Four days before the start of the full-scale invasion of Russia, the VSMPO-Avisma corporation sold its main Ukrainian asset - Demurinsky Mining.
The higher anti-corruption court partially satisfied the Ministry of Justice's administrative claim for the confiscation of the assets of Russian billionaire Mykhailo Shelkov. This is reported with a link to the website "BIN. ua".
According to VAKS, the following was collected from the state income:
At the same time, the court rejected the ministry's arguments regarding the ownership of the enterprise and refused to levy the Demurinsky mining and beneficiation plant, which develops reserves of titanium-zirconium sands in the Dnipropetrovsk region, in favor of the state. Read what preceded it here.
An appeal can be submitted to the Appeals Chamber of the VAKS within 5 days from the day the decision is announced, - the VAKS noted.
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Shelkov is the former head of the investment division of the Russian state company Rostec, which controlled military contractors in Russia. Shelkov and partners own a controlling stake in VSMPO-Avisma, the world's largest producer of titanium for the aerospace industry.
Four days before the start of the full-scale invasion of Russia, the VSMPO-Avisma corporation sold its main Ukrainian asset - Demurinsky Mining and Processing Plant LLC.
In June 2021, the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine introduced sanctions against the chairman of the board of directors of VSMPO-Avisma, Sergey Chemezov, and his deputy, Mikhail Shelkov, a citizen of the Russian Federation, who is still listed as the ultimate beneficiary of Demurinsky GZK LLC.