The SSU seized 18 mcm of gas that Novinsky's companies stored in UGS

According to the materials of the Security Service of Ukraine (SSU), 18 mcm of natural gas were seized, which the companies of pro-Russian oligarch Vadym Novinsky stored in the underground storage facilities of Ukrtransgaz JSC and tried to alienate for the benefit of third parties to avoid sanctions of the NSDC. The SSU press service reported this.

According to the SSU, the total value of seized volumes of natural gas is more than UAH 144 million.

According to the SSU, to avoid NSDC sanctions, Novinsky re-registered his own gas production enterprises to several affiliated persons directly connected to the Russian Federation. To implement the arrangement, he involved controlled private notaries and state registrars.

However, SSU employees exposed the criminal scheme and blocked it. Within the framework of criminal proceedings under Art. 111-2 (assistance to the aggressor state), investigative actions are ongoing to establish all the circumstances of the crime and bring the perpetrators to justice.