Based on the SSU materials, the High Anti-Corruption Court satisfied the claim of the Ministry of Justice to transfer VinnytsiaPobutkhim PJSC, owned by russian oligarch Viktor Kononov, to the state.

According to the proceedings, this company produced cosmetics and household chemicals of such brands as "Ushastyi Nian", "Mister Chister", "Sarma", etc.

This means the transfer of 100% of the company's shares, as well as all its bank accounts, industrial facilities, transportation and real estate to the state.

The total value of the nationalized assets of the leading household chemicals producer in Ukraine is over UAH 2 billion.

It was established that Kononov is the CEO and one of the beneficial owners of the sanctioned company Nevskaya Kosmetika, which owned the assets of the Vinnytsia enterprise.

The russian billionaire himself is a public supporter of the war against Ukraine and one of the key "donors" to the budget of the aggressor country.

In order to hide the products of the Vinnytsia branch from nationalization, Kononov's top management tried to smuggle them out of Ukraine as humanitarian aid.

SSU officers exposed the fraud in a timely manner and blocked it in July 2022.

The investigation is currently underway, initiated under three articles of the Criminal Code of Ukraine:

• Part 2 Art. 364-1 (abuse of power by an official of a legal entity of private law regardless of the organizational and legal form);
• Part 1 Art. 388 (unlawful actions with respect to seized property, pledged property or property that is described or subject to confiscation);
• Part 1 Art. 445 (illegal use of the symbols of the Red Cross, Red Crescent, Red Crystal).

The complex measures were carried out jointly with the National Police under the procedural supervision of the Prosecutor General's Office.