Following the SSU’s investigation, the court has seized Ukrainian property of the russian colonel-general Valery Kapashin, head of the federal directorate for safe storage and destruction of chemical weapons under russia’s ministry of industry and trade.

The list of blocked assets includes over 20 commercial entities, over 3,000 m² of residential real estate and 17 land plots in Poltava oblast.

The seized property includes the Kapashin family home, premium hotels and restaurants, as well as office and shopping malls with a total area of almost 30,000 m².

The seized assets’ total value is over UAH 1 bln (USD 26 mln).

Kapashin’s blocked property was registered in the names of his daughter and son-in-law, who had lived in Ukraine but moved to russia on the eve of the full-scale invasion and obtained russian citizenship.

In this way, the russian general used his relatives to launder funds he received from corruption schemes in moscow.

Kapashin’s relatives also used the ‘family’ business profits to finance ‘investment’ projects in russia and the temporarily occupied Donbas.

Subsequently, part of this money was transferred to the aggressor’s budget as taxes and fees.

During the searches at the offices and residential premises belonging to the russian general’s family, the following was found:

• russian military uniforms;
• prohibited soviet symbols and russian propaganda literature;
• souvenirs and awards presented to Kapashin in the kremlin.

The investigation is currently ongoing under the Articles of the CCU:

• 111-1.4.4 (conducting economic activity in cooperation with the aggressor state, illegal authorities established in the temporarily occupied territory, including occupation administration of the aggressor state);
• 111-2 (aiding and abetting the aggressor state);
• 258-5.3 (terrorism financing).

The decision on further nationalization of the seized russian assets for Ukraine’s benefit is pending.

The investigation was conducted under the procedural supervision of the Prosecutor General’s Office.