Investigative Committee opened a criminal case against a Ukrainian businessman Evgenia Chernyaka, who is accused of sponsoring terrorism for transferring money for the needs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The businessman was put on the wanted list, according to agency’s message.
A case was initiated against him under Part 1.1 of Art. 205.1 of the Criminal Code (financing of terrorism). The article provides for punishment in the form of imprisonment for a term of eight to 15 years or life.
IA “RBC”, 03.07.2023, “The court arrested the owners of the former producers of Khortytsya in Russia”: Zamoskvoretsky Court of Moscow arrested the owner of the Rodnik and K distillery and the Russian North company Alexandra Bespalovaand the head of “Rodnik and K” Andrey Lazutin chose a preventive measure in the form of a ban on certain actions.
According to the case card, the court chose preventive measures against the owners of enterprises that previously belonged to the founder of the Global Spirits holding (produced vodka under the brands “Khortytsya”, Morosha, Pervak, etc.) to Evgeny Chernyak, June 16th. Alexander Bespalov is suspected of giving a bribe by a group of persons (Article 291, part 4, paragraph “a”), and Andrei Lazutin of giving a bribe on a large scale (Article 291, part 4, paragraph “b”) , according to the website of the court. — Inset K.ru
The Investigative Committee said that the issue of arresting the shares of organizations is now being decided, since their leaders are suspected of financing the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The department did not name the organizations in question. Chernyak founded the Global Spirits holding (it produced vodka under the brands Khortytsya, Morosha, Pervak, etc.).
“According to the investigation, in the period from February to April 2022, Chernyak and other persons entered into a criminal conspiracy aimed at financing terrorism. The accomplices organized the transfer of funds in the amount of more than 500 million rubles to the military personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and other Ukrainian armed formations. to carry out terrorist activities on the territory of the Russian Federation,” the IC said in a statement.
In addition, in June 2023, Chernyak supplied the Ukrainian military with goods intended for combat operations worth more than 90 million rubles.
On the territory of Moscow and the region, investigators have already conducted more than ten searches in this case. Russian security forces are carrying out actions aimed at establishing the whereabouts and detaining Chernyak.
Later, the official representative of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, Irina Volk informedthat the police in Moscow detained terrorist financing suspects. “The beneficiary owner of the international holding – a manufacturer of alcoholic beverages, as well as other founders and managers of this company, are suspected of the crime,” she stressed.
TASS, 07/03/2023, “In Moscow, Ukrainian businessman Yevgeny Chernyak was put on the wanted list for funding the Armed Forces of Ukraine”: During the investigation of the criminal case, more than 10 searches were carried out on the territory of Moscow, the Moscow Region and other regions. “Computer equipment, financial and economic documentation and other items of evidentiary value were confiscated,” Volk said. According to her, the founders and heads of the holding companies were interrogated. “In the near future, the issue of seizing the shares of organizations included in the holding, the beneficiary of which is Chernyak, will be considered,” the press service of the UK added. In addition, investigators form documents for conducting a forensic financial and economic examination. — Inset K.ru
The message on the Global Spirits website says that after February 2022, the holding revoked the license for the production of alcoholic beverages in the Russian and Belarusian markets. The company considers the use of the holding’s brands in Russia unlawful and challenged this in the court of Cyprus.
Last May became knownthat the Russkiy Sever plant in the Vologda region and Rodnik and K in the Moscow region, which were engaged in the production of Khortytsya, Morosha and Pervak vodka from the portfolio of the Global Spirits holding, have a new owner – Alexander Bespalov. Previously, the companies were owned by the Cypriot Oxford AMG-77 Ltd and MSD Marketing System Distribution Ltd. Global Spirits denied that Chernyak has assets in Russia. In the “Russian North” they said that they were not part of the holding, and the brands were bottled under license.
Khortytsya last year was the leader of the Russian vodka market with a share of 5.3%, the second place was occupied by Morosha with 4.4%, the third was Belenkaya with 4% (produced by Beluga Group), wrote “Kommersant”.
Yevgeny Chernyak in 2021 was ranked 19th in the list of the 100 richest Ukrainians according to Forbes Ukraine, his fortune was estimated at $470 million. Chernyak is the founder and head of the Supervisory Board of the Global Spirits holding, which is the owner of the Khortytsya distillery and Odessa Cognac Factory. Since 2018, Chernyak has also been leading Big Money YouTube channel.
@boilerroomchannel, 03.07.2023 13:57: The father of the co-founder of the CarPrice service was put on the wanted list for funding the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Earlier, a State Duma deputy complained that his vodka continues to be sold in Russia. The case may affect companies and sales of goods of Ukrainian origin. […] Today, vodka is produced in Russia under the name “Khorta” in a bottle similar to “Khortytsya”. The factories claimed that they had sublicenses for “Ukrainian” brands, and they were not included in the Global Spirits holding.
Chernyak is also connected with Russia by his son Alexander, who was a co-founder of the well-known ad service CarPrice. Alexander invested in various services – sales of used smartphones, delivery, booking. Geographically, a few years ago, he moved to live in the United States, where he invested in start-ups and real estate, and before that he studied. — Inset K.ru
