The daughter of the former mayor of Poltava has been detained in Kyiv on suspicion of working for Putin's party's ‘election headquarters’, the SBU reports. Earlier, Kremenchuk Operativ reported that the daughter of former Poltava mayor Oleksandr Mamay, Nataliya Veretennikova, was searched in connection with a case of earning money on the Russian elections.
"The Security Service detained in Kyiv a collaborator who worked with Russia during the Russian elections in 2022 and 2023. The offender was the 36-year-old daughter of the former mayor of Poltava, who is currently convicted of large-scale corruption,’ the statement said.
According to the investigation, the suspect owns an advertising agency in St Petersburg that participated in the PR campaign of the pro-Putin United Russia party.
On the eve of the ‘single voting day’, the woman ordered to use hundreds of advertising stands and billboards of her company to spread pro-Kremlin propaganda. Living in Kyiv, the collaborator remotely managed the advertising business in Russia and received millions in dividends from it.
Thus, during the period of cooperation with the ‘election headquarters’ of the Kremlin party, the defendant received a profit of more than 35 million Russian rubles.
During the searches at the detainee's residence and offices in Kyiv, the SBU found computer equipment, mobile phones and financial statements on cooperation with Russia.
Based on the collected evidence, the SBU investigators served the suspect a notice of suspicion under Part 6 of Art. 111-1 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (collaboration).
In addition, according to the SBU, all of the detainee's property was seized for a total amount of over UAH 270 million. The seized assets include 3 apartments in Kyiv, a minivan and shares in the authorised capital of two Ukrainian companies.
Veretennikova is currently in custody. She faces up to 12 years in prison.