \u00abNordstell\u00bb has nothing to do with production of counterfeit mineral water \u00abKakhovka\u00bb.<\/p>\n \u00abI was told that new \u00abowners\u00bb were somehow connected with Yevhenii Orlov<\/a> from so-called \u00abDNR\u00bb. Perhaps, he succeeded in restoring his control over the company. However, I cannot confirm this information\u00bb, as said Ruslan Romanenko.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/investigator.org.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/\u0456\u043b\u044e\u0441\u0442\u0440\u0430\u0446\u0456\u044f-1-2.jpg\")
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