Court has seized the property of Viktor Medvedchuk's wife Oksana Marchenko worth more than UAH 5.6 billion, the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) press service reports.
"Based on the materials of the Security Service, the court seized the property of Oksana Marchenko, who is suspected of financing Russian occupational groupings. The total value of the seized assets is more than UAH 5.6 billion," the statement said.
The court's decision concerns stakes of 14% each in two regional power distribution companies and more than 4% in a third one, which Marchenko owns through five offshore companies.
Also, 2 land plots, 4 residential buildings in Kyiv and Crimea and 10 cars belonging to the defendant were seized.
In addition, Marchenko's assets in 18 investment, agricultural, telecommunications and other companies were seized.
Among them are the Kyiv-based companies Terra-Invest, Ukrkapital and Sport-Tour, which Medvedchuk's wife used to conduct subversive activities against Ukraine.
These very companies founded a business under the laws of the Russian Federation, through which Marchenko transferred millions of dollars to the accounts of the Russian Guard and the Russian Interior Ministry in the occupied Crimea and paid "taxes" to the Russian budget.
Earlier, SBU investigators served Oksana Marchenko and the head of an affiliated Crimean company with a notice of suspicion under Part 3 of Article 110-2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (financing actions committed with the aim of violent change or overthrow of the constitutional order or seizure of state power, change of the borders of the territory or state border of Ukraine).
Currently, the top manager of Ukrkapital and Sport-Tour has been notified of suspicion under the same article.
The offender was detained, and custody was chosen as a restraint measure.
The crime of which Marchenko and the managers of the companies involved are suspected is punishable by imprisonment with confiscation of property. Seizing the assets will ensure that they can be confiscated by court order and protect the property from being re-registered to other persons.
The investigation is ongoing to bring to justice all persons involved in the criminal schemes.