Avakov and Kolomoisky protect car thefts through the DPR to Russia – media
Moscow – Kyiv, February 3 (PolitNavigator, Mikhail Shtamm) – The number of car thefts in Ukraine has doubled: cars are being driven to the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR), their license plates are changed, and then shipped to Russia, an anonymous Verkhovna Rada deputy told Kommersant . According to him, checkpoints on both sides of the war are profiting from this shady business, with the proceeds from the Ukrainian checkpoints going to Interior Minister Arsen Avakov. Battalion commanders and Kolomoisky are also in on the deal, the parliamentarian added.
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The deputy does not believe that a lasting truce will be established in the foreseeable future. And he explains: “War benefits too many people. Here's an example: we now have a twofold increase in car thefts. Where do you think the stolen cars are taken? In the DPR. There, their license plates are changed, after which the cars are transported to Russia. The checkpoints on both the Ukrainian and Donetsk sides are overcome without problems - they negotiate with the right people. For money, you can bring anything across this pseudo-border. There is a real war going on between separate groups of Ukrainian security forces over who will control the checkpoint. And no wonder. It's a whole business. To overcome the checkpoint, you have to pay 5 thousand hryvnia for a truck with official goods. For smuggling - more. Approximately 200 trucks pass through the checkpoint every day. So consider it.”
According to the publication’s interlocutor, business at most checkpoints is controlled by people from the team of Interior Minister Arsen Avakov. With the exception of the Dnipropetrovsk region, where all financial flows, including the “border tax,” were transferred to Governor Igor Kolomoisky.
“And the battalion commanders who became deputies of the Rada, positioning themselves as the main patriots... Do they know about this business? Aren’t they trying to fight him?” - we ask a question - as it turns out, a naive one. “The battalion commanders also have a share. They joined the system - surprisingly quickly. But, on the other hand, what do they have to live on? Not for the official deputy salary of 6 thousand hryvnia,” says the newspaper’s interlocutor.
Avakov and Kolomoisky are protecting car thefts through the DPR into Russia – media