Articles with a tag: СЭЗ Крым

Russia and its thieving citizens are brazenly stealing not only the assets of tens of thousands of large and small businesses in the occupied territories of Ukraine. They are also appropriating well-known Ukrainian brands. One might say, this is a long-standing state policy of Russia. However, in every case of theft, there are specific perpetrators – companies and their owners – who must be added to sanctions lists along with all their assets in Russia, and who are obliged to compensate the rightful owners for their losses. That is precisely why we are tracking them down, identifying them and naming them.

We have previously reported on the decline of the fishing industry in Crimea and Sevastopol, and on the Russian takeover of Crimean enterprises. In particular, we have highlighted how Russia is destroying all marine life in the Azov and Black Seas with impunity, polluting the waters with oil products and as a result of military operations. It is forcing Crimean fishermen out of business by imposing unrealistic requirements for fleet modernisation. Meanwhile, Russians are aggressively entering the fish market of Crimea and Sevastopol. We have identified leading Crimean collaborators and Russians who, without the permission of the Ukrainian government, are fishing off the coast of the occupied peninsula. And the Crimean Prosecutor’s Office has already included this evidence in the criminal proceedings.

Today we conclude this unique trilogy on fishermen and fish with an investigation into the largest fish canning factories on the occupied peninsula. Historically, these were located in Kerch and Sevastopol. This tradition has been preserved to this day; Russian occupants built nothing new, although they have made extensive use of the seized Ukrainian facilities and resources.

After the Russian annexation of Crimea in 2014, President Poroshenko, Yatsenyuk and Groysman governments and the majority of Ukrainian Members of Parliament allowed Ukrainian owners to keep their businesses on the occupied peninsula thanks to the bogus ‘Crimea Free Economic Zone’. Now they are going bankrupt en masse. Their factories, with their well-known brands, have been taken over by Russian intruders, who supply Crimean canned goods to the Russian troops.