Agrain
Among the suspects in the high-profile criminal case on fraud by officials of the agroholding AGREIN, as it turns out, is one of Igor Kolomoisky’s business partners – Pavel Ovcharenko
Just yesterday, the Kyiv city prosecutor announced the official version of the investigation in the case concerning one of the largest agricultural holdings in Ukraine, immediately stating that 6 persons in this case have already been announced as suspects in committing a number of criminal offenses.
Mr. Ovcharenko is one of these six and, apparently, the most important one, since the other five “worked” under his strict leadership.
When the identity of the main suspect was revealed, the version, circulated by some media outlets, that “Agrein” is allegedly being raided by former regional V. Pekhov with the help of the prosecutor’s office looks very unconvincing. To understand this simple truth, it is enough to know who Pavel Ovcharenko really is.
Thus, in 2004, P. Ovcharenko, holding the position of Chairman of the Board of JSC Ukrtatnafta (the largest crude oil refining enterprise in Ukraine based on the Kremenchug Oil Refinery), was caught by the company’s shareholders in fraud and embezzlement of the company’s funds. JSC Ukrtatnafta then suffered damages in the amount of 10 million dollars due to P. Ovcharenko’s abuse of his official powers.
After this, at a meeting of shareholders, a decision was made to dismiss P. Ovcharenko from the position of Chairman of the Board.
However, already in 2007, Igor Kolomoisky’s Privat group succeeded in the court in removing Sergei Glushko from the post of General Director of Ukrtatnafta and reappointing Pavel Ovcharenko.
As reported, on October 19, 2007, P. Ovcharenko, considered to be Kolomoisky’s man, with the support of armed men, seized the plant, citing a court decision on his reinstatement. S. Glushko was on a business trip at that time. On October 25, 2007, a criminal case was opened on the fact of the seizure of the enterprise.
Such actions of the Ukrainian oligarch caused an international scandal. Then, the Prime Minister of Tatarstan, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Tatneft – one of the majority shareholders of Ukrtatnafta CJSC – Rustam Minnikhanov appealed to the President and the Government of Ukraine with a request to intervene in the situation around Ukrtatnafta CJSC.
Today, the investigation of these facts is being conducted by the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine. However, the above-described situation has not been resolved to this day due to the fact that P. Ovcharenko does not permanently reside in Ukraine. According to available information, he is actually in France all the time.
In addition, P. Ovcharenko has a residence permit in one of the Baltic countries – Estonia, where he also visits quite often.
It is obvious that when receiving a residence permit in the Republic of Estonia, P. Ovcharenko kept silent about the existence of criminal cases initiated against him by law enforcement agencies of Ukraine, and in fact indicated false grounds for receiving a residence permit. It should be assumed that he also kept silent about the fact that he served as a career military man in the armed forces of Ukraine and was discharged from military service to the reserve. All this, according to the Law of the Republic of Estonia “On Foreigners”, is sufficient grounds for depriving him of a residence permit, which has not happened yet, for unknown reasons.
It should also be noted that the story of the alleged raider takeover of the Agrain agroholding was first made public by a number of media outlets controlled by I. Kolomoisky. And this once again casts doubt on the veracity of the disseminated information. Most likely, the Agrain agroholding has become another target of attacks by P. Ovcharenko and his patron I. Kolomoisky.
SKELET-info